The Jewish Contribution To Country-Western Couture

“Parsons’ impetus for working with Cohn was to celebrate everything he loved about both old-time singing cowboys and California culture, a look he dubbed ‘Cosmic Americana.’ Hundley calls the look ‘an embrace of classic with a psychedelic edge,’ which became part of the Gram Parsons legend. ‘Nudie,’ she said, ‘was the embodiment of that presentation.’”
 — Tablet’s Jason Diamond writes about the late Country-Western designer Nudie Cohn — who was named Nuta Kotlyarenko when he was born in 1902 in Kiev.