...Love?'' Timid listeners may want to take precautions. Since year three, when the festival brought up guest artist Merle Travis, the event has continued to present special performers annually. Louisiana's Balfa Brothers, West Virginia's...

...Here's another nail in your coffin," as someone handed you a cigarette, many years ago. In 1947, 62 years ago, Merle Travis wrote a song that was adopted by Tex Williams. Here are some of the lyrics: "Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette...

...the stage with many country stars who followed the wealth to the Last Frontier - the most notable being country legend Merle Travis, remembered today for his masterful guitar picking style from which the term "Travis picking" comes. Heikes also...