Titles include: STEVE RECTOR Guitar Rag, Walkin' The Strings PAUL MOSELEY Cannonball Rag, Who's Sorry Now, Nine Pound Hammer, It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, Wildwood Flower PAT KIRTLEY Ripplin', Steel Guitar Rag, Arnold's Coming Home, Old Joe Clark TOMMY OWENS & MAURICE JONES Ida, See You In My Dreams BOB SAXTON Rose.

The genesis of the 'thumbpicking' method of guitar playing can be traced to Muehlenberg County, Kentucky. It originated in the hands of such musical legends as Arnold Schultz, Kennedy Jones and Amos Johnson; Mose Rager and Ike Everly (father of The Everly Brothers) helped expand the technique to cover a broader array of styles. Everly later mentored Merle Travis, who became a recording and film star in his own right and fathered an even later generation of thumbpickers

Nine Pound Hammer book. The performances compiled for this video by guitarist Pat Kirtley represent the best of today's Kentucky thumbpickers. Like Bluegrass, country music and zydeco, thumbpicking is unique to America's cultural landscape and it is the musical pride and joy of the place where it all began - Muhlenberg County Kentucky! Includes booklet of biographical material.

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons," "Re-Enlistment Blues," "I am a Pilgrim," and "Dark as a Dungeon.

Watch the 9 Pound Hammer online guitar lesson by Alonzo Pennington from Kentucky Thumbpicking Handbook. In "9 Pound Hammer," we use the walkdowns and endings we learned in Section 1 as well as the Travis Pattern A, focusing on putting the melody in with it. Home.

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Nine Pound Hammer Lexington, KY 5/6/05 Very Good Audience Recording. 1. You're Goddamn Right 2. Rub Your Daddy's Lucky Belly 3. Hayseed Timebomb 4. Medley 5. Skin A Buck 6. Dead Dog Highway 7. It Don't Get No Better Than This 8. Feelin' Kinda Froggy 9. Stranded Outside Of Tator Knob 10. Drunk, Tired, And Mean 11. Ain't Hurtin' Nobody 12. Slam Bang 13. Rode Hard And Put Away Wet 14. If You Wanna Get To Heaven (You Got To Raise A Little Hell) 15. Earl's Piss Break 16.

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