Merle Travis
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Raised in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, he absorbed the region’s finger-picking tradition taught by local musicians such as Arnold Shultz, Kennedy Jones, Mose Rager and Ike Everly, shaping the syncopated style later named after him. Early radio performances led to a stint with Clayton McMichen’s Georgia Wildcats and a prominent role on WLW’s Boone County Jamboree, where his work with Grandpa Jones…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
