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Merle Robert Travis (November 17, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons," "Re-Enlistment Blues," "I am a Pilgrim," and "Dark as a Dungeon." However, it is his unique guitar style, still called Travis Picking by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for which he is best known today. "Travis Picking" is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb while melodies are simultaneously plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Albums
I Am a Pilgrim / Nine Pound Hammer Single
Steel Guitar Rag / Three Times Seven Single
Divorce Me C.O.D. / Missouri Single
Popular Songs
- Kentucky Waltz
- West Coast Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Corrine Corrina
- Bayou Baby
- Blast Off
- When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing
- Big Midnight Special
- Main Street Breakdown
- Picture on the Wall
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Medley: Black and White / Ragtime Annie
- Goodnight Waltz
- Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder
- Medley: Tennessee Rag / Beaumont Rag
- Dance of the Golden Rod
- Medley: Texas Gales / Old Joe Clark
- Dill Pickle Rag
- Flatt Did It
- On My Way to Canaan's Land
- Me and Chet Made a Record
- You're Gonna Be Sorry
- Missouri
- The Browder Explosion
- Possom Up a Simmon Tree
- Dear Old Halifax
- Paw Walked Behind Us With a Carbide Lamp
- The Courtship of Second Cousin Claude
- Bloody Brethitt County
- Payday Comes Too Slow