Merle Travis
By Kris Lawrence
By Kris Lawrence
Born: November 29, 1917
From: Rosewood, Kentucky
Style: American Country and Western
Type of Guitar: Steel string acoustic
Unique Qualities: People such as Johnny Cash have been inspired to cover his music, He has a style of finger picking named after him, He is in both the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Country Music Hall of Fame
Great Qualities: He won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental for a duet with Chet Atkins, He played in a wide variety of roots music genres as well as many genres of country and western, He was one of the earlier guitar players to do it and was known for his rich chord progression, harmonics, slides, bends, and rapid changes of key.
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ReplyDeletenicley done chris! i like the videos!
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Merle Travis is a really good guitarist for only using his for finger and thumb when he plays. -- Aaron Á.
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ReplyDeletemerle is a very good electric acouostic guitar player. He uses a lot of hammerons and his sound is calming and serene yet upbeat as well. His note range is imaculate and he is good at finger picking. :)
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I really like Merle Travis. I love country music and that is a great style and technique. He changes up the tempo and technique but still keeps the insanely fast picking to make you even more interested!!!! Good Job!! Judy
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