Merle Travis
- Type: Musician
- Country: United States
- Born: Rosewood, Kentucky, United States (29 November 1917)
- Died: Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States (20 October 1983)
- Active: 1937–1983
Biography
Merle Travis (1917–1983) was an American country guitarist, singer and songwriter from Rosewood, Kentucky. His thumb-style fingerpicking, called Travis picking, shaped generations of players, and he played in the Georgia Wildcats, the Drifting Pioneers and Brown's Ferry Four before a solo career on #Capitol#. His 1947 album 'Folk Songs of the Hills' introduced 'Sixteen Tons' and 'Dark as a Dungeon'. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977, he died in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on 20 October 1983.
Merle Travis Discography
- Folk Songs of the Hills (1947) - Album - rated 3.49/5
- The Merle Travis Guitar (1956) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- Walkin' the Strings (1960) - Compilation - rated 3.25/5
- The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation (1946-1953) (2000) - Compilation - rated 4/5