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Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past
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Bear Family Records
Bear Family Records
BCD 15637 EI · CD
Album

Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past

by Merle Travis

145

Tracks

6:27:27

Runtime

1

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This Bear Family Records offering showcases Merle Travis in various acoustic settings, leaning heavily into traditional bluegrass and folk structures. The sessions feature interplay with The Sheppard Brothers and Wesley Tuttle & Shug Fisher, capturing the raw, string-band energy of the era. It’s a deep cut into early American roots music, far removed from modern electronic production.

Tracklist 145

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CD 1

1
— The Sheppard Brothers
3:17
2
— The Sheppard Brothers
2:52
3
— Bob McCarthy
2:50
4
— Bob McCarthy
2:37
5
2:40
6
— Merle Travis & Grandpa Jones
2:45
7
— Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
3:04
8
— Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
2:56
9
— Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
3:03
10
— Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
2:45
11
— Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
2:39
12
— Merle Travis, Wesley Tuttle & Shug Fisher
2:46
13
— Merle Travis & Shug Fisher
3:12
14
— Tem Martin
2:50
15
2:49
16
— Merle Travis & “Porky” Freeman Trio
3:05
17
— Merle Travis & “Porky” Freeman Trio
2:58
18
— Tin Ear Tanner
2:40
19
— Merle Travis & Hank Penny
2:50
20
— Merle Travis & Hank Penny
2:53
21
— Dusty Ward
2:39
22
— Dusty Ward
3:02
23
2:33
24
3:03
25
2:37
26
2:34
27
2:48
28
2:19

CD 2

1
2:46
2
3:01
3
2:49
4
2:41
5
0:56
6
2:53
7
2:50
8
3:10
9
3:01
10
3:08
11
3:21
12
2:54
13
2:47
14
— Merle Travis & Johnny Mercer
2:59
15
— Merle Travis & Jerry Colonna
2:44
16
2:27
17
— Merle Travis & Jerry Colonna
2:33
18
2:58
19
2:24
20
2:55
21
2:49
22
3:05
23
2:45
24
3:00
25
2:59
26
2:59
27
2:58
28
3:00

CD 3

1
2:44
2
2:46
3
2:46
4
2:53
5
2:33
6
2:38
7
1:10
8
2:39
9
2:46
10
2:47
11
3:31
12
2:49
13
2:55
14
2:50
15
2:55
16
2:45
17
2:39
18
2:55
19
3:11
20
2:54
21
2:58
22
2:51
23
2:36
24
3:05
25
— Merle Travis & Kay Starr
2:33
26
2:39
27
2:30
28
3:06

CD 4

1
2:29
2
2:53
3
3:10
4
2:28
5
2:46
6
2:23
7
2:15
8
— Merle Travis, Georgia Brown & Judy Hayden
2:16
9
— Merle Travis, Georgia Brown & Judy Hayden
2:26
10
— Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
2:51
11
— Merle Travis, Georgia Brown, Judy Hayden & The Whippoorwills
2:38
12
2:30
13
2:38
14
— Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
2:23
15
— Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
2:09
16
— Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
2:28
17
— Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
2:25
18
2:24
19
2:31
20
2:11
21
2:03
22
2:26
23
2:22
24
2:38
25
2:39
26
2:21
27
1:55
28
1:57
29
2:34
30
2:36
31
2:54

CD 5

1
2:46
2
2:22
3
2:23
4
2:29
5
2:25
6
3:23
7
3:08
8
2:39
9
2:12
10
2:48
11
2:05
12
2:58
13
2:21
14
2:37
15
2:06
16
2:13
17
3:06
18
2:29
19
1:52
20
2:09
21
2:39
22
2:31
23
1:59
24
2:23
25
2:33
26
2:37
27
2:31
28
2:45
29
2:26
30
2:33

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Release Details
Type Album
Label Bear Family Records
Catalog BCD 15637 EI
Format CD