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Merle Travis

Country music
Traditional Country
A honky tonk pioneer and pickin' virtuoso on guitar, Merle Travis remains a major influence on Chet Atkins and Doc Watson. His fast, complex and harmonic style, derived from country-blues, jazz, boogie and Kentucky folklore, makes him a master of the genre. While developing a bass line with the thumb, he brushes rhythmic chords, the index finger playing the melody on the high strings, giving the illusion of two guitars. Author of two immortal classics, "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke", in 1947, and "Sixteen Tons", popularized by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955, he appeared on the silver screen...
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So Round, So Firm, So Fully PackedMerle Travis
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Divorce Me C.O.D.Merle Travis
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Barbara AllenMerle Travis
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Cincinnati LouMerle Travis
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Sixteen TonsMerle Travis
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Re-Enlistment BluesMerle Travis
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So Round, So Firm, So Fully PackedMerle Travis

The Merle Travis Story

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Divorce Me C.O.D.Merle Travis

How Do You Speak To An Angel

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Barbara AllenMerle Travis

Folk Songs Of The Hills

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Cincinnati LouMerle Travis

The Merle Travis Story

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Sixteen TonsMerle Travis

Folk Songs Of The Hills

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Re-Enlistment BluesMerle Travis

The Merle Travis Story

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