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Merle Travis (29 Nov 1917 - 20 Oct 1983)

Male Person - United States

Releases (27)

Official

Album

  1. Folk Songs of the Hills 1947
  2. Songs of the Coal Mines 28 Sep 1963
  3. Strictly Guitar 1968
  4. Travis Pickin' 1981
  5. Walkin’ the Strings 1984
  6. Folk Songs of the Hills / Back Home / Songs of the Coal Mines 25 Dec 1999
  7. The Merle Travis Guitar - Walkin' The Strings 2009
  8. The Merle Travis Guitar

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Merle Travis 1967
  2. The Merle Travis Story: 24 Greatest Hits 1989
  3. The Best of Merle Travis 1990
  4. Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past 1994
  5. Country Hoedown Shows & Films 1994
  6. Guitar Retrospective 18 Jul 1995
  7. The Guitar Player 1997
  8. Turn Your Radio On 1944-1965 1998
  9. The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation (1946-1953) 18 Apr 2000
  10. Sixteen Tons 25 Jun 2002
  11. Hot Pickin’ 2003
  12. NinePound Hammer 2003

Single

  1. Divorce Me C.O.D. / Missouri Aug 1946
  2. Steel Guitar Rag / Three Times Seven 22 Mar 1947
  3. Fat Gal / Merle’s Boogie Woogie Aug 1947
  4. I Am a Pilgrim / Nine Pound Hammer 1952

Broadcast - Compilation

  1. Unreleased Radio Transcriptions 1944-1949 1991

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
  2. Sheppard Brothers

Children

  1. Thom Bresh

Recordings by (296)

  1. Divorce Me C.O.D. 2:59 (Aug 1946)
  2. Missouri ?:?? (Aug 1946)
  3. Steel Guitar Rag 2:51 (22 Mar 1947)
  4. Three Times Seven 3:02 (22 Mar 1947)
  5. Merle’s Boogie Woogie 3:02 (Aug 1947) 1947-07-01
  6. Fat Gal 2:37 (Aug 1947)
  7. Sixteen Tons 2:51 (1947)
  8. Dark as a Dungeon 2:48 (1947)
  9. That's All ?:?? (1947)
  10. I Am a Pilgrim 2:52 (1947)
  11. Muskrat 2:38 (1947)
  12. This World Is Not My Home ?:?? (1947)
  13. John Bolin ?:?? (1947)
  14. Possum Up a Simmon Tree ?:?? (1947)
  15. Barbara Allen ?:?? (1947)
  16. Lost John ?:?? (1947)
  17. Nine Pound Hammer 2:39 (1947)
  18. John Henry 3:07 (1947)
  19. That’s All 3:01 (1947)
  20. Over by Number Nine 3:09 (1947)
  21. Black Gold 4:07 (28 Sep 1963)
  22. The Harlan County Boys 2:42 (28 Sep 1963)
  23. Pay Day Come Too Slow 5:25 (28 Sep 1963)
  24. The Browder Explosion 4:22 (28 Sep 1963)
  25. Bloody Brethitt County 3:56 (28 Sep 1963)
  26. Here's to the Operator, Boys 2:42 (28 Sep 1963)
  27. The Miner's Wife 4:19 (28 Sep 1963)
  28. The Courtship Second Cousin Claude 3:45 (28 Sep 1963)
  29. Miners' Strawberries 3:41 (28 Sep 1963)
  30. Paw Walked Behind Us With a Carbide Lamp 2:58 (28 Sep 1963)
  31. Preacher Lane 3:07 (28 Sep 1963)
  32. Dear Old Halifax 3:01 (28 Sep 1963)
  33. Follow Thru 2:56 (1967)
  34. I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man 2:48 (1967)
  35. I'm Sick and Tired of You (Little Darlin') 3:01 (1967)
  36. Sweet Temptation 2:51 (1967)
  37. Heart of My Heart 2:13 (1968)
  38. Lazy River 2:22 (1968)
  39. Guitar Rag 2:13 (1968)
  40. Dance of the Goldenrod 2:16 (1968)
  41. Cuddle Up a Little Closer 2:41 (1968)
  42. Cannonball Rag 2:01 (1968)
  43. Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me 1:55 (1968)
  44. I’ll See You in My Dreams 1:54 (1968)
  45. Gotta Have My Baby Back 2:57 (1968)
  46. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 2:20 (1968)
  47. Fisher’s Hornpipe 1:22 (1968)
  48. There Ain’t a Cow in Texas 2:00 (1980)
  49. Goodbye My Bluebelle 1:58 (1980) Instrumental
  50. Westphalia Waltz 2:36 (1980) Instrumental
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On Recordings (37)

Instruments

  1. Dark as a Dungeon 2:46 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) guitar
  2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken 4:50 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) guitar
  3. I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 4:26 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) guitar
  4. Cannonball Rag 1:16 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) guitar
  5. Old Joe Clark 4:02 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  6. Golden Slippers 4:37 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  7. Sally Goodin 3:47 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  8. Old Fiddler 4:05 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  9. Tennessee Wagner 4:00 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  10. Billy in the Lowground 3:56 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  11. Gotta Travel On 3:27 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guest, guitar
  12. Mountain Dew 2:26 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guest, guitar
  13. Georgia Shuffle 5:01 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  14. Black Mountain Rag 3:56 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  15. Soldier’s Joy 4:09 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  16. Twinkle Little Star 4:02 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guitar
  17. Candy Kisses 2:35 Eddie Kirk (21 Apr 1997) guitar
  18. Tall Man 2:30 Rose Maddox (17 Mar 1998) guitar
  19. Boogie Woogie Boy 3:02 “Porky” Freeman (1998) guitar
  20. Baby Buggy Boogie 2:13 The Milo Twins (1998) guitar

Vocals

  1. Rock of Ages, Hide Me Thou 2:32 Brown’s Ferry Four (27 Mar 1948) bass vocals
  2. Keep on the Firing Line 2:34 Brown’s Ferry Four (27 Mar 1948) bass vocals
  3. When He Blessed My Soul 2:48 Brown’s Ferry Four (18 Jan 1949) bass vocals
  4. I’ve Got That Old Time Religion in My Heart 2:51 Brown’s Ferry Four (05 Feb 1949) bass vocals
  5. His Boundless Love 2:55 Brown’s Ferry Four (05 Feb 1949) bass vocals
  6. I’ve Made a Covenant With My Lord 2:37 Brown’s Ferry Four (24 May 1949) bass vocals
  7. After the Sunrise 2:46 Brown’s Ferry Four (1949) bass vocals
  8. I'm Naturalized for Heaven 2:55 Brown’s Ferry Four (24 Jan 1950) bass vocals
  9. Jesus Hold My Hand 2:51 Brown’s Ferry Four (21 Mar 1950) bass vocals
  10. I’ll Meet You in the Morning 2:45 Brown’s Ferry Four (21 Mar 1950) bass vocals
  11. When He Calls His Reapers 2:39 Brown’s Ferry Four (06 Mar 1951) bass vocals
  12. Throne Eternal 2:44 Brown’s Ferry Four (06 Mar 1951) bass vocals
  13. Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (dialogue) 1:52 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc Watson, Merle Travis (1972) spoken vocals
  14. Dark as a Dungeon 2:46 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) lead vocals
  15. Gotta Travel On 3:27 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guest
  16. Mountain Dew 2:26 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (13 Apr 1994) guest
  17. Boogie Woogie Boy 3:02 “Porky” Freeman (1998)

Credited as (44)

  1. Merle Travis
  2. Chet Atkins & Merle Travis
  3. Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
  4. Chet Atkins, Merle Travis & Doc Watson
  5. Doc Watson & Merle Travis
  6. Merle Travis & Ray Campi
  7. Merle Travis & Mac Wiseman
  8. Chet Atkins feat. Merle Travis
  9. Grandpa Jones feat. Merle Travis
  10. Bob McCarthy
  11. Merle Travis feat. Joe Maphis
  12. Hank Thompson & Merle Travis
  13. Merle Travis & Hank Thompson
  14. Joe Maphis & Merle Travis
  15. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc Watson, Merle Travis
  16. Joe Maphis and Merle Travis
  17. Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman, Joe Maphis, Jackson D. Kane & Fiddlin' Red Herron
  18. Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman, Joe Maphis, Jackson D. Kane, Fiddlin' Red Herron
  19. Doc Watson With Merle Travis
  20. Tennessee Ernie Ford with Merle Travis & Eddie Kirk
  21. Merle Travis, Georgia Brown & Judy Hayden
  22. Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
  23. Merle Travis, Georgia Brown, Judy Hayden & The Whippoorwills
  24. Merle Travis & Grandpa Jones
  25. Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
  26. Merle Travis, Wesley Tuttle & Shug Fisher
  27. Merle Travis & Shug Fisher
  28. Merle Travis & “Porky” Freeman Trio
  29. Merle Travis & Hank Penny
  30. Dusty Ward
  31. Tem Martin
  32. Tin Ear Tanner
  33. Merle Travis & Johnny Mercer
  34. Merle Travis & Jerry Colonna
  35. Merle Travis & Kay Starr
  36. Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys with Merle Travis
  37. Merle Travis and Joe Maphis
  38. Tennessee Ernie Ford with Merle Travis
  39. Merle Travis, Eddie Kirk, Tennessee Ernie with Cliffie Stone’s Band
  40. Red Herron, Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
  41. Fiddlin' Red Herron, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis
  42. Bill Monroe - Doc Watson - Hank Snow - Merle Travis
  43. Red Herron, Merle Travis and Joe Maphis
  44. Merle Travis & Johnny Bond

Works (57)

Wrote

  1. Never
  2. Merle’s Boogie Woogie
  3. The Devil to Pay
  4. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
  5. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
  6. Nine Little Reindeer
  7. Sailor on a Concrete Sea
  8. Cannonball Rag
  9. I Wish I Was the Moon
  10. Sweet Temptation
  11. Saturday Night Shuffle
  12. Nine Pound Hammer
  13. Nine Pound Hammer
  14. Muskrat
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Composed

  1. No Vacancy
  2. Kentucky Means Paradise
  3. Sixteen Tons
  4. Blue Smoke
  5. Fume cette cigarette
  6. Too in Love
  7. Lawdy What a Gal
  8. Three Times Seven
  9. Dry Bread
  10. I Am a Pilgrim
  11. Dark as a Dungeon
  12. Sexton ton
  13. נח היה איש צדיק ותמים
  14. 靜心等
  15. Seize tonnes
  16. Zestien ton
  17. Guitar Rag
  18. Love Must Be Catchin’
  19. Loading Coal
  20. Cincinnati Lou
  21. Ace in the Hole
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Lyrics

  1. Dark as a Dungeon
  2. Sixteen Tons
  3. Zestien ton
  4. That’s All
  5. Steel Guitar Rag
  6. Yakety Axe
  7. Kentucky Means Paradise
  8. No Vacancy
  9. Blue Smoke
  10. Dry Bread
  11. I Am a Pilgrim
  12. Love Must Be Catchin’
  13. Divorce Me C.O.D.
  14. Fat Gal
  15. Sie hieß Mary Ann
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Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900549v
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105369
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134542061
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/merle_travis

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/573736

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000246022

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871419/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/51876788

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1276598

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1410

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/30SpGunnNpbbUL4IfkvC5q

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11296994