Merle Travis

Biography

Merle Robert Travis, 29 November 1917, Rosewood, Kentucky, USA, d. 20 October 1983, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA. Travis was the son of a tobacco farmer but by the time he was four years old, the family had moved to Ebenezer, Kentucky, and his father was working down the mines. Travis’ father often remarked, ‘Another day older and deeper in debt’, a phrase his son used in ‘Sixteen Tons’. His father played the banjo, but Travis preferred the guitar. He befriended two coal... Read more

Genres

Country & Bluegrass Country / Bluegrass Documentaries Holiday & Seasonal Movies Music Videos & Concerts Musicals & The Arts Pop / Rock Western Movies

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country

folk

bluegrass

classic country

americana

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