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COUNTRY COUTURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT TO OPEN APRIL 10  
AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM
   
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 31, 2009 – Sprinkled with rhinestones and embroidered with roses, skulls, and other iconic symbols, the one-of-a-kind designs of couturier Manuel—and the stars who wear them—are the subject of Country Couture, an exhibit of portraits taken by award-winning British photographer Cambridge Jones bowing April 10 in the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s West Gallery.  The exhibit will run through October 31, 2009.

A native of Mexico, Manuel Cuevas has outfitted presidents, movie stars, rock legends, and scores of country artists during his career of more than fifty years. As protégé to Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor, Manuel designed many of the colorful stage costumes that bear Nudie’s label.  In 1989, Manuel relocated from Hollywood to Nashville, where he continues to fashion distinctive western clothing inspired by the personalities of his clients. 

Oxford University graduate Cambridge Jones has been described as “the Brits’ answer to Annie Leibovitz.”  His portrait subjects include Queen Elizabeth II, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Al Pacino and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

              Artists featured in Country Couture include Kix Brooks, Little Jimmy Dickens, the Hager Twins, Merle Haggard, Jim Lauderdale, Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Lorrie Morgan, the Oak Ridge Boys, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Porter Wagoner and Dwight Yoakam.  
 
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture.  With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates CMF Records, the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B, and Hatch Show Print.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.com or by calling (615) 416-2001.

 

 

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