Latest Release
- NOV 13, 2023
- 10 Songs
- The Merle Travis Story - 24 Greatest Hits · 1956
- Folk Songs of the Hills · 1947
- The Merle Travis Story - 24 Greatest Hits · 1956
- Folk Songs of the Hills · 1947
- Strictly Guitar · 1969
- Capitol Country Music Classics · 1993
- Folk Songs of the Hills · 1947
- Folk Songs of the Hills · 1947
- No Vacancy (Remastered) - Single · 2008
- Capitol Country Music Classics · 1980
- 2018
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
Appears On
- The Brown's Ferry Four
About Merle Travis
One of the most influential country guitarists, Merle Travis inaugurated a cross-picking style of guitar playing in the 1930s and '40s that was forever after known as “Travis picking” and became a standard technique in country, folk, and rock. His guitar mastery sometimes overshadows his songwriting; born in Kentucky mining country, Travis wrote the miner's laments “Dark as a Dungeon” and “Sixteen Tons,” both of which became country standards. Travis made his final recordings for the CMH label in the late '70s and died of a heart attack in 1983.
- HOMETOWN
- Rosewood, KY, United States
- BORN
- November 29, 1917
- GENRE
- Country