SKU: HL.216057
The Look and Sound of
Country Music. Book.
Country Reference, Design
/ Fashion & Accessories,
Guitar Reference.
Hardcover. 258 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.216057).
ISBN
9781495088131. UPC:
888680665210.
9.5x12.25x0.8 inches. Mac
Yasuda and Jim
Washburn.
Country
may be the plainspoken
music of rural America,
but it certainly got
gussied up on its way to
the hit parade.
Rhinestones and Twanging
Tones: The Look and Sound
of Country Music shows in
glittering detail how
most classic country
stars traded in their
overalls for sequined and
spangled outfits that
shone from a mile away,
and strummed guitars that
were often just as
ornately bedecked, or
customized by decades of
road wear. These musical
accoutrements demanded
attention, and certainly
captivated young country
fan Mac Yasuda as he was
growing up in Japan. A
Hank Snow record set
Yasuda on a musical path
that led to him becoming
friends with many of his
heroes and performing
alongside them on the
Grand Ole Opry stage.
Along the way, he amassed
the unique collection
shared here of their
signature guitars and
suits (most of the latter
made by the famed
“rodeo
tailor†Nudie),
including ones played and
worn by Hank Snow, Porter
Wagoner, Jim Reeves,
Ferlin Husky, and other
classic country stars.
Those include Snow's
famed “Snow
Job†custom Martin
D-45, Hank Thompson's
Paul Bigsby-modified
Gibson SJ-200, Carl
Smith's Gay guitar, and
others, depicted here in
lavish detail.
Rhinestones and Twanging
Tones is a unique
bundling of the sartorial
and six-stringed equipage
that defined the look and
sound of a generation of
country music.
Jim Reeves
