Back Home is a compilation LP consisting of Merle Travis's album, Folk Songs of the Hills (1947), with four previously unreleased tracks. This album marked a new turn in Travis's career, bringing his Kentucky-style fingerpicking and down-home vocal style to the attention of a broad public of country and folk music enthusiasts at the onset of the American folk music revival. Together with another Capitol release the following year, The Merle Travis Guitar, it introduced the style of guitar playing that came to be known, in simplified form, as Travis picking. The album includes traditional country songs such as "John Henry", "Muskrat", "Lost John (from Bowling Green)", "Barbara Allen", and Travis's signature gospel song, "I Am a Pilgrim". Also included are the original compositions "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Sixteen Tons". All songs are introduced by a spoken narrative. - Wikipedia

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#merletravis #country #americanfolk #americana #kentucky #TravisPicking

We were fortunate enough to be able to record last Saturday's hour of American folk songs, shared with us in sweet, harmonious voices by The Fellsway Three. You can replay the concert on our YouTube channel. We recommend that you enjoy the concert over lunch or dinner at home.

Replay now: https://youtube.com/live/GhlxUsd0cA4

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Currently listening to... 😌 🏞️ 🎶

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Tom Dooley (the classic American murder ballad, sung by Eddie Biggins)

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This feels like a Townes Van Zandt day. Pancho and Lefty has been famously covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, as well as others. "Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and 'a songwriter's songwriter.'"
The lyrics: "Although the lyrics are not exactly reconcilable with the historic details of the life and death of the famous Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, Van Zandt does not rule out the idea." (Wikipedia) #TownesVanZandt #FolkMusic #AmericanFolk

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Elizabeth Cotten (1893 – 1987) was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player but played it upside down. This meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking". NPR stated "her influence has reverberated through the generations, permeating every genre of music." Wikipedia #blues #AmericanFolk

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#bluegrass #AmericanFolk #CliftonHicks

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