The Gilded Palace of Sin is the debut studio album by American country rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers, released on February 6, 1969, by A&M Records. It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman
The Gilded Palace of Sin
The Nudie suit of Parsons in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville
Nuta Kotlyarenko, known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was a Ukrainian-American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits fo
The Gilded Palace of Sin
…that Parsons would often refer to as "cosmic American music." The album cover features the band in Nudie suits. Parsons had taken the band to designer Nudie Cohn to have custom sequin suits made for all the band members especially for the photo shoot, but Parsons' was most unusual, featuring a naked woman (rendered…
Porter Wagoner performing at the Grand Ole Opry in a Nudie suit, 1999