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Dwight Yoakam Jacket
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Dwight Yoakam wore this Mex Tex brand jacket, ornamented with fringe, conchos and cowhide yoke overlay, in the 1986 music video for his debut single, “Honky Tonk Man.” Yoakam’s recording of the Johnny Horton classic went to #3 on Billboard’s country singles chart. Courtesy of Dwight Yoakam
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Emmylou Harris Stage Costume
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Emmylou Harris wore this Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors cowgirl outfit onstage with Gram Parsons and during her solo career. Designed for actress Gail Davis, star of the popular 1950s TV Western series “Annie Oakley,” the costume was never retrieved from Nudie’s shop, where Harris purchased it in the early 1970s.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Jeff Hanna Stage Costume
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The cowboy outfit worn by Jeff Hanna on the cover of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s album All the Good Times (1971) included this leather vest and chaps, ornamented with silver conchos. Courtesy of Jeff Hanna
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Chris Hillman Jacket
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Chris Hillman wore this rose-themed Manuel jacket with the Desert Rose Band. Courtesy of Chris Hillman
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Michael Nesmith Stage Costume
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Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors designed this elaborately embroidered, rhinestone-accented ensemble for Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, c. 1967. Ornamented with chain-stitched peacocks, orchids, musical notes and American flag motifs, the costume was worn by Nesmith at the 1968 world premiere of the Monkees’ feature film, “Head,” and in the 1969 NBC television special “33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee,” which featured the group’s final performance as a quartet until 1986. Courtesy of Michael Nesmith
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Michael Nesmith Hat
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Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors designed this elaborately embroidered, rhinestone-accented ensemble for Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, c. 1967. Ornamented with chain-stitched peacocks, orchids, musical notes and American flag motifs, the costume was worn by Nesmith at the 1968 world premiere of the Monkees’ feature film, “Head,” and in the 1969 NBC television special “33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee,” which featured the group’s final performance as a quartet until 1986. Courtesy of Michael Nesmith
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Michael Nesmith Boots
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Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors designed this elaborately embroidered, rhinestone-accented ensemble for Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, c. 1967. Ornamented with chain-stitched peacocks, orchids, musical notes and American flag motifs, the costume was worn by Nesmith at the 1968 world premiere of the Monkees’ feature film, “Head,” and in the 1969 NBC television special “33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee,” which featured the group’s final performance as a quartet until 1986. Courtesy of Michael Nesmith
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Bernie Leadon Guitar
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From 1972 to 1975, Bernie Leadon played this extensively modified 1962 Fender Telecaster with the Eagles onstage and on recordings, including “Take It Easy,” “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Tequila Sunrise.” Alterations made to the instrument after Leadon acquired it in 1968 included having it refinished by steel guitarist Red Rhodes, who stripped its original Olympic White paint to give it a natural finish, and the installation by California luthier Dave Evans of a B-bender mechanism, visible in the back of the hollowed-out body. Courtesy of Bernie Leadon
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Rick Nelson Guitar
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Rick Nelson used this 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar with gold-plated hardware with the Stone Canyon Band. Nelson is holding the guitar on the cover of his 1972 album, Garden Party. Courtesy of Gunnar and Matthew Nelson
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Dave Alvin Guitar
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This battle-scarred 1964 Fender Mustang was Dave Alvin’s primary guitar with the Blasters and the Knitters. The first electric guitar he owned, it was a gift from blues harmonica player James Harman, and it still has bits of glass embedded in it from beer bottles thrown at Alvin by rowdy audience members. Courtesy of Dave Alvin
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Los Lobos Bajo Sexto
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This bajo sexto — a traditional Mexican guitar with twelve strings — was used by Cesar Rosas with Los Lobos. It has been restrung as a ten-string bajo quinto. The writing on the instrument’s body consists of signatures from Eugenio Abrego (right) and Tomas Ortiz, members of Mexican Norteño group Los Alegres de Terán, as well as a note from Ortiz, who wrote, “Por mi amigo y compañero Cesar.” Courtesy of Los Lobos
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Louie Pérez’s Manuscript
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These are Louie Pérez’s handwritten lyrics to the title track of Los Lobos’ 1984 album, How Will the Wolf Survive? Co-written by David Hidalgo, the song later became a Top Five country hit for Waylon Jennings. Courtesy of Los Lobos
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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The Flying Burrito Brothers Stage Costumes
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In late 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers went to Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors in North Hollywood for extravagantly embroidered stage costumes, which they associated with authentic country music. Collaborating with Nudie Cohn’s head designer, Manuel Cuevas, each musician selected colors, fabric and embroidery to reflect his personal style and taste. For the cover of their 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, the band posed in their Nudie suits for photographer Barry Feinstein. Featured here are three of the four costumes from that cover, including Sneaky Pete Kleinow’s black velvet suit with embroidered dinosaurs and a pterosaur outlined with rhinestones, Gram Parsons’ suit with chain-stitched marijuana leaves, poppies, pills, pinup girls, and a radiant cross, and Chris Hillman’s blue velvet suit—decorated with peacocks, seahorses, the Greek god Poseidon, and the face of a shining sun. Courtesy of the Autry Museum of the American West, Manuel Cuevas, Melanie Wells, Anita Kleinow, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum