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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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