Merle Travis

United States
November 17, 1917 – October 20, 1983

Merle Robert Travis 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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Lagu papan atas Merle Travis

1	Merle's Boogie Woogie
2	Divorce Me C.O.D.
3	So Round, so Firm, so Fully Packed
4	No Vacancy
5	I Am a Pilgrim
6	Sixteen Tons
7	16 Tons
8	Dark as a Dungeon
9	Crazy Boogie
10	What a Shame
11	Ridin' Down To Santa Fe
12	Nine Pound Hammer
13	That's All
14	Steel Guitar Rag
15	Blue Smoke
16	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
17	Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia
18	Lonesome Road Blues
19	Whitehouse Blues
20	Three Times Seven
21	Fat Gal
22	Cincinnati Lou
23	Nine Pound Hammer
24	I'll See You in My Dreams
25	Bye Bye Blues

Kutipan Merle Travis

You load 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store.