Brown’s Ferry Four

One of the most popular early country gospel quartets, the Brown’s Ferry Four —like the Chuck Wagon Gang—featured quartet harmonies backed by acoustic guitar. The group was formed at WLW in Cincinnati in 1943, when George C. Biggar of that station, noting the popularity of gospel music with his listeners, searched the station’s talent roster to form a regularly featured quartet. His original and most famous Brown’s Ferry Four was composed of Merle Travis (bass and guitar),...