Merle Travis
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Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist. Born in Rosewood, Kentucky, his songs' lyrics were often about the lives and the economic exploitation
Merle Travis in Five Minutes to Live (1961)
Merle Travis and his Gibson Super 400 at the Country Music Hall of Fame
Chet Atkins
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Chester Burton Atkins, nicknamed "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was a fingerpicking guitar player, arranger and producer who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, created the Nashvi
Merle Travis
…problems, he was respected and admired by his friends and fellow musicians. Longtime Travis fan Doc Watson named his son Merle Watson, and Travis admirer Chet Atkins named his daughter Merle Atkins, in Travis' honor. Travis' string of 1940s' chart-topping, honky-tonk hits did not continue into the 1950s, despite the…
Chet Atkins
Atkins's Gretsch Country Gentleman, model G6122, 1962