Birth Name:

Merle Travis

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Nov 29, 1917

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Rosewood, Kentucky, United States

Age:

107

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Sag

58'

About Merle Travis

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues", "I am a Pilgrim", and "Dark as a Dungeon". However, it is his unique guitar style, still called "Travis picking" by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for which he is best known today. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb while melodies are simultaneously plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Merle Travis at Find a Grave

• at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

• Unofficial web site

• On-line jukebox

• Merle Travis, member of the Brown's Ferry Four with the Delmore Brothers. Sessionography, Discography

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Merle Travis: Sun 6 Sagittarius, Moon 19 Gemini, Mercury 21 Sagittarius, Venus 24 Capricorn, Mars 13 Virgo, Jupiter 6 Gemini, Saturn 14 Leo, Uranus 20 Aquarius, Neptune 7 Leo, Pluto 5 Cancer, Sun Trine Neptune, Sun Quincunx Pluto, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Venus Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Semi Sextile Pluto, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

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