Nice 'N' Rough Concerts

is an American fashion designer and costumier, best known for his dressing of many entertainment icons, including Bette Midler, Marlene Dietrich, Diana Ross, Cher and Tina Turner. Bob met Tina in the 1970s when she was guest on the Cher Show. Since then, he designed many stage costumes for Tina, including the iconic 'wing‘ dress Tina used in her first solo concerts and all stage clothes for her 50th Anniversary Tour in 2008/’09.

Bob began designing shimmering dresses for Tina in red and gold, with stretching flames that covered her nipples. He knew the idea was a hit when other celebrities began requesting dresses that looked like the ones he was creating for her. „I got a call from Raquel Welch. She said, ‘I want a dress like Tina Turner would wear.’ I had never really designed for Raquel Welch. I said, ‘I’d love to do that.’ A couple weeks later Tina calls me, and she says, ‘I just saw Racquel Welch wearing a dress I’d love to have.’ And I had to laugh, so I told her the whole thing. Tina thought it was great. She loved that those women were paying attention to her and what she wore.“

The group of women included Cher, who performed with Tina on the Sonny & Cher Show in 1977, doing a rendition of „Makin’ Music Is My Business,“ in matching red and gold dresses.

In 2005, he supplied Beyoncé with a flaming red dress for her tribute to Tina at the Kennedy Center Honors, while Tina watched the performance from the balcony, smiling down as Beyoncé did a rendition of „Proud Mary.“

„The first time I saw Tina was at Studio One in Los Angeles, in the late 60s. Then Tina appears as a guest on The Cher Show and I made her a whole bunch of looks. The show always finished with a concert at the end. Tina looked and sounded amazing. Working with her was always a challenge and exciting - a real treat. There was nobody else in the world like her and I loved her very much. The cardinal rule of dressing Tina Turner was, you couldn’t cover anything up. Her legs were simply too beautiful.“ — Bob Macie

is an American author and photographer, best known for his music photographs, working with major artists such as John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elton John and Tina Turner.

Gruen credits Ike Turner with starting his career, as he first saw Ike & Tina Turner perform at Madison Square Garden during the Rolling Stones' American tour in 1969. In 1970, he took photographs of the duo performing at the Honka Monka nightclub in Queens. He showed Ike the photos and was invited to join them on their tour. Gruen developed a friendship with the Turners and shot the cover of their 1971 album Nuff Said. In 2012, he released the home video On The Road: 1971–72, a documentary he and his then-wife Nadya filmed of the Turners at their home and on tour.

Bob continued to take pictures also from Tina solo after she separated from Ike, among others backstage at The Ritz in New York City on January 1983 together with Keith Richards and David Bowie.