Merle Travis - Guitar Rag

[biggerbigd]

Go Merle!

[clydehrichards]

yep

[shaunthewood]

The Master!!!!!!!!!

[clydehrichards]

@shaunthewood 

[bongfodder]

that sounds great,thanks for putting all these up.

[markomatijevic]

yeah, the tone is pretty...healthy, dunno how to describe, does someone know on what setup was he playing?

[insaneguitarfreak]

@markomatijevic healthy LOL

It kinda reminds me of chet atkins´ tone, clean with a some "slap" delay, maybe some little reverb too (and thumbpick obviously) but this is just my guess.

(the tone of the guitar is very particular in itself though)

[terrho7]

@insaneguitarfreak Chet himself said that Merle was the main influence on his guitar playing.

[ESD2814GLC]

@terrho7 It is called Travis picking for a reason. Chet sort of "upgraded" the approach by using three fingers as a matter of course, but the basic style of playing basslines with the thumbpick in a manner that replicates "stride" piano is all Merle.

[Willandcindy1]

@insaneguitarfreak He actually had an album or two with Chet.

[hideyho67]

I've been a fan of Merle Travis for over 55 years.Great talent,many players today have a style that he, Mose Jenkins and Ike Everly invented long ago.

[whitt702]

Merle was in Salisbury in 1968 and I visited him in his Motor Home and bought this album from him that night. /That guitar which sounded like the Super 400, was actually called RCA, meaning it was built by Richard C. Allen.

[billga2010]

Mr. '' Tone '' . What a great sound he had. That's a cool story Whit. I always loved the sound Merle had on this album.

[greekflatpicker]

@whitt702 ,

Thanks for the info.

[bebopcapitol]

57 YEARS AGO today THAT MERLE RECORD THIS !!!!!

[corndawgz88]

thanks for posting