I drove up to Luckenbach last Saturday for Tony Wilson's 50th birthday party. Tony's been selling Guatemalan palm-leaf hats since I was at Pueblo to People, in the early 90's. He has been a main stay at Luckenbach for many years where he now has a building all to himself and his hats - Snail Creek Hats. It was also a SunBody Hats celebra- Here's Tony in a 22-year-old palm-leaf hat he bought on a trip to Guatemala.
tion, with almost every hat being a SunBody. They have a saying "Everybody's Somebody in Luckenbach." But they might as well say "Everybody's SunBody in Luckenbach."
Hundreds of people turned out for Tony. At one point it looked like about 300 people were there. But they came and went from noon until midnight. Tony was the one who first asked us to make the 5" brim hats as well as the palm leaf ball cap, and the just arrived top hat.
For more pictures of Luckenbach, Tony's party and SunBody palm-leaf hats, check out the gallery on the right->.
-Jimmy Pryor
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