Merle Travis - Definitive Collection (40 tracks)

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Merle Travis
Definitive Collection
Genres: Country, Pop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Ain't That a Crying Shame - Merle Travis, Travis
2. Blues Stay Away from Me - Merle Travis, Delmore
3. Cincinnati Lou - Merle Travis, Fisher
4. Crazy Boogie - Merle Travis, Cargile
5. Dark as a Dungeon - Merle Travis, Travis
6. Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis, Stone
7. Fat Gal - Merle Travis, Travis
8. I Am a Pilgrim - Merle Travis, Traditional
9. I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size - Merle Travis, Travis
10. I'm a Natural Born Gambling Man - Merle Travis, Atchison
11. I'm Sick and Tired of You Now - Merle Travis, Stone
12. John Henry - Merle Travis, Traditional
13. Kentucky Means Paradise - Merle Travis, Travis
14. Lawdy What a Girl - Merle Travis, Stone
15. Lost John - Merle Travis, Traditional
16. Louisiana Boogie - Merle Travis, Travis
17. Merle's Boogie Woogie - Merle Travis, Travis
18. Missouri - Merle Travis, Duncan
19. Guitar Rag - Merle Travis, Allen
20. Muskrat - Merle Travis, Ann
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
1. Nine Pound Hammer - Merle Travis, Traditional
2. No Vacancy - Merle Travis, Stone
3. Over by Number Nine - Merle Travis, Travis
4. Philosophy - Merle Travis, Haldeman
5. Pigmeat Strut - Merle Travis, Travis
6. Sioux City Sue - Merle Travis, Freedman, Ray
7. Sixteen Tons - Merle Travis, Travis, Merle
8. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis, Kirk
9. Start Even - Merle Travis, Travis
10. Steel Guitar Rag - Merle Travis, McAuliffe, Leon
11. Sweet Temptation - Merle Travis, Stone, Cliffe
12. T for Texas - Merle Travis, Rodgers
13. That's All - Merle Travis, Travis, Merle
14. Three Times Seven - Merle Travis, Stone, Cliffie
15. What a Shame - Merle Travis, Atchison
16. When My Baby Double Talks to Me - Merle Travis, Travis
17. Done Rovin' - Merle Travis, Horton
18. If We Never Meet Again - Merle Travis, Brumley
19. Over in Gloryland - Merle Travis, Traditional
20. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - Merle Travis, Gabriel

CD Details

All Artists: Merle Travis
Title: Definitive Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 6/10/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Country, Pop
Styles: Americana, Classic Country, Instrumental, Oldies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5024952382866

Synopsis

Album Description

2008 digitally remastered two CD collection from the Country icon. Merle Travis was an American Country and Western singer, songwriter and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. 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. Features 40 tracks including hits like 'Divorce Me C.O.D.,' 'Sweet Temptation,' 'Steel Guitar Rag' and 'Fat Gal' which gave him national prominence. Performance.