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    • Nov 15, 1947
    Merle Travis receives a key to the city of Drakesboro, Kentucky, where a parade is held in his honor
    Nov 25, 1947
    Merle Travis records "Crazy Boogie" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Feb 23, 1948
    Merle Travis has a son, Tom Bresh, in Hollywood. Bresh nets his own hit in 1976 with "Home Made Love"
    May 29, 1948
    Merle Travis receives a guitar he had asked Paul Bigsby to custom-make on his behalf. Featuring Travis' name in mother of pearl along the base of the pick guard, it becomes his trademark instrument, often referred to as "the Bigsby"
    Dec 17, 1948
    Merle Travis marries actress Judy Hayden in Tijuana, Mexico. Hayden is the former wife of guitarist Eddie Kirk
    Aug 8, 1949
    Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Smokey Mountain Boogie," with Merle Travis on guitar
    Oct 8, 1949
    Merle and Judy Travis have a daughter, Marlene Roberta Travis
    Oct 10, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Anticipation Blues" with Merle Travis on guitar at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Oct 18, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Mule Train" at Capitol's Melrose studios in Los Angeles, with Merle Travis mimicking the sound of a whip by running a quasi-whistle through an echo chamber
    Sep 1, 1950
    Merle Travis becomes the regular host of WRVA Radio's "Old Dominion Barn Dance" in Richmond, Virginia
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