Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: Mark Ross
Date: 30 Nov 06 - 10:36 AM

Got to pick with him once at the Philly Festival in '76. A really wonderful gentleman and, needless to say a great picker. He was driving a red Cadillac convertible with a license plate that read 16 TONS, and when he sang that song, he sang the last line of the last chorus as;

"I owe my soul to Tennessee Ernie Ford.:

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 03:12 PM

Born in 1917, not 1907.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: Francy
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 02:21 PM

Lost my cookie for a moment........Anyway Happy Birthday Merle,, wherever you are.........Frank Of Toledo.

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 02:19 PM

Today's my birthday also...and it's nice to share it with such a great artist as Merle........Frank of Toledo

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: Inukshuk
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 02:14 PM

And that all time favourite "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette". Quite a little tale behind that song if you care to research. Gotta just love Merle.

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: The Sandman
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 01:24 PM

This nine pound hammer, and Dark as the Dungeon way down in the mine.

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday (29 November 1907)
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 11:53 AM

Merle Travis was a great guitarist and song writer. He developed the "Travis" style of finger picking and he wrote "16 Tons" and many other songs. Thanks for reminding us of his birthday.

Mike

Subject: RE: Merle Travis's birthday
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Nov 06 - 05:48 PM

thanks.

Subject: Merle Travis's birthday
From: The Shambles
Date: 28 Nov 06 - 05:36 PM

Merle Travis was born this day (29 November) in 1907.