The Merle Travis Guitar

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.

The Merle Travis Guitar
Studio album by
Released1956
Recorded1955
Genre
LabelCapitol
ProducerCliffie Stone, Ken Nelson
Merle Travis chronology
Folk Songs of the Hills
(1947)
The Merle Travis Guitar
(1956)
Back Home
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

  • Merle Travis - electric guitar

References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Merle Travis - The Merle Travis Guitar". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 11, 2019.


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