Article: New exhibit explores Hank Williams' family legacy

It's no shock that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum got a tepid response from Hank Williams Jr. on their plans for an exhibit on his family, from his iconic and troubled father through his own hell-raising days to his children's lives.

The museum wanted Williams, a private man, to open his vault of family keepsakes. Needless to say, their first meeting didn't go well.

"I asked him then, 'Are you going to make me beg? Can I have some of these things?'" recalled Carolyn Tate, vice president of museum services. "He can non-answer you with the best in the business. He just went, 'Hmmm.' So for three years we've been courting him."

The family had ...

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