. ♪ >> reporter: patsy cline's train case for $75 in a junk store in nashville about 1980 or '81. and i thought this is wrong. this is wrong. i thought there is a bigger mission here. and it became my heart to preserve, hang on to, promote and further the cultural of country music any way i could. >> reporter: he bought patsy cline's case and started collecting what others had forgotten. >> roy rogers. >> reporter: or left by the curb. >> this is wearable art. and the artist that created these things, everything is hand-stitched. everything is hand-sewn, and there is a lot of work in these suits. and they just deserved to not be thrown away. >> reporter: one warehouse of leftover treasures became three warehouses. you get the idea. this suit belonged to the hillbilly shakespeare, hank iams. ♪ tried so hard >> reporter: you must have a soft spot for certain artists, yes? >> well, it's hard not to love hank williams. >> reporter: from hank williams. more memorabilia, as original as it gets. ♪ >> this is hank williams' manuscript of "your cold, cold heart" signed and dated. >> re