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Nathan Turk
Nathan Turk
born Minsk, Poland
1895-1988
The matching, eye-popping outfits Nathan Turk created for the Maddox Brothers and Rose during the 1940s and 1950s were as much a part of the group's act as their riotous onstage antics and high-volume hillbilly boogie. This exquisitely tailored wool gabardine suit and satin shirt, worn by the group's guitarist, Cal Maddox, are embroidered with chain-stitched hearts and flowers reminiscent of the traditional folk art of Turk's native Poland. --Country Music Hall of Fame
N. Turk (Nathan), one of the most important tailor's for the movie & singing cowboys as well as country and western entertainers, and celebrities. Turk dressed Roy Rodgers, Gene Autry, and created custom work for Hollywood. His clothing is in every important Western design and Western heritage museum, including Gene Autry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum, and many more. Nathan Turk is profiled in the book "Hillbilly Hollywood: the Origin of Country & Western Style", and "Westernwear" by the Autry museum. N. Turk was one of the original pioneers of the early Cowboy image. His fine custom works are becoming scarce and difficult to obtain.
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