Cannonball Rag ! - Merle Travis

[ddanze]

Ok, that takes the cake (even tho it''s not a cakewalk!)

[trevorm1]

I subscribed to you just because you forgot the friggen....LOL

[Eefiebaby]

Timeless song, good playing.............

[owsleyforkmusic]

this song is so fun to play slap rythym on the gutar too, great job!

[merelvh]

Awesome playing, is a fun song to play :)

[GherkinGob]

nice dude this is difficult but very rewarding once you've nailed it like that

[jcisbell]

As you know, you are very good. It's frustrating though - I sometimes play just like this. It's like an 8 or 9 out of 10 where you can play the 10. It's not quite there is it? But very very good.

[zacharron]

Just keep playing, the only place to go is up!

[Muhlenburger]

Good pickin' buddy! I grew up about 10 miles from where Merle Travis is from in Muhlenberg County, KY. Check out my friend Steve Rector here on YouTube when you get the chance.

[zacharron]

That's awesome, must be some great pickers out that way.

[Muhlenburger]

Yeah, there's a few good string-rattlers there! : )

The father of Bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, was from the next County to the east, Ohio County.

[JeremiasMusic]

@Muhlenburger I just checked him out. What talent. Gonna look for some other videos of Steve now. Thanks.

[BluegrassForte]

Absolutely awesome! Many stars!

Lindsey

[187Guitarplayer]

sweet sound =)

[donnaaustin]

sweet

[evsynator]

nice !!!!!! and really liked the bit at the very end - lol

[pylmusique]

Great finger picking. you make it look easy!

[whitt702]

Great instrumental....but to me, the tone or the sound of the guitar, is most important. Still the best ever, is the Super 400 of Merle Travis, but a close second was around 1960-62 in Hawaii when I almost fell out of my seat when Joe Maphis picked that tune...and I might add with Merle Travis perfection!!!! P.S. My memory is better than my pickin' even though I have that new model of the Joe Maphis Hallmark.

[acousticland]

funny and with fantasy chords turnings back

[smiaaron]

Really well done!

[bigdawgsd]

Oh Suuuuuure...do it with 2 fingers...then I'll be impressed.

[scd574]

AWESOME DUDE!!!! Your A Very Talented Man.

[Daveed90210]

Beautiful!!! Is he using a thumb pick?

[clockworkreactor]

Yes he is :) i can see it

Nice work zacharron :P i subbed

[zeppelin8]

tabs?

[andyroo2540]

awsome!!! ill try and find the music for this somewhere. just hearing the style makes me laugh

[aeh0417]

Great !!! - absolutely great.

Thanks for sharing this video.

[TOONSCRAZY]

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TUNE GREAT JOB

[Frankyboy2424]

omg that was so good how you did that with that cool effects!! XD I wish I can that too, but it cost much time to learn that!

[synesthesia67]

wow!!  bitchen

[ScottNCGP]

Hahaha! oh wait a minute it did right at the end. Spoke to soon. :)

[ScottNCGP]

Haha loved it! I just just couldn't help myself from thinking Tommy's version was about to kick in , with the muted bass (bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum). Great vid, well played. ;)

[ddsmboy]

Never a piece to tire of - great playing.

Richard

[BluegrassForte]

Very, Very Good! 5*

Gretsch'n

[BoxCubeSquare]

I love this stuff. I like the ending.

[littleone7788]

good job!

[KarloR27]

I only played it for the first time at the weekend. I taught myself how to do it without any tab just listening to merle and got some advice from his son thom bresh on you tube and just worked it out there's one bit I have trouble with but I eventuly made something up so I got away with it. It's the one where you slide your first finger in the g chord but you half to use your thumb to help it. I can't really do it. I'm just used to using bar chords. Nice job keep picking.

[licengswie]

is that larivee LSV 11 ?

[zacharron]

Nope, a LV-03R. The LSV-11s are great, though I'm not crazy about the wider nut width. I prefer standard.

[c50truck]

Great guitar. He was not my guitar teacher over 30 years ago. But I'm proud to say I had a teacher who taught the theory behind the music, as I suspect he does. The pickin comes with practice, the rest comes with knowledge.

[crazyminti]

friggn amazing^^ i can only be proud that he is my guitar teacher^^

[fendermac]

Great stuff-I'm smiling like a fool!

[bgcharron]

I'm loving all this upbeat music! Keep it coming!

[laprila]

WOW! That's all I can say , "WOW!"

thank you so very much , amazing Zane!

[Vreci]

Hey man, are you crazy ??

That is well played fantasticly !!

10 *s from Austria my friend,

wolfgang

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Wow! That was great Zane. You put your own voice to this tune. Fantastic playing! Cheers, Bernd.

[chet1952]

That was awesome! Keep on posting great stuff.