This tour jacket and red bandana were worn by country music icon Willie Nelson. Nelson has ranged more widely than any country singer of his generation with jazz, blues, pop, swing, and folk all part of his "outlaw" country repertoire.
Tour Jacket, worn by Willie Nelson
- Description (Brief)
Black polyester and cotton jacket with red polyester lining. Size Medium. With white piped trim at shoulders. Knit cuffs, neck and waist. Zipper front. 2 open front pockets and one zipped sleeve pocket. Hot pink and white thread lettering on front left side and back and red and green rose on back. The front of the jacket is embroidered:
Willie
(applied on the back of the jacket):
Willie
and Family
on the Road AgainInspired by Live Aid, the international benefit concert for Ethiopian famine victims, Willie Nelson and other singers established Farm Aid in 1985 to support family farmers in the United States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Nelson, Willie
- date made
- 1980
- Credit Line
- Gift of Willie Nelson
- Physical Description
- polyester (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm
- Object Name
- jacket
