Merle Travis

Merle Travis
Merle Travis was virtually without peer as a guitarist and songwriter. A unique stylist, he was respected and prominent enough to have an instrumental style ("Travis picking") named after him, and only Chet Atkins even comes close to the influence that Travis had on the way the guitar is understood and played in country music. (Indeed, Atkins was initially signed to RCA to be that label's Merle Travis.) As a songwriter, he wasn't far behind, with originals such as "Sixteen Tons" crossing over...
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Merle Travis Guitar Rags & A Too Fast Past
By: Merle Travis
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Travis, Merle You'll Be Lonesome, Too, The Steppin' Out Kind, When Mussol...
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Merle Travis Folk Songs of the Hills
By: Merle Travis
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Nine Pound Hammer, John Henry, Sixteen Tons
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