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Merle Travis

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Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today.

Top songs

  1. Sixteen Tons
  2. Dark as a Dungeon
  3. Nine Pound Hammer
  4. 16 Tons
  5. Blue Smoke - Instrumental
  6. Divorce Me C.O.D.
  7. Cannonball Rag
  8. I Am a Pilgrim
  9. John Henry
  10. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
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  1. Merle's Boogie Woogie
  2. That's All
  3. Steel Guitar Rag
  4. Boogie Woogie Cowboy
  5. I'll See You in My Dreams
  6. No Vacancy
  7. Fat Gal
  8. Muskrat
  9. Cannonball Rag - Instrumental
  10. Cincinnati Lou
  11. Guitar Rag
  12. Lost John
  13. Over by Number Nine
  14. Saturday Night Shuffle
  15. Sweet Temptation
  16. Re-Enlistment Blues
  17. Saturday Night Shuffle - Instrumental
  18. I'm Gonna Ride That Gospel Train
  19. Blue Smoke
  20. What a Shame
  21. Possum Up A Simmon Tree
  22. Kansas City Blues
  23. Pigmeat Strut
  24. Lazy River
  25. John Bolin
  26. Barbara Allen
  27. Missouri
  28. Freight Train Blues
  29. Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
  30. Crazy Boogie
  31. I Gotta Have My Baby Back
  32. On A Bicycle Built For Two - Instrumental
  33. Kentucky Means Paradise
  34. Sugar Gourd Full Of Whiskey
  35. I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size
  36. Cocaine Blues
  37. Start Even
  38. Walkin' The Strings - Instrumental
  39. I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man
  40. Walkin' the Strings
  41. Black Diamond Blues - Instrumental
  42. Osage Stomp
  43. Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia
  44. Blue Bell - Instrumental
  45. Memphis Blues
  46. Our Little Home in the Country
  47. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - That Cigarette
  48. Louisiana Boogie
  49. Too Much Sugar for a Dime
  50. White Heat
  51. Three Times Seven
  52. On a Bicycle Built for Two
  53. Deep South
  54. When My baby Double Talks To Me
  55. Blue Bell
  56. Black Diamond Blues
  57. Dry Bread
  58. Lonesome Road Blues
  59. Bugle Call Rag - Instrumental
  60. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
  61. Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home - Instrumental
  62. Cannon Ball Stomp
  63. Bugle Call Rag
  64. Gambler's Guitar
  65. Kinfolks In Carolina
  66. The Waltz You Saved For Me - Instrumental
  67. Done Rovin'
  68. Walkin' The Strings - Instrumental / 1954 Version
  69. The Sheik Of Araby - Instrumental
  70. Corrine Corrina
  71. Rose Time
  72. The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart"
  73. Sioux City Sue
  74. Memphis Blues - Instrumental
  75. Cannon Ball Rag
  76. Goodbye My Bluebelle
  77. Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine
  78. Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)
  79. White House Blues
  80. Shut Up And Drink Your Beer
  81. Hominy Grits
  82. Remarks About Kids' Songs
  83. The Sheik of Araby
  84. West Coast Blues
  85. Reminiscences About "From Here To Eternity"
  86. Lost John Boogie
  87. The Waltz You Saved for Me
  88. Rockabye Rag - Instrumental
  89. Big Midnight Special
  90. Welcoming Remarks

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