People: Sep. 21, 1998

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O.K., so nothing tops a velvet Elvis painting in terms of bizarre music-star folk art, but this is pretty good. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of HANK WILLIAMS' birth and the release of The Complete Hank Williams CD set, Mercury Records amassed a collection of folk art depicting the guitarist-singer. The exhibition includes such pieces as Lonesome Hank, above, painted on a rusty lawn chair, and Setting the Woods on Fire, below, both by Bob Gray; and Dark Hank, middle, by Todd Greene. And move over, Elvis--while on display in New York City, more than half the available pieces were sold. Including the lawn chair.

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