Merle Travis Autograph
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues", "I am a Pilgrim" and "Dark as a Dungeon". However, it is his unique guitar style, still called "Travis picking" by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for which he is best known today. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb while melodies are simultaneously plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977. More about Merle Travis
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 | Merle Travis Signed Inscribed 8X10 Color Photo Near Mint Condition COA | $50.00 | |
Merle's guitar playing style was developed out of a native tradition of fingerpicking in western Kentucky. Among its early practitioners was the black country blues guitarist Arnold Shultz. Shultz taught his style to several local musicians, including Kennedy Jones, who passed it on to other guitarists, notably Mose Rager, a part-time barber and coal miner, and Ike Everly, the father of The Everly Brothers. Their thumb and index fingerpicking method created a solo style that blended lead lines picked by the finger and rhythmic bass patterns picked or strummed by the thumbpick. This technique captivated many guitarists in the region and provided the main inspiration to young Travis. Travis acknowledged his debt to both Rager and Everly, and appears with Rager on the DVD Legends of Country Guitar (Vestapol, 2002). Read even more about Merle Travis at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Merle Travis
The most expensive item with a signature of Merle Travis (MERLE TRAVIS - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED) was sold in January 2023 for $160.00 while the cheapest item (IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER (MERLE TRAVIS) Pat Travis Eatherly SIGNED HCDJ 1987 XLNT) found a new owner for $3.50 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2023 with an average selling price of $17.23 for an autographed item of Merle Travis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with $160.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.99 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Merle Travis is worth $20.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Merle Travis were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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| 1966 Country Music Guitarist Merle Travis Signed Concert Contract | $75.00 | |
| Country Musician MERLE TRAVIS (1917-1983) AUTOGRAPH 1969 ENCOUNTER PHOTO~ | $36.01 | |
| COUNTRY SINGER MERLE TRAVIS (1917-1983) AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $14.50 | |
| Merle Travis (d. 1983) Signed 8x10 Publicity Photo - Country Singer | $20.50 | |
| Merle Travis (d:1983) Country Music HOF Autographed / Signed Photo | $39.99 | |
| Merle Travis - Country Musician - Signed 8x10 Photograph | $26.00 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED | $160.00 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS autograph SIGNED 1688 | $3.99 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS GUITAR LEGEND Signed / 8x10 B&W PHOTO Vintage Original ? Auth | $150.00 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LP ALBUM THE GREAT FOLK SONGS | $36.00 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8 BY 10 PHOTO COUNTRY & WESTERN GUITAR | $19.95 | |
| Merle Travis Signed 8 X 10 Photo | $5.00 | |
| Merle Travis Signed Index Card Country Western Singer Guitarist | $40.00 | |
| MERLE TRAVIS...VINTAGE HAND SIGNED VINTAGE CAPITOL RECORDS 8X10 PHOTO... | $10.50 | |
| Rare Merle Travis Autographed Photo - 8 x 10 - Original - 1952 | $49.99 | |