MERLE TRAVIS 'Songs and Guitar of Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons - 1946-1981'
The many facets of Merle Travis's career are all present in this second offering of rare footage spanning his West Coast post-War prime to his last days as a a rediscovered legend - 1946-1981. Merle's blues/jazz tinged country guitar fingerstyle has been dubbed "Travis picking".
Track Listing:
- SILVER SPURS
- TEXAS HOME
- WHY DID I FALL FOR ABNER
- OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
- CATALOGUE COWBOY
- NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
- LOST JOHN
- NINE POUND HAMMER
- JOHN HENRY
- WILDWOOD FLOWER
- WHEN MY BABY DOUBLE TALKS TO ME
- SIXTEEN TONS
- CANNONBALL RAG
- DARK AS A DUNGEON
- ROCKABYE RAG
- THAT'S ALL
- WILDWOOD FLOWER
- LOST JOHN
- NINE POUND HAMMER
- CANNONBALL RAG
- WHO'S SORRY NOW
- WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
- BACKWATER BLUES