Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines.  We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties.  It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
2	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
3	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
4	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
7	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
9	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
10	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
11	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
12	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
13	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
14	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
15	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
16	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
17	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
18	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
19	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
20	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
21	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
22	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
23	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
24	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
25	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
27	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
28	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
33	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
34	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.