Merle Travis in Boston, 1959

Merle Travis

Release Date: 20 May 2003
Label: ROUNDER
Genre: POP & ROCK

CAT # 82161-0451-2

1. Nine Pound Hammer 1:51

2. Welcoming Remarks

3. Goodbye My Bluebelle 2:26

4. Dark as a Dungeon 2:58

5. John Henry 2:58

6. Reminiscences about From Here to Eternity

7. Reenlistment Blues 2:56

8. I'll See You in My Dreams 1:45

9. Sixteen Tons intro

10. Sixteen Tons 3:10

11. Saturday Night Shuffle 1:09

12. Remarks about kids' songs

13. Muskrat 2:08

14. That's All 3:27

15. Lost John 1:52

16. Comic rap

17. Cannonball Rag 1:38

18. Memphis Blues 2:30

19. Remarks about Hollywood, Trains, Eating

20. Hominy Grits 2:58

21. Liza Jane 1:25

22. I Am a Pilgrim 3:24

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This warm 1959 concert recording of guitar picker, songwriter and entertainer Merle Travis demonstrates, as well as any recording can, how he successfully earned a strong following both in folk and country music circles. This night's performance catches him in top form, performing folksongs ('John Henry'), guitar showcases ('Cannonball Rag') and his own classics 'Sixteen Tons' and 'Dark as a Dungeon.'

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