Hot Pickin

Merle Travis - Hot Pickin

Hot Pickin
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Artist: Merle Travis
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-04-01
Music Label: Proper Pairs
Soundtracks:
  1. Youll Be Lonesome Too
  2. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  3. No Vacancy
  4. Cincinnati Lou
  5. What A Shame
  6. Missouri
  7. Divorce Me COD
  8. Nine Pound Hammer
  9. Sixteen Tons
  10. Dark As A Dungeon
  11. Over By Number Nine
  12. Thats All
  13. John Henry
  14. I Am A Pilgrim
  15. If We Never Meet Again
  16. Over In Gloryland
  17. Sweet Temptation
  18. So Round So Firm So Fully Packed
  19. Three Times Seven
  20. Im Sick And Tired Of You Little Darling
  21. Steel Guitar Rag
  22. Lawdy What A Gal
  23. Sioux City Sue
  24. Muskrat
  25. Fat Gal
  26. I Like My Chicken Fryin Size
  27. Merles Boogie Woogie
  28. When My Baby Double Talks To Me
  29. Kentucky Means Paradise
  30. Im A Natural Born Gambling Man
  31. Crazy Boogie
  32. T For Texas
  33. Blues Stay Away From Me
  34. Philosophy
  35. Start Even
  36. I Got A Mean Old Woman
  37. Guitar Rag
  38. Cane Bottom Chair
  39. Too Much Sugar For A Dime
  40. Spoonin Moon
  41. Dry Bread
  42. Lost John Boogie
  43. Boogie In Minor
  44. Deep South
  45. Done Rovin
  46. Faithful Fool
  47. Kinfolks In Carolina
  48. Rainy Day Feeling
  49. Ill See You In My Dreams
  50. Cannonball Rag

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Music Review: Excellent overview of 10 prolific years . . .
Rating: 5 Stars

Merle Travis was born in Kentucky in 1917 and grew up with coal miners. He got a hand-me-down guitar from an older brother, left school to play music, and at the age of 20 had a radio show on WLW in Cincinnati, with a group called the Drifting Pioneers. His smiling young face from a 1938 publicity shot of that group is on the front of this wonderful 2-CD set.

The 50 songs included trace the soaring early career of this many-talented musician from his first recording with Grandpa Jones (performing as the Sheppard Brothers) in 1943 to 1952, after six years with Capitol Records in California. The range of styles captured in these recordings includes several coal-mining songs, with his own introductions, including the great traditional song "Nine Pound Hammer" and one of his best-known compositions, "Sixteen Tons," made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford, who sings with him here on two 1949 recordings, "Blues Stay Away From Me" and "Philosophy."

There's also plenty of blues, boogie-woogie, rags, old-fashioned gospel, and down-home country, with some western swing for good measure. Married several times, Travis' songs about women and relationships are sometimes bright and upbeat ("Sioux City Sue" and "Lawdy What a Gal"), or suggestive ("So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" and "Fat Gal"), but most often complaining about love gone wrong ("Divorce Me C.O.D." and "I'm Sick and Tired of You Little Darling"). The whole set closes with two lovely solo picking songs that reveal his influence on Chet Atkins: "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Cannonball Rag."

By the early 1950s, this great country performer had already made his mark in music history. Sadly, drinking and drugging wrecked his career afterward, although in later years, he made brief comebacks, including the terrific "Country Guitar Thunder" with Joe Maphis. This CD set is a rewarding and enjoyable overview of 10 prolific years representing the work of a young, gifted giant whose songs cover a wide span of country music genres. The 16-page booklet that comes with this CD has an informative biography by bluegrass expert Adam Komorowski, several photos, and recording information for each track.
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Description of Hot Pickin

Country artist Merle Travis was virtually without peer as a guitarist & songwriter. This 2 CD 50-track overview starts in 1943 with a recording with the Sheppard Brothers, through to his Capitol recordings from 1952. His story is told within the 16-page booklet which also includes session details & rare photos. Slipcase. Proper. 2003.

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