Merle Travis performs "I'll See You In My Dreams" on "Jubilee U.S.A." TV Show, 1950s
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Merle Travis performs "I'll See You In My Dreams" on "Jubilee U.S.A." TV Show, 1950s.
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I am honored to know this man's son and even more honored to have his Godwin guitar behind him hanging on my wall now! What a guitarist. Wished I could have met and played with him. R.i.p.Bill
He was so good, the angels couldn't keep from humming along...lol...fantastic film!!
Dig it! This is just so wonderful, could do without the background vocals I must say but, lets face it. It's still Merle Travis! Peace.
when your guitar has your name on it across the neck, you know you've made it.
Nice words of introduction from the esteemed Gene Autry.
It takes years of determination, grit, and an attention span not capable by many these days unfortunately. LLKM!
Hundreds of brilliant young guitarists these days, maybe you should pay attention to them as well, the next generation of musicians will be as good as any if not better in this information age
masterful.. had a picking techniique named after him.. one of the hardest to master on guitar..
Merle playing Django.
Beautiful.
(Could do without the background singers, though. Well, it was a 50's tv show...:)
OMG!!! I'm in guitar heaven! THANK YOU!
An outstanding picker and showman!
Thumb and one finger - still hard to comprehend how he did this - artistry I guess.
Was just thinking the same thing,
boy have times changed look at the players today unlimited sounds and technical level and can play almost any style you could name! Met would be proud
@@jakemf1 His drinking hastened his decline, but he was years ahead of any guitarist.
Merle Travis was my uncle. Gene Autry was my friend.
My second cousin's aunt's third husband was a friend of Travis's brother in- law.
Merle’s Super 400 has always been one of my favorite guitars, what a gas!
It's Merle magic!
my uncle,charlie browning played with merle years a go
Billy Henderson my grandpa played with him and Chet Atkins in the 50’s also
Classy!
That Bigsby model is crazy
I get those backing vocals kicking in whenever I play the guitar to..... in my fookin' dreams
Chet's inspiration!!!
What an icon! Guitar with soul!
That's very cool, quite seductive to a listener who's not already a country fan.
thanks for posting- nice to see and hear
Gorgeous!
Wonderful.
How good is good !!!
Amazing and so interesting!
great !
Goodnight Miss Calabash...wherever you are!
Really good.
The ill advised background vocals make me shudder, but wow, Merle sure could pick.
Not Django Jaibhakti - naw - THIS is TRAVIS PICKING which he more or less invented. Clever bunny was Merle. Witty too. Great writer, worth his fame.
Beresfordjohn Greene I beg to differ : Merle played Django's version almost note for note (with a few country embellishments) for the first tour of the chart, then he does his own version for the second
Django Reinhardt was the first guitarist I think, to adopt this tune, but it was familiar from the twenties as a Big Band orchestra piece. Isham Jones wrote it
Gives those of us that pick with 2 fingers hope...:)
Ironically, it's probably not the way you'd teach Travis picking, with just two fingers, but the man DID invent it. Jerry Reed tucked his forefinger and used thumb, middle and ring fingers whereas Chet used all his fingers. So, definitely find your comfort zone and run with it!
Michael Yannon
Merle built on Mose Rager and Ike Everly. There's no one inventor of thumb picking style.
Thank you for this...
guitar god
I like that !!
Inspired Ole Chet. Compare their two versions of this song, for example.
How the hell is he doing all that only using "two fingers" on his picking hand.......notice he anchors his hand down with his last two fingers and doesn't use them at all. Pretty damn amazing
Gary Davis and many others also played with just thumb and forefinger. Notice, though, that when Merle does those little arpeggios he enlists his middle finger. Otherwise, it appears it was just thumb and one finger.
@@jcfereday actually Paul McCartney was a 2 finger picker on acoustic guitar. Some of his biggest hits were two finger. Oh, thanks for the info.
This why they call Travis picking Travis picking.
that gibson super special is pretty fancy....
What was it about the 50s that was so amazing? It’s all been downhill from there!
If you look early pictures/ videos alot of these geniuses had a front tooth gap before the dentist got rid of it..Chet atkins..Merle Travis..Jerry Reed...mark knophler...Albert Einstein...what comes so hard for others they can't see why we mortals have a hard time what comes too easy to them..me I still ain't got it down like the great Merle did it .another is macyn Taylor graduated from music college at 17
Nice
dint the announcer do a 180' at the beginning. merle is the mold for all fingerpickers!
That announcer was Gene Autry!
1:42 WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? Fm but... just... damn!
merle had no equal.
Like and number is awesome
Merle’s from Kentucky like me.
I feel so ignorant. I had no idea what an amazing player Travis was.
Travis picking ( Chicken picking )... Invented by Merl Travis. Sometimes looking back you will see such a name carried through nearly 100 years, was for a reason. These guys played way ahead of their time. Just like other artists out there. Often times, they are more appreciated in a later time period.
In 1949 Arthel "Doc" Watson named his son "Eddie Merle" (after Eddy Arnold and MerleTravis).
+It's just some comment. 😉 Travis was heavily influenced by the black blues guitarists many of whom also used just one finger and thumb. He himself always acknowledged his debt. He particularly liked Blind Blake. He was a great player, in my opinion far more interesting than Chet Atkins.
Merle made it national but he didn't invent it. It was a regional style in Muhlenberg County, KY.
Mose Rager taught him
He can get two guitars from two fingers
Did I see a small look of annoyence on Merles face when the vocals came in? If it was late 50's they might have had interpetive dancers. Great post 🙏🎶👀❗
Could barely hear Merle over the heavenly choir ☹️. Merle is great, obviously, though I prefer Django Reinhardt’s rendition of this song.
The backup singers catawalling did nothing for the video.
I thought it was porter wagoner who wore the rhinestones....
You have to really know how to play to wear that shirt!
I could have done without the vocal chorus.