Publisher : Vestapol
The Songs And Guitar Of Merle Travis: Sixteen Tons
(Rare Performances 1946-1981 Volume Two) DVD
Running time: 60 minutes
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Merle Travis was the fountain-head of a blues/jazz tinged country guitar fingerstyle since dubbed "Travis picking". Its impact has permeated not only country but folk and 'roots rock' guitar idioms. Travis's seminal role in American guitar styles overshadows the fact that he was also a formidable talent as songwriter and performer. The many facets of his career are all present in this second offering of rare footage spanning his West Coast post-war prime to his last days as a rediscovered legend.

Silver Spurs
Texas Home
Why Did I Fall for Abner
Old Chisholm Trail
Catalog Cowboy
Night Train to Memphis
Lost John
Nine Pound Hammer
John Henry
Wildwood Flower
When My Baby Double Talks to Me
Sixteen Tons
Cannonball Rag
Dark as a DungeonRockabye Rag
That's All
Who's Sorry Now
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Backwater Blues