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In this landmark 1979 album, Joe Maphis, known as the “The fastest guitar alive” and Merle Travis, legendary originator of “Travis Pickin,’” combine their considerable talents to prove why Country Guitar Giants is no overstatement. Between these “Kings of the Strings,” they have influenced almost every field of American popular music with their innovative flat-picking and awe-inspiring skill. “Joe and Ole’ Merle” attack the old Appalachian ballads, Tin Pan Alley numbers and country and pop songs that inspired them when they were young. Listening to “Wildwood Flower” and “Columbus Stockade Blues” you can hear the joy Travis and Maphis take in playing these great tunes together. Country Guitar Giants is a stunning collaboration between two larger than life guitar masters.

Track List:

1. Free Little Bird

2. Mose Rager Blues

3. Alabama Jubilee

4. Hear Dem Bells

5. Eight More Miles To Louisville

6. Little Rosewood Casket

7. John Henry

8. Cannonball Rag

9. Beer Barrel Polka

10. My Adobe Hacienda

11. Lover

12. Snow Deer

13. Ike Everly’s Rag

14. Sweet Bunch of Daisies

15. Somebody Stole My Gal

16. San Antonio Rose

17. Li’l Liza Jane

18. Bury Me Beneath The Willow

19. High Noon

20. Down Among The Budded Roses

21. Freight Train

22. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

23. Wildwood Flower

24. Back In The Saddle Again

25. Memphis Blues

26. Black Mountain Rag

27. Say ‘Si Si’

28. Columbus Stockade Blues

29. Right Or Wronng/Smiles

30. I Saw The Light