Gram Parsons’ nudie suit is a recurring element in the series of covers I’m making for Bingo Trappers.
It first appeared on the covers of “Elizabethan” and it returns frequently on the covers of “Giddy Wishes”.
I recommend this blog to find out more about the suit.
Here’s an excerpt:
“The suit that Gram had designed for himself has been interpreted as a sort of eerie timeline leading up to his death. With the pills, marijuana leaves, poppy flowers and nudes symbolizing the downward spiral that caused his death, the cholo cross on the back and the flames running up the legs of his pants foreseeing his friends’ drunken act of attempting to cremate his body. All displaying his teetering between sinfulness and faith.
Parsons’ suit was hand stitched by Manuel Cuevas, Nudie Cohen’s protégé, who has called the suit “a map for him to follow to his death.”
Listen to ”Giddy Wishes” here.
