LC control no. | n 86109519 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Travis, Merle |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Kentucky |
Birth date | 1917-11-29 |
Death date | 1983-10-19 |
Place of birth | Rosewood (Ky.) |
Place of death | Tahlequah (Okla.) |
Field of activity | Country music |
Profession or occupation | Country musicians Singers Composers Guitarists |
Found in | Eatherly, 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) |