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Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. [1] His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are "Sixteen Tons ...
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 Vinyl release of "Johnny Gimble's Texas Honky-Tonk Hits" on Discogs.
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Honky-tonk hits like "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed," a take-off on advertising slogans of the day, was a radio favorite in 1947. Travis wrote or cowrote all of his songs; "No Vacancy," lamenting the housing shortage facing the soldiers returning stateside after World War II, was a collaboration with Stone, and Tex Williams helped on "Smoke!
Early hits like "Cincinnati Lou", "No Vacancy", "Divorce Me C.O.D., "Sweet Temptation", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Three Times Seven", all his own compositions, gave him national prominence, although they did not all showcase the guitar work that Travis was renowned for among his peers.
Aug 5, 2020 · The band's part Western swing, part honky-tonk prime earned guitarist Merle Travis a well-earned reputation and catapulted Thompson into the same stratosphere as the other great Hanks—...
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Jan 22, 2016 · “Phrasing” was not a term used in C&W until the Corsicana-born Frizzell brought syllables to vowels and shadow-boxed with the beat to become the prime vocal inspiration for Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Keith Whitley, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam and many more.
