Biography
Merle Travis (
November 29,
1917 –
October 20,
1983) was an
American
country and western singer, songwriter, and musician. Born Merle Robert Travis in
Rosewood, Kentucky, he was inducted into the
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in
1970 and elected to the
Country Music Hall of Fame in
1977. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "
Sixteen Tons", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best...
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