Long Live Outlaw Country Legends

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John Beland & Bobby Bare

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Hank Williams Jr. and his kitty cat.

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Country music star Hank Williams Sr., who passed away in 1953 at the young age of 29, is performing for his fans in this undated photo. Williams Sr. was the first artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Hank Williams Jr., left, and Jett Williams, children of the late Hank Williams, with Bill Rains, sculptor of the brass statue of their father presented to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum September 17, 1998, the 75th anniversary of the elder Williams's birth.

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Audrey Williams, first wife of the late Hank Williams Sr., talks about the country music superstar whose likeness appears in a cardboard stand-up behind her.

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Hank Williams Sr.'s granddaughter, Holly Williams, right, and Tim DuBois, left, pose at Williams Sr.'s star during the Music City Walk of Fame Induction ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame April 20, 2008.

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Bill Denney, left, Rep. Richard Fulton, Johnny Pott and Lesley Gore are viewing the plaque of Hank Williams Sr. during a cocktail party that previewed the new Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oct. 15, 1966, which was then close to being finished.

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Hank Williams, The Everly Brothers and other artists are pictured on a banner featuring musicians on the Cradle of Country Music Walking Tour. The banner hangs on the side of the Dwight Kessel Garage, at 900 State St.

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The Hank Williams statue serenades in the morning fog in downtown Montgomery, Ala. on Wednesday November 29, 2017.

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Hank Williams wearing a pinstripe suit and not smiling.

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Hank & Hezzy's Driftin' Cowboys, from left, are Smith Adair, Braxton Schuffert, Irene Williams, Hank Williams, Freddie Beach. Front: Carolyn Parker and unknown woman.

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Hank Williams at the opening of a Chevrolet dealership in Luverne in Crenshaw County.