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Hot Pickin’ is a 2-CD, 50-track collection showcasing the influential country guitar work and songwriting of Merle Travis. Drawing from his classic recordings, the set covers traditional country, country boogie, western swing, honky-tonk, folk standards, and instrumental guitar pieces, highlighting the distinctive picking style that made Travis one of the most important guitarists in country music history.

The collection includes well-known recordings such as “Sixteen Tons,” “Dark as a Dungeon,” “Divorce Me C.O.D.,” “Nine Pound Hammer,” “Cannonball Rag,” “Steel Guitar Rag,” “I Am a Pilgrim,” and “Merle’s Boogie Woogie.” Released by Proper Records / Proper Pairs in 2003, this UK-made set is an excellent retrospective for collectors of classic country music, early country guitar, country boogie, and American roots music.

Track List

Disc One

1. You’ll Be Lonesome Too
2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
3. No Vacancy
4. Cincinnati Lou
5. What a Shame
6. Missouri
7. Divorce Me C.O.D.
8. Nine Pound Hammer
9. Sixteen Tons
10. Dark as a Dungeon
11. Over by Number Nine
12. That’s All
13. John Henry
14. I Am a Pilgrim
15. If We Never Meet Again
16. Over in Gloryland
17. Sweet Temptation
18. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
19. Three Times Seven
20. I’m Sick and Tired of You Little Darling
21. Steel Guitar Rag
22. Lawdy What a Gal
23. Sioux City Sue
24. Muskrat
25. Fat Gal

Disc Two

1. I Like My Chicken Fryin’ Size
2. Merle’s Boogie Woogie
3. When My Baby Double Talks to Me
4. Kentucky Means Paradise
5. I’m a Natural Born Gambling Man
6. Crazy Boogie
7. T for Texas
8. Blues Stay Away from Me
9. Philosophy
10. Start Even
11. I Got a Mean Old Woman
12. Guitar Rag
13. Cane Bottom Chair
14. Too Much Sugar for a Dime
15. Spoonin’ Moon
16. Dry Bread
17. Lost John Boogie
18. Boogie in Minor
19. Deep South
20. Done Rovin’
21. Faithful Fool
22. Kinfolks in Carolina
23. Rainy Day Feeling
24. I’ll See You in My Dreams
25. Cannonball Rag