Merle Travis performs Nine Pound Hammer and Mus'rat.

nice guitar playing!

Merle is one of the best! Terrific guitar and singing.

thanks for this upload really appreciate it

I believe the guitar is one of Paul Bigby's Martin conversions. Martin guitars are a status symbol, but I found most do not play very well from this era. They did not use truss rods, and the necks left a lot to be desired. Some were great. Most were mediocre at best. Paul Bigsby would put his own neck on these Martin guitars. They were awesome playing instruments. Bigsby is the actual inventor of the solid body electric guitar. Fender stole the idea.

Great song. Thank, Merle for all your talent.

good ole 9 pound hammer

Mus'rat reminds me a lot of string beans "Chewin Chewin gum"

holy god....travis sooooo goooood

I love it when nobody can thumbs down AT ALL.... (and don't let me catch you.....)

Mestre 🎶🎶🎶🎸

The second song was the real the second

Great ...I like this kind of Music too...

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It's called Travis picking for a reason.

gotta appreciate the oldies ..i do

Use only two fingers and make it sound like a bass player and a lead player. Shazaam! That Merle could pick!

That is one of the coolest guitars ever

I watched these on our little black and white TV in the early 1950’s. TV programming was not nearly so sophisticated then and these shorts often ran as fillers. My brother and I, especially on Saturday mornings, sat and watched whatever was on, hoping and to see a Merle Travis clip fill an empty slot.

That is the coolest guitar playing. I also love Lenny Breaus version of this song

Funny.... The man is a legend, known world wide for his picking, and the goofs filming this rarely showed his hands .. Ironic indeed

lol. brilliant, but a joy to see him take a flannel off while wearing another flannel underneath. ♥

un grand artiste....la qualite de la photo est surprenante pour l ' epoque !

Merle was a cool critter lol