
My father, Merle Kilgore, introduced me to many famous country music stars over the years, but the very first one was Johnny Horton. I was very young, but I remember Johnny well. We lived next door to him in Springhill, La. Johnny Horton had a string of hit songs in his short career including “The [...]
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Growing up in the music business was a little different from the rest of the world. My father was Merle Kilgore, and he wrote many big songs including the famous “Ring of Fire.” Without a doubt, we lived an unusual lifestyle. We never knew when famous people like Johnny Cash, Bobby Vinton or Lefty Frizzell [...]
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