Country Music's Two Guitar Greats

Product Description:
t was as natural as apple pie and ice cream to put two country-picking guitar legends like Merle Travis and Joe Maphis, buddies since they’d first met in 1942, in the recording studio at the same time. The results find these fretboard wizards blazing their way through a highprofile 1963 set of backwoods chestnuts, including dazzling material from the Carter Family, Bill Monroe, the Delmore Brothers and Chet Atkins, not to mention a handful of traditional faves like "Big Midnight Special" and "Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down." The exhilarating pairing of Travis and Maphis never sounded better—absolute fingers on fire!

Country Music's Two Guitar Greats,Merle Travis & Joe Maphis,Sundazed Music Inc.,Country,Country Boogie,Instrumental Country,Pop,Traditional Country,United States of America

Average customer rating: Good Album Easily the Best Album This Duo Ever Recorded

Country Music's Two Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' Strictly Guitar Country Guitar Giants Hot Pickin Flying Fingers ASIN: B0007NFLK4 Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. Corrine Corrina
2. Big Midnight Special
3. Bayou Baby
4. Dont Let Your Deal Go Down
5. Guitar Rag
6. Blast Off
7. When Its Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing
8. West Coast Blues
9. Mainstreet Breakdown
10. Picture On the Wall
11. Kentucky Waltz
12. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

Album Description

t was as natural as apple pie and ice cream to put two country-picking guitar legends like Merle Travis and Joe Maphis, buddies since they'd first met in 1942, in the recording studio at the same time. The results find these fretboard wizards blazing their way through a highprofile 1963 set of backwoods chestnuts, including dazzling material from the Carter Family, Bill Monroe, the Delmore Brothers and Chet Atkins, not to mention a handful of traditional faves like "Big Midnight Special" and "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." The exhilarating pairing of Travis and Maphis never sounded better—absolute fingers on fire!

Customer Reviews:

Good Album.......2006-03-03

A good album featuring two great guitarists. I enjoy great guitar music and this album did not disappoint.

Easily the Best Album This Duo Ever Recorded.......2005-09-06

What needs to be said here? If you're reading this, you already know that Merle Travis and Joe Maphis are two of the greatest guitarists who ever lived. All you need to know is that this is the pair's best outing among all of the recordings they made together--in print and out of print. This album's got the best production and it's got the best tunes. Prepared to be blown away. If, by chance, you stumbled upon this review and you don't know much about Merle Travis or Joe Maphis and you're an aspiring guitar player, by all means take the plunge. Just be prepared for the consequences.

Average customer rating:

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