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    • Mar 1, 1944
    Merle Travis ends a six-year stint on Cincinnati's WLW Radio. Fellow employee Hank Penny drives him to the train station, and Travis moves to California the same day
    Sep 20, 1944
    Tex Ritter records "Jealous Heart" in an afternoon session at the C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood. The date represents the first California recording session for guitar player Merle Travis
    Dec 15, 1944
    "The Old Texas Trail" appears in movie theaters, with a prominent role for Ray Whitley and a bit part for Merle Travis
    Apr 27, 1945
    "Beyond The Pecos" appears in theaters. Ray Whitley and his 6-Bar Cowboys add music, with a hand from Merle Travis
    Sep 20, 1945
    Merle Travis records "Cincinnati Lou" for Bel-Tone Records at Hollywood's Radio Recorders. He re-records the song six months later for Capitol, resulting in his first hit
    Oct 8, 1945
    Hank Penny records the Noel Boggs-penned "Steel Guitar Stomp" with producer Merle Travis at the Universal Studios in Pasadena, California
    Feb 14, 1946
    Charles Starrett stars as The Durango Kid with the debut of "Roaring Rangers." The western's cast also includes Smiley Burnette and Merle Travis, who performs "The Old Chisholm Trail"
    Mar 18, 1946
    Merle Travis holds his first recording session for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, cutting "Cincinnati Lou" and "No Vacancy" at Radio Recorders
    Apr 25, 1946
    The Durango Kid battles Arizona cattle rustlers as "Galloping Thunder" debuts in theaters. Charles Starrett is joined in the cast by Smiley Burnette and Merle Travis & His Bronco Busters
    Jul 9, 1946
    Merle Travis records "Divorce Me C.O.D." and "Missouri" at Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles
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