Dark As A Dungeon lyrics tell a haunting story of coal mines. See how Cash, Ford, and Sparklehorse made it timeless.

Merle Travis was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1917. In 1966 as he was looking back at his life Travis wrote: “Happiness is a friend who has usually been around, but heartbreak and ...

The second part of Haunted Louisville, plus spots on Merle Travis and willow furniture. In the second part of our Haunted Louisville series, we delve into ghostly goings-on at Old Louisville's ...

Clark was hugely inspired by Merle Travis, a country guitarist so influential that one of the more common styles of fingerpicking is named after him.. Back in 1984, shortly after Travis's death ...

But many fingerstyle guitarists, including Grammy and Academy Award-nominated Thom Bresh, son of Country Music Hall of Fame great Merle Travis, prefer to go it alone. Ever since he was old enough ...

Staging a country-music concert in a big-city concert hall was a novel idea in the 1950s. Country and folk singer Merle Travis' gig at Boston's Jordan Hall came during the early days of a national ...

Doc Watson and Merle Travis first met at that Circle session, and Doc considered it a “high point of my career” to meet the man from whose recordings he had learned much of his guitar technique.

“I already own the Holy Grail,” says Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen. Nielsen is talking about a 1963 Guild Merle Travis guitar in his collection, only one of three ever made. He has heard about ...

Merle Travis: Guitar Man. Season 7 Episode 2 | 57m 6s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A look back at the career of country music star and Kentucky native Merle Travis. This program looks back at ...

Merle Travis died Oct. 20, 1983. Travis wasn’t the only entertainer to stop and eat at Nikki’s. Roy Rogers ate at Nikki’s when he visited the Moccasin Bend Shooting Range in 1967.

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Merle Travis Guitar Man (2016)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into the heart of this movie ...