Merle Travis - Back Home
Review by Solon Maia
Back Home by Merle Travis is a fantastic album that showcases the artist's unique blend of country and blues music. The album features 12 tracks, each of which is a testament to Travis's exceptional songwriting skills and guitar playing abilities.
From the upbeat and catchy "No Vacancy" to the heartfelt and emotional "Re-Enlistment Blues," each song on the album is a testament to Travis's versatility as a musician. The album's title track, "Back Home," is a particularly standout moment, with Travis's soulful vocals and intricate guitar work combining to create a truly moving piece of music.
Table of Contents
Download
Filename: merle-travis-back-home.rar- MP3 size: 115.2 mb
- FLAC size: 730.8 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Over By Number Nine | ||
| John Bolin | ||
| That's All | ||
| Dark as a Dungeon | ||
| Lost John | ||
| Dark As A Dungeon | ||
| Over by No 9 | ||
| Sixteen Tons | ||
| That's All | ||
| Possum Up a Simmon Tree | ||
| Muskart | ||
| Barbara Allen | ||
| Possum Up A Simmon Tree | ||
| I Am a Pilgrim | ||
| Muskrat | ||
| I Am A Pilgrim | ||
| John Henry | ||
| Nine Pound Hammer |
Video
Merle Travis - Possum Up A Simmon Tree
Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons (original version) from 1947
Images
Catalog Numbers
- HAT 3044
- EAP1 891, EAP-1-891
- T-891
Labels
- Stetson
- Capitol Records
Listen online
- escuchar en línea
- lyssna på nätet
- online luisteren
- online anhören
- kuunnella verkossa
- écouter en ligne
- ouvir online
- lytte på nettet
- ascolta in linea
Formats
- Vinyl
- LP
- Album
- Mono
- Reissue
- 7"
- EP
- 45 RPM
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Record Company | E.M.I. Records Limited |
Notes
- Licenced From Capitol Records
- Part 1
- Made by Electrical & Musical Industries, Limited in Great Britain.
- Reissue US pressing with Capitol rainbow labels.
- Original US pressing with turquoise labels.
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (runout 1): T1-891-D1
- Matrix / Runout (runout 2): T2-891-D1 #2
- Matrix / Runout (label 1): T1-891
- Matrix / Runout (label 2): T2-891
About Merle Travis
American country and western singer, songwriter, musician, cartoonist, cinema actor, composer and guitarist, born 29 November 1917 in Rosewood, Kentucky and died 20 October 1983 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Merle was the originator of the "Travis Style" guitar pickin'. a method similar to piano stride. This style was further developed by other guitarists, most famously .
(BMI IPI #: 30988962)
Real Name
- Merle Robert Travis
Name Vars
- D. L. Travis
- D.L. Travis
- Lee Travis
- M Travis
- M. Travis
- M. Trevis
- M. travis
- M.Travis
- Marle Travis
- Mearl Travis
- Mel Travis
- Merel Traves
- Merele Travis
- Merl Travis
- Merl-Travis
- Merla/Travis
- Merle
- Merle - Travis
- Merle - Trevis
- Merle / Travis
- Merle Tillis
- Merle Travers
- Merle Travis With Cowboy Band
- Merle-Travis
- Merle/Trevis
- MerleTravis
- N. Traverse
- N. Travis
- T. Merle
- Tem Martin
- Travies
- Travis
- Travis Merle
- Travis, Merle
- Trevis
- V. Travis
- W. Travis
- М. Тревис
- М. Трэвис
- Мерл Тревис
- Мерл Тревіс
Aliases
- Tin Ear Tanner
I'm mean as a dog, but I'm gentle as a lamb"
That's more indicative of violence that the line that was changed to "I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion. Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line."
As the Scottish say, Whis leyk us aye?