Merle Travis - Guitar Rags & A Too Fast Past

Title: Guitar Rags & A Too Fast Past Artist: Merle Travis Release Date: 7/15/1994 Label: Bear Family Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Enhanced CD-ROM UPCs: 4000127156372, 790051156374 Genre: Country Styles: Traditional Country, Instrumental Country, Country Boogie Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Lively, Innocent, Organic, Confident, Playful, Sentimental, Freewheeling, Gentle, Light, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Relaxed, Smooth, Stylish, Warm, Earnest, Complex, Earthy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 5

1. You'll Be Lonesome, Too [*]
2. The Steppin' Out Kind
3. When Mussolini Laid His Pistol Down [**]
4. Two Time Annie [**]
5. What Will I Do?
6. So Long, Farewell, Goodbye [*]
7. God Put a Rainbow on the Clouds [*]
8. It May Be Too Late
9. Be on Your Way
10. Rainin' on the Mountain
11. Give Me Your Hand
12. Out on the Open Range
13. Ridin' Down to Santa Fe
14. Hominy Grits
15. That's All
16. Boogie Woogie Boy [Alternate Take]
17. Boogie Woogie Boy
18. I Used to Work in Chicago
19. Merle's Buck Dance
20. Steel Guitar Stomp
21. I Used to Work in Chicago
22. I'm All Thru Trusting You
23. Weary Lonesome Me
24. No Vacancy
25. Cincinnati Lou
26. Two Is a Couple (And Three Is a Crowd)
27. What a Shame
28. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)

1. Missouri
2. Divorce Me C.O.D.
3. A Fool at the Steering Wheel
4. Nine Pound Hammer
5. Sixteen Tons [False Start]
6. Sixteen Tons
7. Dark as a Dungeon
8. Over by Number Nine
9. That's All
10. John Henry
11. Muskrat
12. I Am a Pilgrim
13. This World Is Not My Home
14. The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along
15. (Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming
16. A Little Too Fer
17. When Rosie Riccoola Do the Hoola Ma Boola
18. Steel Guitar Rag
19. Honey Bunch
20. Sweet Temptation
21. Don't Hand Me That Old Line
22. Steel Guitar Rag
23. Honey Bunch
24. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
25. Alimony Bound
26. Follow Thru
27. Three Times Seven
28. I'm Sick and Tired of You, Little Darling

1. Sunshine's Back in Town
2. The Devil to Pay
3. Steel Guitar Rag
4. Lawdy, What a Gal
5. Sioux City Sue
6. Muskrat
7. Fat Gal [False Start]
8. Fat Gal
9. I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size
10. Merle's Boogie Woogie
11. Merle's Boogie Woogie [Alternate Take]
12. Dapper Dan
13. When My Baby Double Talks to Me
14. I'm Picking up the Pieces to My Heart
15. Information Please
16. Any Old Time
17. Kentucky Means Paradise
18. Leave My Honey Bee Alone
19. I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man
20. Get Along Blues
21. A Too Fast Past
22. Crazy Boogie
23. You Better Try Another Man
24. Deck of Cards
25. Wabash Cannonball
26. Blues Stay Away from Me
27. Philososphy
28. I Got a Mean Old Woman

1. I'm Picking up the Pieces to My Heart
2. Petticoat Fever
3. Start Even
4. Guitar Rag
5. Cane Bottom Chair
6. I'm Knee Deep in Trouble
7. Little Miss Sherlock Holmes
8. Too Much Sugar for a Dime
9. Spoonin' Moon
10. Trouble, Trouble
11. El Ren
12. Won'tcha Be My Baby
13. Dry Bread
14. Lost John Boogie
15. Deep South
16. Boogie in Minor
17. Let's Settle Down (To Runnin' Around Together)
18. Done Rovin'
19. Faithful Fool
20. Love Must Be Ketchin'
21. Kinfolks in Carolina
22. Kinfolks in Carolina
23. Rainy Day Feelin'
24. A Too Fast Past
25. Knee Deep in Trouble
26. Ain't That a Cryin' Shame
27. I'll See You in My Dreams
28. Cannonball Rag
29. I'll Have Myself a Ball
30. Bayou Baby
31. Green Cheese

1. Louisiana Boogie
2. Guitar Rag
3. Saturday Night Shuffle
4. The Waltz You Saved for Me
5. Crazy 'Bout You
6. Re-Enlistment Blues
7. Dance of the Golden Rod
8. Gambler's Guitar
9. Shut up and Drink Your Beer
10. Seminole Drag
11. Jolie Fille (Pretty Girl)
12. I Can't Afford the Coffee (I'm Tired of Drinking Weak Tea Blues)
13. Blue Bell
14. Memphis Blues
15. The Sheik of Araby
16. On a Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy Belle)
17. Black Diamond Blues
18. Blue Smoke [Remake]
19. Walking the Strings
20. Saturday Night Shuffle
21. Sleepy Time Gal
22. Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)
23. Rock-A-Bye Rock
24. Bugle Call Rag
25. Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
26. Beer Barrel Polka
27. Trun My Picture Upside Down
28. If You Want It, I've Got It
29. Lazy River
30. Hunky Dory

Year Type Label Catalog # 1994 CD Bear Family 15637 ------ CD Bear Family 0000015637

No other editions were found for this album.

Containing five CDs and 141 songs, and runs nearly seven hours, this set is pure gold, whether you like Travis's instrumental string dazzlers or his novelty hits of the late '40s -- and it's just about 100% indispensable to anyone who likes good folk, hillbilly, country, or blues. Disc One is worth half the cost by itself, 20 of its 28 tracks drawn from Travis's early/mid-'40s career on King, Capitol, and a handful of forgotten labels, in duets and group settings. This includes his recordings with Grandpa Jones (on guitar, no less) as the Sheppard Brothers from 1943, and his topical (anti-Axis) songs recorded under aliases. All of this stuff features not only Travis's superb guitar, but excellent harmony singing by him as well. The first Travis solo track as we would know it, "That's All," is worth the wait, and later selections find him slipping into the sound recognized from his familiar recordings. Part of Disc Two is given over to Folk Songs of the Hills, but Travis's full band sound is also well represented. Disc Three contains more of Travis's full-band pop numbers, and a similar new discovery in an alternate take of "Merle's Boogie Woogie," the first multi-tracked country recording ever done. Disc Four, with 31 tracks, covers 1950 to 1953, when Travis's sound became more varied -- there were still full-band pop numbers; his group was stripped down, and there were fewer novelty numbers. Disc Five is a mix of superb instrumentals and rousing pop numbers, along with some blues and a few reworked old standards. It may be the strongest of the five. The book is excellent -- all 80 pages of it -- and the sound on all but a handful of tracks is as good as being at the session. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Agapito "Pete" Martinez Guitar (Steel) Al Williams ? Alan H. Barker Bass Allen Williams Bass Alvino Rey Guitar (Steel) Annette Warren ? Arthur Douglas "Doug" Dalton Vocals, Mandolin Arthur Wenzel Accordion B.W. Johnson ? Bert Dodson Bass Bert Phillips ? Betsy Gay ? Betty Lou Morgan Robinson ? Bill Brown ? Billy Liebert Accordion, Piano Blackie Case ? Bob Jones Metal Transfers, Disc Transfers, Mastering Bob McCarthy Vocals, Guitar Bruce Nemerov Disc Transfers, Metal Transfers Bucky Yates ? Buddy Cole ?, Piano, Leader Bunnie Mullins Baugh ? Burt Lancaster ? Carl Cotner ? Carolina Cotton ? Charles K. Wolfe Discography Charles Linville Fiddle Chet Atkins ? Clayton McMichen ? Cliffie Stone Leader, Vocals, Producer, Choir, Chorus, Bass Colin Escott Photography, Illustrations Dale Evans ? Dale Warren Bass Danny Alguire Trumpet Darol Rice Clarinet Dave Sax Reissue Producer, Research, Tape Comparison, Tape Research, Discography David Stewart Illustrations, Photography Denny Slowfoot ? Deuce Spriggins Bass Dick Roberts ? Dick Stubbs Guitar, ? Don Whiston Guitar Donald "Dusty" Rhodes Bass, Guitar (Steel) Earl Joaquin Murphey Guitar (Steel) Eddie Cletro ? Eddie Kirk Vocals, Leader, Guitar (Rhythm) Ernest Tubb ? Eugine Rogers Bass Frank Messina Accordion Frankie Marvin Guitar (Steel) Fred T. Tavares Guitar (Steel) Gene Autry ? Gene Mombeck Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm) George Bamby ? George Tracy Harmonica Georgia Brown Vocals Gerd Weiler Artwork Grandpa Jones Vocals, Guitar Hank Caldwell ? Hank Penny Guitar (Rhythm), Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys ? Hank Thompson ? Hardy Dorgaten Photo Restoration Harlan Ray "Fuzzy" Gregory ? Harold Hensley Fiddle Harry "Slim" Duncan ? Hartle Patterson Bass Henry VanWormer Photography, Illustrations Herman "The Hermit" Snyder ? Homer Escamelia ? Ike Everly ? Jack Guthrie ? Jack McTaggart Trumpet Jack Rivers ? Jack Tucker ? Jerry Colonna Vocals Jimmie Davis ? Jimmie Widener Guitar Jimmy Dean ? Jimmy Pruett Piano Jo Ella Wright Piano Joe Maphis Guitar, Fiddle Joe Strand Piano Joel Duroe Drums John Alan Reinhardt Bass John Weiss Guitar Johnny Bond Guitar Johnny Mercer Vocals Joseph Pieracci Illustrations, Photography Joyce "Red" Murrell Choir, Chorus, Guitar Juanita Vastine ? Judy Dell ? June "Judy" Hayden Vocals Kay Phillips ? Kay Starr Vocals Ken Nelson Producer Larry DePaul Accordion Larry Walsh Metal Transfers, Disc Transfers Larry Zwisohn Discography Lazy Jim ? Lee Gillette Producer Leodie Jackson Guitar (Steel) Les Leverett Illustrations, Photography Manny Klein Trumpet Margie Ann Warren Fiddle Margie Linville ? Marilyn Tuttle ? Mark Wilder Disc Transfers, Metal Transfers Mary Lou ? Max Fidler Fiddle Merle Travis Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, ? Milton Curtis "Muddy" Berry Drums Montgomery Clift ? Moon Mullican Piano Mose Rager ? Noel Boggs Guitar (Steel) Ossie J. Godson Piano Pat Brady ? Pat Patterson Choir, Chorus, Piano Pat Travis Eatherly Photography, Illustrations Patrick Milligan Discography Paul A. Bigsby ? Paul Sells Accordion Phil F. Marx Jr. Guitar (Steel) Phil Wells Tape Comparison Pierre Danielou Photography, Illustrations Quilla Hugh Freeman Leader, Guitar R.A. Andreas Photography, Illustrations Rich Kienzle Reissue Producer, Photography, Biographical Information, Liner Notes, Illustrations Richard Weize Tape Research, Discography, Reissue Producer, Research Rivers Lewis Guitar (Rhythm) Robbie Hogans ? Robert Roy Fiddle Rose Lee Maphis ? Roy Ball ? Roy Bargy Bass Roy Harte Drums Roy Lanham Vocals, Guitar Roy Rogers ? Shug Fisher Guitar Sleepy Marlin ? Smiley Burnette ? Smokey Rogers Guitar Speedy West Guitar (Steel) Syd Nathan Producer Sylke Holtrop Artwork Tennessee Ernie Ford Vocals Tex Atchison Fiddle, Vocals, Choir, Chorus Tex Ritter ? Tex Williams ? Texas Jim Lewis ? Thom Bresh ? Tom Romersa Drums Tommy Sargent Guitar (Rhythm) Tony Russell Photography, Illustrations Vic Davis Piano Virginia Cushman Trumpet, ? Walter Brown ? Wesley Tuttle Leader, Vocals, Guitar Wiley Fox ?