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Travis, Merle

LC control no.n 86109519
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Personal name headingTravis, Merle
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedKentucky
Birth date1917-11-29
Death date1983-10-19
Place of birthRosewood (Ky.)
Place of deathTahlequah (Okla.)
Field of activityCountry music
Profession or occupationCountry musicians Singers Composers Guitarists
Found inEatherly, P.T. In search of my father, c1987: CIP text (Merle Travis, country/western singer)
Christian, M. Rough, rowdy, and blue [SR] p1986: label (Merle Travis) insert (the late Merle Travis; b. Rosewood, Kentucky in 1917; recorded in 1982, died a year later)
Travis, M. The best of Merle Travis [SR] p1990: label (Merle Travis) insert (Merle Robert Travis; b. Nov. 29, 1917, Rosewood, Muhlenberg Co., Ky., d. Oct. 19, 1983)
Grove music online, October 27, 2017 (Travis, Merle (Robert); born November 29, 1917, Rosewood, KY; died October 19, 1983,Tahlequah, OK; American country singer-songwriter and guitarist; spent his formative years in Kentucky's mining region, experience which informed two of his most famous songs: Dark as a dungeon, a powerful protest against mining conditions, and Sixteen tons)