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Merle Travis
Merle Travis was one of the greatest and most influential
guitarists the world has ever known and is a very important figure in the
history of American music. The name Merle Travis, his songs, and guitar
style (thumbstyle) are well known and emulated throughout much of the world.
The "Travis-Picking Style" can be heard from Finland to the British Isles
and from France to South Africa. His music is timeless. It transcends
generations, styles, and fads. It encompasses many types of music from
hillbilly, western and folk to pop standards, jazz, Dixieland,
boogie-woogie, Cajun, honky tonk and country.
Travis was a prolific songwriter and his songs are still being recorded
by many of today's young artists and brightest stars. "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke
That Cigarette" written for Tex Williams was the first million seller for
the new (at the time) Capitol Records Company. His "Sixteen Tons" which was
recorded by "Tennessee" Ernie Ford was the first record to sell a million
copies in thirty days!
Merle was a pioneer in the truest sense of the word. He was an extremely
creative musician, an inventor, a designer, an innovator, and a trail blazer
- ahead of his time in many ways. He was one of the first to use the
electric guitar. He designed the first thin solid body electric guitar with
all the tuning keys on one side, which P.A. Bigsby built for him. This was
the forerunner of the Fender guitar.
This famous Bigsby guitar is in the
Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville along side the well known
Gibson Super 400 that has Travis' name inlaid in the fingerboard. Merle also
designed the vibrato bar which Bigsby also built for him that became the
famous Bigsby vibrato. Travis' son,
Thom Bresh,
has the first Bigsby vibrato
ever built.
Merle was in at least 36 western movies with Charles Starett, Smiley
Burnette, and various other actors. He performed in the award winning film
From Here to Eternity with Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery
Cliff, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, and Ernest Borgnine. The name Merle Travis
is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the
Gibson Guitar Hall of Fame.
His
name and songs are also in the Smithsonian Institution where he performed
several years ago. Merle Travis was many things - guitarist, singer,
songwriter, cartoonist, designer, composer, writer, raconteur, and historian
of sorts. Most of all he was a wonderful human being who gave hours, months,
and years of happiness to many people!
Merle Travis - The Guitar Of Merle Travis - DVD
In this DVD lesson,
Marcel Dadi
teaches 7 of Merle's greatest instrumentals: "Fuller's Blues, Cane Break Blues, Blue Bells,
Saturday Night Shuffle, Memphis Blues, Cannon Ball Rag, and Walkin' The Strings".
Included are 5 rare performances from 1951 of Merle playing "Nine Pound Hammer, Lost John,
John Henry, Muskrat, and Too Much Sugar For a Dime".
(95 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
"Saturday Night Shuffle" Written By Merle Travis
Merle Travis - The Real Merle Travis Guitar - DVD
Here's a guitar lesson that is a must
for all fans of Merle Travis! The only son of the legendary guitarist gives us an
in-depth look at the famous technique that changed the course of guitar history.
When Merle Travis passed away in 1983, we lost one of our most innovative and
distinctive musical voices. Fortunately, his songs and fingerpicking style live
on in the hands of his son Thom Bresh, a talented and dynamic guitarist who
learned the real Travis-style guitar right from the source.
Thom Bresh grew up listening to,
and later playing with, his famous father and his skilled hands bear a haunting resemblance to
his father's. He takes you - step-by-step - through Merle's timeless techniques, playing the
famous 1938 Martin D-28 with the custom Bigsby neck that was passed on to him by
Travis. By the time this powerful lesson is over, you'll have gained an
understanding of the real Travis sound and will be playing such guitar
instrumental standards as: "Guitar Rag, Cannonball Rag, Walking The Strings, I'll See
You In My Dreams, Bugle Call Rag, Farewell My Blue Belle,
and Hangin' With The Girls I Know." We are proud to present this lesson to the growing
number of Travis enthusiasts and fingerstyle guitarists worldwide. It will make
a valuable addition to the collections of all serious guitarists and historians,
as it offers a rare opportunity to see and learn from the real-life continuance
of a musical legacy!
(90 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
"Walking The Strings" Written By Merle Travis
Merle Travis - The Folk Songs Of Merle Travis - DVD
In this lesson, taught by Jim Ohlschmidt, we will learn some
of the folk songs Merle Travis wrote and performed, beginning with his seminal "Folk Songs Of The Hills" recordings
from 1946. Unlike the rigors of learning Travis instrumentals such as "Cannonball Rag," the accompaniments
Merle played on such gems as "Dark As A Dungeon" and "I Am A Pilgrim" are easier to grasp and are an
excellent introduction to his famous technique. All the hallmarks of real Travis picking are covered,
including using a thumbpick, the Travis bass rhythm, and the system of chord shapes he used to facilitate
his incredible sound. A brief history of his folk recordings accompanies this lesson. Each tune is taught
phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF
file on the DVD. As well, original footage of Merle Travis playing some of the tunes taught is included.
Titles include: "Dark As A Dungeon, I Am A Pilgrim, Barbara Allen, Black Gold, Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel,
That's All, Midnight Special, and This World Is Not My Home."
(118 min) Printable Tab Booklet..........................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Merle Travis - Rare Performances 1946 -1981 - DVD
This DVD captures 35 years of
rare film and TV performances by Merle Travis. There is not a fingerstyle guitarist whose
playing has not been touched by Merle's style and technique. Titles include "No Vacancy, Nine Pound
Hammer, Muskrat, I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man, Too Much Sugar For a Dime, Spoonin; Moon, Lost John, Dark As a
Dungeon, Petticoat Fever, Sweet Temptation, John Henry, I'll See You In My Dreams, Midnight
Special, Cannonball Rag, I Am A Pilgrim, Sixteen Tons, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette, Barbecue Rag,
I'll See You In My Dreams".
(60 min)...................................................................................Price - $24.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Merle Travis - Travis Picking For Beginners - DVD
Merle Travis' brilliant fingerpicking
style inspired Chet Atkins
and generations of country, folk, bluegrass and rock guitarists. Travis picking
is a very complete use of the guitar: when you play steady, alternating bass
notes with your thumb and pick melodies with your fingers you're playing lead,
rhythm and bass all by yourself. But how do you keep that thumb-bass independent
so it doesn't get derailed when your fingers pick the melody.
Fred Sokolow
makes it easy for beginners or intermediate guitarists by breaking it all down
and teaching each song step by step. First you learn the melody, then add the bass,
then add the syncopation that makes it swing. Split screen versions of the songs with
close-ups of both hands will help you learn Travis style - it's a great
introduction to fingerpicking! Songs include: "Nine Pound Hammer, I Am a
Pilgrim, Windy and Warm, Whispering, Mack the Knife".
(92 min) Printable Tab Booklet.............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
"I Am A Pilgrim" Written By
Merle Travis
Merle Travis - The Songs & Guitar Of Merle Travis - DVD
Previously called Rare Performances 1946-1981
Vol 2 - Includes: "Silver Spurs, Texas Home, Why Did I Fall For Abner, Old
Chisholm Trail, Catalogue Cowboy, Night Train To Memphis, Lost John, Nine Pound Hammer,
John Henry, Wildwood Flower, When My Baby Double Talks To Me, Sixteen Tons, Cannonball Rag,
Dark As A Dungeon, Rockabye Rag, That's All, Wildwood Flower, Lost John, Who's Sorry Now,
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Backwater Blues".
(60 min)...................................................................................Price - $24.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Merle Travis - The Merle Travis Collection - Book
Songs include: "Cannon Ball Rag, Cincinnati
Lou, Dance Of The Goldenrod, Dark As a Dungeon, Divorce Me C.O.D, Fat Gal, I Am a Pilgrim, I'm a
Natural Born Gamblin' Man, Kentucky Means Paradise, Sixteen Tons, Smoke Smoke
Smoke (That Cigarette), So Round So Firm So Fully Packed, Start Even, Sweet
Temptation, When My Baby Double Talks To Me".
Notation and tab....................................................................Price - $22.95
Merle Travis Plays "Cannon Ball Rag"
Merle Travis - The Merle Travis Guitar Style - Book and Online Audio
By Merle Travis and
Tommy Flint. Tommy Flint
carefully and systematically teaches the world-renowned fingerpicking style developed by
the legendary guitarist Merle Travis. Selections include: "Farewell My Blue Bell, Bar BQ Rag,
Bicycle Built For Two, Bugle Call Rag, Country Shuffle, Cuddle-Up A Little Closer Lovey Mine, Dance of
The Golden Rod, Drakesboro Coal Drag, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad, Goodbye
My Bluebell, Got It, Green River Blues, Honeysuckle Sweet, I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes,
Memphis Blues, Merle's Buck Dance, My Old Kentucky Home, Nashville Express, Pickin' Like Amos,
Red River Valley, Saturday's Song, Take It Away, The Guitar Blues, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans,
Walkin' In Beech Creek, You Tell Me Your Dreams And I'll Tell You Mine".
Notation and tab....................................................................Price - $29.95
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Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee
- This unique book includes 300 jazz guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference
format that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library.
Stacy McKee was the featured guitarist with "Les Brown and The Band Of Renown"
and for a limited time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with your first order!
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