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Merle Travis: Folksongs Of The Hills: Back Home - Songs Of The Coalminers (CD)

1-CD with 28-page booklet, 24 tracks. Playing time approx. 79 mns.

A dream package for Travis fans. Here's the original 1947 "Folksongs Of The Hills" album (which included the first versions of songs like Nine Pound Hammer, I Am A Pilgrim, Muskrat, This World Is Not My Home, Sixteen Tons and Dark As A Dungeon etc.). It also includes the 1963 follow up LP, "Back Home--Songs Of The Coalmines".

Article properties:Merle Travis: Folksongs Of The Hills: Back Home - Songs Of The Coalminers (CD)

  • Interpret: Merle Travis

  • Album titlle: Folksongs Of The Hills: Back Home - Songs Of The Coalminers (CD)

  • Genre Country

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Preiscode AH
  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 4000127156365

  • weight in Kg 0.115
Travis, Merle - Folksongs Of The Hills: Back Home - Songs Of The Coalminers (CD) CD 1
01Nine Pound HammerMerle Travis
02That's AllMerle Travis
03John BolinMerle Travis
04MuskratMerle Travis
05Dark As A DungeonMerle Travis
06John HenryMerle Travis
07Sixteen TonsMerle Travis
08Possom Up A Simmon TreeMerle Travis
09I Am A PilgrimMerle Travis
10Over By Number NineMerle Travis
11Barbara AllenMerle Travis
12Lost JohnMerle Travis
13Black GoldMerle Travis
14The Harlan County BoysMerle Travis
15Pay Day Comes To SlowMerle Travis
16The Browder ExplosionMerle Travis
17Bloody Brethitt CountyMerle Travis
18Here's To The Operator, BoysMerle Travis
19The Miner's WifeMerle Travis
20The Courtship Of Second Cousin ClaudeMerle Travis
21Miner's StrawberriesMerle Travis
22Paw Walked Behind Us With A Carbide LampMerle Travis
23Preacher LaneMerle Travis
24Dear Old HalifaxMerle Travis
Merle Travis Geb. 29. 11. 1917 in Rosewood - Kentucky Gest. 20. 10. 1983 Record Labels:... more
"Merle Travis"

Merle Travis

Geb. 29. 11. 1917 in Rosewood - Kentucky
Gest. 20. 10. 1983
Record Labels: Capitol, Pickwick, RCA, CMH, Stetson
Erster Top Ten Hit: Cincinnati Lou (1946)

Merle Travis, Songwriter, Sänger und Gitarrenstilist, erlernte das Gitarrenspiel von Mose Rager, der wiederum von dem farbigen Gitarristen und Eisenbahnarbeiter Arnold Shultz beeinflusst worden war. Auf dieser Grundlage entwickelte Travis im Laufe der Zeit einen jumpenden Finger-Picking-Stil, wie man ihn bis dahin noch nicht gehört hatte. Damit wurde er zum Vorbild für Chet Atkins und viele andere Gitarristen, die alle diesen Stil pflegten und sogar weiterentwickelten.

Merle Travis spielte in zahl- reichen Bands, darunter die Tennessee Tomcats“, die "Brown's Ferry Four“, die „Drifting Pioneers“ und "Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats“. Daneben war er immer ein gefragter Sessionmann, der bei sehr vielen Schallplatten- aufnahmen mit dabei war, zum Beispiel spielte er bei den Aufnahmen von Grandpa Jones oft eine wichtige Rolle. An der Westküste schloss sich Merle Travis den Bands von Cliffie Stone, Ray Whitley, Jimmy Wakely, Wesley Tuttle und Tex Ritter an und spielte in dem Film "Verdammt In Alle Ewigkeit“ in der Rolle eines G.I.s den "Re-Enlistment Blues“. Als Komponist war er verantwortlich für eine ganze Reihe großer Hits, darunter "Dark As A Dungeon" und "Sixteen Tons“, beides Bergarbeitersongs und Jugenderinnerungen von Travis, der aus dem berüchtigten Muhlenberg County in Kentucky stammt.

Die eigenen Versionen seiner Songs, mit denen er Mitte der 40er Jahre Erfolg hatte, sind heute gesuchte Sammlerstücke. Viele davon hat er später auf dem CMH-Label, teilweise zusammen mit seinem Freund Joe Maphis, noch einmal aufgenommen. Die Eleganz der frühen Versionen wurde jedoch nie mehr erreicht."

Merle Travis Folksongs Of The Hills
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Tracklist
Travis, Merle - Folksongs Of The Hills: Back Home - Songs Of The Coalminers (CD) CD 1
01 Nine Pound Hammer
02 That's All
03 John Bolin
04 Muskrat
05 Dark As A Dungeon
06 John Henry
07 Sixteen Tons
08 Possom Up A Simmon Tree
09 I Am A Pilgrim
10 Over By Number Nine
11 Barbara Allen
12 Lost John
13 Black Gold
14 The Harlan County Boys
15 Pay Day Comes To Slow
16 The Browder Explosion
17 Bloody Brethitt County
18 Here's To The Operator, Boys
19 The Miner's Wife
20 The Courtship Of Second Cousin Claude
21 Miner's Strawberries
22 Paw Walked Behind Us With A Carbide Lamp
23 Preacher Lane
24 Dear Old Halifax