found: Eatherly, P.T. In search of my father, c1987:CIP text (Merle Travis, country/western singer)
found: Christian, M. Rough, rowdy, and blue [SR] p1986:label (Merle Travis) insert (the late Merle Travis; b. Rosewood, Kentucky in 1917; recorded in 1982, died a year later)
found: Travis, M. The best of Merle Travis [SR] p1990:label (Merle Travis) insert (Merle Robert Travis; b. Nov. 29, 1917, Rosewood, Muhlenberg Co., Ky., d. Oct. 19, 1983)
found: Grove music online, October 27, 2017(Travis, Merle (Robert); born November 29, 1917, Rosewood, KY; died October 19, 1983,Tahlequah, OK; American country singer-songwriter and guitarist; spent his formative years in Kentucky's mining region, experience which informed two of his most famous songs: Dark as a dungeon, a powerful protest against mining conditions, and Sixteen tons)