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    • Jun 1, 1962
    "Night Rider," a half-hour TV movie, is broadcast with roles for Johnny Cash, Wesley Tuttle, Merle Travis, Johnny Western, Eddie Dean and fiddler Gordon Terry
    Jun 15, 1962
    Johnny Cash tops a bill at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl with Patsy Cline, George Jones, The Carter Family, Johnny Western, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Gordon Terry, Roger Miller, Flatt & Scruggs, Stuart Hamblen, Don Gibson and Leroy Van Dyke
    Dec 8, 1962
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs play New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall with Merle Travis. They lace their set with "Wildwood Flower," "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and "Gotta Travel On," among other titles. The show is released as an album, "Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall"
    Dec 1, 1964
    One month after their eighth anniversary, Merle and Betty Lou Travis are separated. Their divorce is finalized six months later
    Nov 2, 1966
    The Johnny Cash movie "Door-To-Door Maniac" debuts in theaters, five years after it was originally filmed. Also featured are Merle Travis and Ron Howard
    May 28, 1967
    Chet Atkins is the subject of a tribute concert at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium marking his 20th year in the music industry. On hand are Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Dean, Merle Travis, Floyd Cramer, John D. Loudermilk, Dottie West, Homer & Jethro, Harlan Howard and The Jordanaires
    Jul 12, 1967
    "That Tennessee Beat" debuts in movie theaters with Merle Travis, The Statler Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance, Pete Drake, Buddy Mize, Boots Randolph and The Stoney Mountain Cloggers
    Feb 28, 1968
    Mary Johnson, the first wife of Merle Travis, dies at Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky
    Oct 12, 1970
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts its first 20 members. The inaugural list includes Ted Daffan, Johnny Bond, Floyd Tillman, Stuart Hamblen, Cindy Walker, Merle Travis, Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Bob Wills, Fred Rose, Hank Williams, A.P. Carter and Jimmie Rodgers
    Mar 31, 1971
    ABC-TV airs the last edition of "The Johnny Cash Show" with Homer & Jethro, Merle Travis, The Statler Brothers, Mother Maybelle Carter, and her daughters, Helen, Anita and June. Cash and June Carter sing "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"
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