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The band Merle Travis was founded in 1917. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Rosewood. Generally, music journalists would define Merle Travis’s style within the genre/s of country music, and other rock music.
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Chet Atkins
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Doc Watson
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Red Foley
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Bob Wills
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Jimmie Rodgers
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Blaze Foley
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Johnny Bond
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Billy Joe Shaver
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Hank Williams
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Lefty Frizzell
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Tex Ritter
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Sons Of The Pioneers
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward "Eddy" Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music char... [wikipedia]
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
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The Louvin Brothers
The Louvin Brothers were an American musical duo composed of brothers Ira and Charlie Louvin (Lonnie Loudermilk, April 21, 1924 – June 20, 1965, and Charlie Elzer Loudermilk, July 7, 1927– January 26, 2011). The brothers are cousins to John D. Loudermilk, a Na... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is Merle Travis?
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