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Hank Williams’ Great Grandson Trying to Fill ‘Big Boots’ of Family Musical Legacy

  • Hanks Williams IV performs at The Fayette County Fair last week (above) and signs an autograph on a cowboy hat for a fan below. Photos by Andy Behlen
    Hanks Williams IV performs at The Fayette County Fair last week (above) and signs an autograph on a cowboy hat for a fan below. Photos by Andy Behlen
  • Hank Williams’ Great Grandson Trying to Fill ‘Big Boots’ of Family Musical Legacy
    Hank Williams’ Great Grandson Trying to Fill ‘Big Boots’ of Family Musical Legacy
Hank Williams IV and The Lost Highway Band captivated the audience Thursday night at the Fayette County Fair. Ricky Fitzgerald, who goes by the stage name Hank Williams IV, says he’s the great grandson of the legendary Hank Sr. “My granddad was the first-born son of Hank Williams Sr.,” Fitzgerald said in an interview with the Record Thursday at the Fair. “He was born in 1943, and Hank Sr. named…

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