The Merle Travis Guitar is the second album by Merle Travis and his first instrumental album. It was recorded in 1955 and released on January 1, 1956 by Capitol Records. Together with another Capitol release of the previous year, Back Home, it introduced the style of guitar playing that came to be known as Travis picking to a wide public of finger-style guitarists and folk music enthusiasts. The album contains a selection of traditional guitar pickers' tunes from Travis' native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and includes old standards, blues and rags.
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | 1955 | |||
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| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Cliffie Stone, Ken Nelson | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Blue Smoke" | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Black Diamond Blues" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "On A Bicycle Built For Two" | 2:09 |
| 4. | "Saturday Night Shuffle" | 2:05 |
| 5. | "Bugle Call Rag" | 2:19 |
| 6. | "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Walkin' The Strings" | 1:50 |
| 8. | "The Memphis Blues" | 2:35 |
| 9. | "The Sheik Of Araby" | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Blue Bell" | 2:19 |
| 11. | "Sweet Bye And Bye / What A Friend We Have In Jesus" | 2:20 |
| 12. | "The Waltz You Saved for Me" | 2:23 |
| 13. | "Rockabye Rag" | 1:55 |
Personnel
edit- Merle Travis - electric guitar
References
edit- ^ Deming, Mark. "Merle Travis - The Merle Travis Guitar". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
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