Patsy Cline museum opens in Nashville

(25 Apr 2017) PATSY CLINE GETS OVERDUE HONOR IN NASHVILLE
One of country music's iconic vocalists Patsy Cline got a long overdue honor with the opening of a new museum.
The singer helped to define modern country music, with a style that crossed genres into pop, rock and country. Famous for songs like "Crazy," "Walkin' After Midnight" and "I Fall to Pieces," she died in a plane crash that cut her blossoming career short.
The new museum opened this month in April just above the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville and features many items that have been in storage for decades, including many of her homemade dresses.
"You have some like this where they store bought them and embellished them themselves with the rhinestones and various things," explained her daughter Julie Fudge. "And then you have the ones that they made, that Patsy designed and then she and her mother would work together to make these."
Bill Miller, the museum's founder who also founded the Johnny Cash Museum, said her short career and the fact that her fame continued to grow after her death made it difficult to find all the pieces for a museum.
"When you do a museum, your biggest fear is content," Miller said. "And with an artist that passed away in 1963 that was a big fear, because at the time of her passing, Patsy wasn't a huge star. There weren't the legions of fans that were saving posters and memorabilia."
"And I must say, had we not gotten this set up and you put this museum together, I am not sure where we would have these things today," Fudge said.
Her daughter said that her mother still has an impact on contemporary country music.
"I guess you would attribute that to with the classic music," Fudge said of her reputation. "It has a lot to do with Owen Bradley with the sound with the undated music."

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