Merle Travis - Walkin' the Strings

Title: Walkin' the Strings Artist: Merle Travis Release Date: 1960 Re-Released On: 5/28/1996 Label: Capitol Nashville Records Duration: 33:22 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 724383580927 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: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Walking the Strings
2. Little David Play on Your Harp
3. Saturday Night Shuffle
4. Thumbing the Bass
5. Cane Break Blues
6. Darby's Ram
7. Everly Rag
8. Rose Time
9. Old Aunt Dinah
10. My Old Kentucky Home
11. Pigmeat Stomp
12. Blue Smoke
13. Dry Bread
14. Louisville Clog
15. On a Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy Belle)
16. Green Bay Polka
17. Jordan Am a Hard Road to Travel
18. Travis Trot
19. Cannon Ball Stomp
20. Fuller Blues
21. Blue Bell
22. Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Capitol Nashville Records 35809

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Although originally issued on LP in 1960 (it was reissued on CD in 1996), these 22 songs were actually recorded in the late '40s and early '50s for Capitol's Electrical Transciption series. This showcases Travis's fingerpicking abilities at their best, on unaccompanied acoustic vocal and instrumental numbers; most of the material is original, with a few standards by the likes of Stephen Foster and Georgia Tom Dorsey. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Chet Atkins Liner Notes Cliffie Stone Liner Notes Glenn Meadows Remastering John Johnson Reissue Producer John Lewis Design Ken Nelson Producer Merle Travis Arranger Rich Kienzle Liner Notes Tom Arnholt Art Direction