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Merle Travis

Merle Travis

Merle Travis has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 3 January 2016.

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today. "Travis picking", a style of guitar picking, is named after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.

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Merle Travis

Merle Travis has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 3 January 2016.

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today. "Travis picking", a style of guitar picking, is named after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.

Original source: Last.fm

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Black Mountain Rag
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Mother Maybelle Carter, Merle Travis, Roy Acuff
Capitol Records2002
A World Full Of Roses
Merle Travis
Capitol Records0
Sixteen Tons
Merle Travis
Capitol Records1957
Gotta Have My Baby Back
Merle Travis
Capitol Records1968
So Round, So Firm
Merle Travis
Capitol Records1962
Blue Smoke
Merle Travis
Capitol Records1956
Nine Pound Hammer
Chet Atkins, Merle Travis
RCA1974
Nashville Blues
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Mother Maybelle Carter, Merle Travis, Roy Acuff
Disky1996
Merle's Boogie Woogie
Merle Travis, Ray Campi
Rollin' Rock0
I Am A Pilgrim
Merle Travis
Capitol Americana0