Biography
Oklahoma-born, Louisiana-raised country singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore is the single degree of separation between Hank Williams, Hank Jr., and Johnny Cash. As a boy, he tagged along with Hank Sr. during the former's Louisiana Hayride performances, and some 40 years later he wound up managing Hank Jr.'s career. With June Carter, he wrote the legendary “Ring of Fire,” which would forevermore be irrevocably identified with Johnny Cash as one of the...Read more