Merle Kilgore | es
Bakersfield - California 6/abril/1937
Merle Haggard es uno de los cantantes de country más influyentes desde Hank Williams. Su carrera comenzó cuando se coló en los camerinos de la leyenda del country Lefty Frizzell cuando era adolescente. Impresionado por sus canciones, Frizzell se negó a volver al escenario hasta que Haggard cantara una canción – a un público que tuvo una cálida acogida. Junto a Buck Owens y Wynn Stewart, fue un pionero de la escena country de Bakersfield en los 60, una leyenda de clase trabajadora que cantaba letras rotas. El estilo de Haggard estaba muy influído por el...
There are at least nine bands and one DJ with this name.
One is an emo violence band from Annandale, Virginia formed in 2008. Associated bands include The Pessimist Hangs The Optimist and The Usual www.kilgoretroutva.bandcamp.com. One of the guitarists left Kilgore Trout, who now play on as a three-piece under the name Ostraca.
Another is an alternative rock band that was based in Nottingham and Sheffield in the north of England between 1985 and 1991. In that time Kilgore Trout released two EPs, contributed eight tracks to two compilation LPs, and appeared on a flexidisc that came free with...
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today. "Travis picking", a style of guitar picking, is named after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected...
Blue Merle was a music group centered in Nashville, Tennessee. Their name comes from the lyrics of a Led Zeppelin song, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp from Led Zeppelin III, referring to a "blue-eyed merle". Their lead singer Luke Reynolds, has a voice that has been compared to those of Chris Martin and Dave Matthews. The band is also known for live renditions of the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer.
The band was first formed when Luke Reynolds and Jason Oettel met and began to work together. A friend in a studio offered them some recording time, and they began recording several demo...
