Merle Travis - Cannonball rag

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norton771

norton771

Күн бұрын

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@PoisonClan73
@PoisonClan73 14 жыл бұрын
He didn't down tune the base strings, he noted them. On top of that, a two finger roll. Greatest ever.
@035jdj
@035jdj 13 жыл бұрын
Another one of our very best guitar players with Chet,Jerry Reed and Les Paul!!
@drummercali
@drummercali 14 жыл бұрын
He makes it look so effortless
@christopherobrien6570
@christopherobrien6570 Жыл бұрын
I don't know how I have the nerve to pick up my guitar. This is so good it's outrageous.
@howlindonster6131
@howlindonster6131 6 жыл бұрын
Digging the heck out of Merle since childhood..
@bigdood
@bigdood 14 жыл бұрын
You are right, APerched and I stand corrected. Mose Rager actually worked with Travis and Travis carried it from there... I spoke with Mose several years ago. They used to play at a radio station near here in Mayfield KY WAYYYYY back when.... it was a kick to hear from him, tho. And, to be honest, I didn't even know who he was until I spoke with him, but he educated me reaaal quick. :-) PEACE from Western KY.
@Datanditto
@Datanditto 4 жыл бұрын
I cant wrap my head around how he played all that with only two right hand fingers.
@noblesiner
@noblesiner 13 жыл бұрын
God I love Merle.
@countryclassic
@countryclassic 14 жыл бұрын
Guy's a genius...play this with thumb and index finger...amazing!!!
@callasexperience
@callasexperience 16 жыл бұрын
great style great smile great suit go on merle
@bennyshaversmusic590
@bennyshaversmusic590 2 жыл бұрын
He was the coolest
@Vermillion2176
@Vermillion2176 14 жыл бұрын
the greatest... Big Ron
@FrettieFingers
@FrettieFingers 16 жыл бұрын
you can see why Chet idolized him. Amazing!
@MrOnlystrongsurvive
@MrOnlystrongsurvive 13 жыл бұрын
the best guitarist in my heart with scotty moore
@airborneassasin
@airborneassasin 15 жыл бұрын
alternate bassline is the most commonly used "style term" for this playing style. I do agree that earlier blues and acoustic players used a style similar to his, but Merle was probably the most proficient player of the style to hit the mainstream . I moss hearing guitar playing like that. Another great player of this style was Chet Atkins, although he used it only occasionally.
@morfinafreak
@morfinafreak 10 жыл бұрын
With only two f*cking fingers.. upsets me to see how far i am to achieve that hability
@chickenfinger90
@chickenfinger90 13 жыл бұрын
simply a legend...
@larryfeltonj
@larryfeltonj 12 жыл бұрын
FAST Travis picking. Great subtle showmanship, too!
@Pickinbuddy
@Pickinbuddy 7 жыл бұрын
Merle's the KING!
@coupe662
@coupe662 12 жыл бұрын
Gotta put two of them P90´s in my Axe! this is great! :) Thanks for posting
@stringbender69
@stringbender69 13 жыл бұрын
That whang bar is cool........you could blow bubbles through that thing
@salvitagirl
@salvitagirl 13 жыл бұрын
WOOOW SR. QUE TECNICA TOCA MARAVILLOSAMENTE SUUUUPER BIEN. FELISIDADES.
@Batman001
@Batman001 15 жыл бұрын
Amazing playing here
@rockinredneck57
@rockinredneck57 13 жыл бұрын
@SmeagolTheBeagle Tommy was actually inspired by Chet Atkins who was inspired by Merle Travis. Listening to the radio, Chet always thought that Merle was using his thumb and two fingers, so he taught himself that way. He later found out, Travis uses just his thumb and index finger. Chet was amazed!
@tombstonejackson
@tombstonejackson 13 жыл бұрын
@Creepycottages Yep, Joe Maphis sure did!
@tman916x
@tman916x 15 жыл бұрын
friggin' sweet...
@VietnamAirForce
@VietnamAirForce 13 жыл бұрын
What a guitar!
@SenorSol
@SenorSol 13 жыл бұрын
Incredible technique!!
@funstuff2006
@funstuff2006 16 жыл бұрын
He uses the same guitar on the Ronnie Prophet show clip, and the light hitting the tailpiece glints off like shiny metal. If that's duct-tape, I'll eat my hat!
@ThePumalives
@ThePumalives 15 жыл бұрын
In Merle we trust
@SilvioManfredDante85
@SilvioManfredDante85 13 жыл бұрын
I wish I had Merle's guitar !!!!
@omkaratube
@omkaratube 15 жыл бұрын
incredibile la facilità con la quale esegue il pezzo!
@jajjajj3
@jajjajj3 9 күн бұрын
A guitar, a cord and an amp.......no bullshit in between.
@Siegun16
@Siegun16 14 жыл бұрын
@SylvainBrunerie Because if he uses his three others fingers the universe imploses.
@JacksonBradwell
@JacksonBradwell 16 жыл бұрын
im sorry for your loss
@AnxiousCowboy
@AnxiousCowboy 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, my name is Merle FUCKING Travis and I make everything look super cool and easy while being happy as shit ALL THE TIME! fucking two finger legend.
@everennui1
@everennui1 15 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I was always told that in order to Travis pick you need 3, but here I am. In dismay of what I see. The inventor of Travis picking travis picking with two fingers. On fuckin' cannon ball rag.
@RGMguitar
@RGMguitar 13 жыл бұрын
I had an old LP called "The Merle Travis Guitar". I was amazed how clean he plays considering it was on an electric. Electric guitars just seem to amplify any little mistake, so I was impressed. Chet Atkins could do it of course but Travis also brushed up with his index finger and down with his thumbpick. In the hands of a lesser player, this could have gotten very sloppy. Not Travis. Wow!
@bigdood
@bigdood 15 жыл бұрын
Don't forget, Merle Travis INVENTED fingerstyle guitar and taught it to Chet Atkins, who begat Nashville, who inspired those like Tommy Emmanuel -- and inspired a new generation of jazz/fingerstyle guitarists like Adam Rafferty -- who are carrying fingerstyle to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. WOW, what Merle could do with 2 fingers... most of us couldn't do with four and a band behind us. :-) Try something new, you can change the world! :-)
@ZynosOrcah
@ZynosOrcah 15 жыл бұрын
Looks like he only uses two fingers? :O on his right hand, that is... Mr Travis was a sick man! Still beats the crap out of later adaptors of his technique, even Setzer.
@BixLives32
@BixLives32 11 жыл бұрын
You can keep uploading Merle Travis all day long, brother, & I'll watch them. I listen to "Folk Song's of The Hills" twice a week. I can play every song on that album. That's one of those albums where EVERY cut is great. I got it on a 78s, 10" microgroove, and finally I got it on digital. I can even make my guitar talk (to impress the girls!). You cannot have enough Travis records. You got any videos of Travis playing with Joe Maphis? -That'd just about fix it!
@BixLives32
@BixLives32 11 жыл бұрын
If you put your name on your fret board, you will force yourself to play better. It worked for Jimmie Rodgers. He bought a 000-45 with his name & much more. No one had ever done that. Jimmie could play OK, but he was no Eddie Lang. Fred Martin, tried to talk him out of the expense, "It won't make the guitar sound any better.", Fred said. Jimmy knew music was show biz. He had "Thanks" painted on the back as well! The rest is history.
@GameLevelEditor
@GameLevelEditor 14 жыл бұрын
@Arcticpaulo haha I like that.
@dss8145
@dss8145 6 жыл бұрын
I can't play like that, what a pro.
@funstuff2006
@funstuff2006 16 жыл бұрын
I think it's just plain metal with embellishment around the outside. Maybe he asked for it to be plain like that, or maybe it's not a bigsby licensed tailpiece. Maybe they didnt do the distinct 'Bigsby' text in there back then. Those are my guesses.
@bigdood
@bigdood 15 жыл бұрын
LOL heliolagojr -- Hey guy, us Americans aren't wearing that kind of clothes anymore... that was in the 1960s, and I will bet that there were a few people where you are from who dressed just as silly back then! :-D Hell, I was wearing 10cm high platform shoes and bellbottom double-knit pants with crazy-ass shirts! :-) I want to burn my old pictures... :-)
@guitarsurfercody
@guitarsurfercody 16 жыл бұрын
whatever it is i must say it is pretty saweet lookin' i would be temped to mount one on a guitar if ever i found one
@hadd0006
@hadd0006 16 жыл бұрын
over the tail of it where it usually says "Bigsby"
@statictwo818
@statictwo818 16 жыл бұрын
nice guitar
@bigdood
@bigdood 15 жыл бұрын
Respectfully, Segovia did not use fingerstyle guitar as practiced by Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, etc. Spanish classical guitar is a whole DIFFERENT genre of music. It's semantics, really -- just because one uses right-hand fingers on the strings does not necessarily cast the music as "fingerstyle". Fingerstyle as practiced by Atkins, Emmanuel, Rafferty and others is characterized by a running bass lick using the thumb -- but again, lets just agree to disagree -and enjoy ALL acoustic music! :-)
@reverb11
@reverb11 16 жыл бұрын
That's not duct tape. You'll often see Bigsbys from that era without the more commonly-seen black highlighting paint on them... as a matter of fact, Gretsch re-issues its new DSW models with a Bigsby tailpiece identical to the one Merle is using.
@funstuff2006
@funstuff2006 16 жыл бұрын
Duct tape? On what part of the Bigsby?
@YounGun88
@YounGun88 13 жыл бұрын
i feel like i'm playing super mario world haha
@POsomething
@POsomething 11 жыл бұрын
Ever seen Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar, Main/Hamiltone?
@44eelz
@44eelz 13 жыл бұрын
@Khalilullah who r the rest?
@rotolo
@rotolo 15 жыл бұрын
the truth to this statement hurts me atleast once a day, or whenever i hear the invention of distortion on a guitar..
@9171961jo
@9171961jo 12 жыл бұрын
"He's doing Chet. Atkins style!"
@mitchmatthews6713
@mitchmatthews6713 3 жыл бұрын
Are there any questions?
@MarkoMarkus
@MarkoMarkus 15 жыл бұрын
hehe, it's Cannonball Rag no doubt :)
@omkaratube
@omkaratube 15 жыл бұрын
Ho notato infatti che usa solo due dita! Certo è una tecnica poco ortodossa,specie per i puristi del fingerpicking,ma il risultato è ugualmente straordinario!
@Creepycottages
@Creepycottages 13 жыл бұрын
Great stuff - you don't put your name all over the neck of your axe if you can't live up to it!
@LeslieRussell
@LeslieRussell 15 жыл бұрын
Isn't that the Shiek of Araby? Not the Cannonball Rag?
@2t123
@2t123 14 жыл бұрын
@ZynosOrcah One finger and thumb. and i promise i know
@hadd0006
@hadd0006 16 жыл бұрын
anybody know why it looks like there is duct tape covering his Bigsby?
@SmeagolTheBeagle
@SmeagolTheBeagle 13 жыл бұрын
He's pretty awesome. Tommy Emmanuel is probably inspired by this guy!
@gtrefghuk
@gtrefghuk 12 жыл бұрын
He could use his whammy bar as a bottle opener.
@chokengagum
@chokengagum 16 жыл бұрын
Dern it I meant "I"
@hadd0006
@hadd0006 16 жыл бұрын
it is duct tape, look at it. Somebody ask Bresh.
@jothekid
@jothekid 14 жыл бұрын
no sweat eh Merle?
@tubegucker1
@tubegucker1 13 жыл бұрын
I wanna see his right hand at 0:44
@brianfinnegan7554
@brianfinnegan7554 12 жыл бұрын
Sounds great but once u get that thumb pick goin its not actually that hard to play. Good player tho.
@JLWing77
@JLWing77 12 жыл бұрын
How hard can it be? He only uses 2 fingers. Aiming gun at own head.
@chokengagum
@chokengagum 16 жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen anyone play this with a thumb and a P like that?
@bigemoney31
@bigemoney31 13 жыл бұрын
I think he needs a bigger guitar.
@mikeyL67
@mikeyL67 12 жыл бұрын
Chet was good, but Merle was better, using 2 fingers instead of Chet's 3 fingers!!!!
@jerrylanglois7892
@jerrylanglois7892 6 жыл бұрын
Chet used 4 fingers, not three.
@RandyGortney
@RandyGortney 14 күн бұрын
What a picker
@std882
@std882 4 жыл бұрын
That must be the most horrid looking tremolo arm I've ever seen. You'd think with a guitar like that with such beautiful detail inlays they could at least come up with a nicer looking design.
@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504
@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 4 жыл бұрын
STD882 You dickhead, he designed the whole solidbody guitar himself and helped develop that tremolo system famously now known as the Bigsby vibrato bar.
@jerrymatson2350
@jerrymatson2350 2 жыл бұрын
It's function over fashion! It allows him to use the tremolo while picking further up the neck. Makes for a much different sound.
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