Merle Travis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Merle_Travis
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musician
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:The_Grand_Ole_Opry
gptkb:The_Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame
The Travis Family
gptkbp:birth_date 1917-11-29
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Rosewood,_Kentucky
gptkbp:children gptkb:Merle_Travis_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date 1983-10-20
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Country
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Merle Travis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chet_Atkins
gptkb:Doc_Watson
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Jimmie_Rodgers
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:guitar
gptkbp:known_for Travis picking
gptkbp:label gptkb:Capitol_Records
gptkbp:notable_album Folk Songs of the Hills
gptkbp:notable_song gptkb:Smoke!_Smoke!_Smoke!_(That_Cigarette)
gptkb:Divorce_Me_C._O._D.
gptkb:Sixteen_Tons
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:singer-songwriter
gptkb:guitar
gptkbp:spouse Margaret Travis
gptkbp:website merletravis.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:At_Folsom_Prison
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4