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JohnnyRingo

(20,798 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:14 PM 15 hrs ago

"I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size" by Merle Travis

Here's one that will stick to your ribs and in your head all day.

According to Wikki, Merle Travis is....

...best known today for his unique guitar style, still called Travis picking by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb, while melodies are plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.

He is considered by some to be one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century.[2]

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