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Sueleen appears at a local club's open mike night in a provocative outfit, and despite her lack of singing ability, club manager Trout ( Merle Kilgore ) recommends her to Triplette for the fundraiser based on her appearance.

* Merle Kilgore as Trout, the owner of a club that has an open-mic talent night that gives Sueleen Gay what she believes is her big break as a singer.

* Merle Kilgore — Country / Rock musician

* March 1 – Johnny Cash and June Carter are married in Franklin, Kentucky, with Merle Kilgore as best man.

His funeral was held in Goodlettsville, Tennessee and was attended by notable music industry figures including Hal Bynum, Merle Kilgore, Bobby Tomberlin, Robbie Wittkowski, Tim Jones, and Don Helms.

* James River, song by Merle Kilgore

* Merle Kilgore ( 1934 – 2005 ), country music singer-songwriter

# " Ring of Fire " ( June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore ) – 3: 51

In the early ' 60s, Buchanan performed numerous gigs as a sideman with various rock bands, and played guitar in a number of sessions with Freddy Cannon, Merle Kilgore, and others.

* Merle Kilgore ( 1934 – 2005 ), country-western musician

" Wolverton Mountain ," written with Nashville veteran Merle Kilgore, was based on a real character, Clifton Clowers, who lived on Woolverton Mountain in Arkansas.

" The hits continued in 1964 with " Sam Hill ," and in 1965 he was back in the top 10 with " Tiger Woman ," co-written by Merle Kilgore.

* Merle Kilgore

His love of writing blossomed into scriptwriting under the tutorage of Carroll O ’ Connor during his time on “ In the Heat of the Night ,” which yielded him the unique opportunity to co-write the screenplay for the # 1 Country song “ Wolverton Mountain ” with Merle Kilgore.

Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes, Les Paul, and ( Mother ) Maybelle Carter brought him admirers within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally.

Like Hardcore Logo, the 2005 Canadian film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, about a country rock singer, was also done as a fake documentary with appearances by Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Hawkins, Merle Haggard and Levon Helm playing themselves.

Despite being from the South, he did not become seriously interested in country music until his time at Harvard, where he heard Merle Haggard for the first time.

Along the way, McGuinn's original album concept was jettisoned in favor of a fully fledged country project, which included Parsons ' songs such as " One Hundred Years from Now " and " Hickory Wind ", along with compositions by Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, and others.

Kid Rock would appear on Bob Seger's album, Face the Promise, on a Vince Gill cover of " Real Mean Bottle ," a tribute to country legend Merle Haggard.

The Knitters were devoted to folk and country music ; their take of Merle Haggard's " Silver Wings " " may be the definitive version.

** Merle Haggard, American country musician

The statue is easily visible by motorists traveling on Interstate 45 ) and is also the title and subject of a country music song by Merle Haggard.

* Merle Travis, legendary country and western musician was born in Rosewood, Kentucky

* Merle Travis, country western song writer and performer.

* Merle Travis, country singer and musician, 1917 – 1983

The venue is also noted for its tributes to country music legends like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Waylon, Willie and the Boys.

Porterfield is home to the annual Porterfield Country Music Festival, a weekend of open air concerts held every summer which draws both local and nationally known country music artists such as Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, and Loretta Lynn.

Brown Jr. was a television actor in the 1960s ( Gunsmoke, General Hospital, The Baileys of Balboa, Gilligan's Island ), a rock musician and producer who worked with Carlos Santana, and a concert promoter for many country music artists including Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn.

By 1965, some of Martin's albums, such as Dean " Tex " Martin, The Hit Sound Of Dean Martin, Welcome To My World and Gentle On My Mind were composed of country and western songs made famous by artists like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Buck Owens.

Also in country music, Merle Haggard's Same Train, Different Time, a tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, was enormously popular and influenced the development of the Bakersfield sound into outlaw country within a few years.

According to his father, he chose to focus on country music in the early 1980s, after singers George Strait and Reba McEntire moved the genre back toward the more traditional ; in the style kept alive by George Jones and Merle Haggard.

During the late 1960s, many folk rock artists including Dylan, Ian and Sylvia, and The Byrds began to incorporate a strong country influence into their music, drawing heavily on Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, and Buck Owens amongst others, resulting in the concurrent offshoot of country rock.

Merle Ronald Haggard ( born April 6, 1937 ) is an American country music song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler and instrumentalist.

Brooks & Dunn also reference Haggard in 1993's " Rock My World ( little country girl )" off their Hard Workin ' Man Album as they sing " Acts like Madonna but she listens to Merle / Rock my world little country girl.

More representative examples can be found in some of the songs of Western swing pioneer Bob Wills, and subsequent tradition-minded country artists such as Asleep At The Wheel, Merle Haggard, and George Strait.

In the country music field, singer-songwriters like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Billy Edd Wheeler, and others emerged from the 1940s through the 1960s, often writing compelling songs about love relationships and other subjects.

Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College, and named in honor of Doc's late son Merle Watson, MerleFest has grown into the largest folk and bluegrass music festival in the United States, now drawing over 85, 000 music fans each year.

* Merle Haggard-Country music artist

Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College, and named in honor of Doc's late son Merle Watson, MerleFest has grown into the largest folk and bluegrass music festival in the United States, drawing over 85, 000 music fans each year.

Collin Raye paid him tribute with the song " My Kind Of Girl ", when he sang " How ' bout some music / She said have you got any Merle / That's when I knew she was my kind of girl.

McEntire's sound has been influenced by the country music of Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, and Patsy Cline.

The words are by Irva Merle Baptiste and the music is by Louis Arnold Masanto.

In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song " Pancho and Lefty ," scoring a number one hit on the Billboard country music charts.

It was revealed through these proceedings that Van Zandt's annual income in the years before his death had climbed to over $ 100, 000, thanks in large part to the royalties accrued from his songs being covered by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Cowboy Junkies, and other major music stars.

" Although the occurrence of country crossing over to the pop charts goes back as far as the start of the Billboard charts in 1940, some critics began to be troubled by a trend toward what they perceived as pop music marketed as country ; they contended that radio was concentrating more on newer music while ignoring the more traditional styles of older artists such as Merle Haggard, George Jones and others who continued to record and release new material.

The Valley has been the home to many country music singers such as Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Billy Mize, Red Simpson, The Maddox Brothers and Rose and the Sons of the San Joaquin.