- Aliases
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Merle Travis and His Guitar
Merle Travis with Cowboy Band
Merle Travis with Orchestra
- Personal name
- Merle Robert Travis
- Born
- November 29, 1917
- Died
- October 20, 1983
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00030988962 43 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. Travis is particularly regarded for his guitar style, a form of fingerpicking, which is widely called "Travis picking" after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977 and in 2002 into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
- Member of
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Brown's Ferry Four
Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
The Westernaires
- Family
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Judy Hayden Wife
Tex Ann Wife
Thom Bresh Son
- Ranking
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959th most covered composer/author
838th most covered performer
1146th most covering performer
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