Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past

Compilation by Merle Travis

Released 1994

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Vol. 1
  • 1
    You’ll Be Lonesome, Too
    The Sheppard Brothers
    3:17
  • 2
    The Steppin’ Out Kind
    The Sheppard Brothers
    2:52
  • 3
    When Mussolini Laid His Pistol Down
    Bob McCarthy
    2:49
  • 4
    Two Time Annie
    Bob McCarthy
    2:36
  • 5
    What Will I Do
    2:39
  • 6
    So Long, Farewell, Goodbye
    Merle Travis & Grandpa Jones
    2:45
  • 7
    God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds
    Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
    3:04
  • 8
    It May Be Too Late
    Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
    2:55
  • 9
    Be on Your Way
    Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
    3:02
  • 10
    Rainin’ on the Mountain
    Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
    2:44
  • 11
    Give Me Your Hand
    Merle Travis & Wesley Tuttle
    2:39
  • 12
    Out on the Open Range
    Merle Travis, Wesley Tuttle & Shug Fisher
    2:46
  • 13
    Ridin’ Down to Santa Fe
    Merle Travis & Shug Fisher
    3:11
  • 14
    Homey Grits
    Tem Martin
    2:50
  • 15
    That’s All
    2:48
  • 16
    Boogie Woogie Boy
    Merle Travis & “Porky” Freeman Trio
    3:05
  • 17
    Boogie Woogie Boy (alternate)
    Merle Travis & “Porky” Freeman Trio
    2:58
  • 18
    I Used to Work in Chicago
    Tin Ear Tanner
    2:39
  • 19
    Merle’s Buck Dance
    Merle Travis & Hank Penny
    2:49
  • 20
    Steel Guitar Stomp
    Merle Travis & Hank Penny
    2:52
  • 21
    I Used to Work in Chicago (alternate)
    Dusty Ward
    2:39
  • 22
    I’m All Through Trusting You
    Dusty Ward
    3:02
  • 23
    Weary Lonesome Me
    2:32
  • 24
    No Vacancy
    3:02
  • 25
    Cincinnati Lou
    2:37
  • 26
    Two Is a Couple (And Three Is a Crowd)
    2:34
  • 27
    What a Shame
    2:48
  • 28
    T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)
    2:18
  • CD 2: Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Vol. 2
  • 1
    Missouri
    2:45
  • 2
    Divorce Me C.O.D.
    3:01
  • 3
    A Fool at the Steering Wheel
    2:49
  • 4
    Nine Pound Hammer
    2:41
  • 5
    Sixteen Tons (false start)
    0:56
  • 6
    Sixteen Tons
    2:52
  • 7
    Dark as a Dungeon
    2:49
  • 8
    Over by Number Nine
    3:10
  • 9
    That’s All
    3:01
  • 10
    John Henry
    3:07
  • 11
    Muskrat
    3:20
  • 12
    I Am a Pilgrim
    2:53
  • 13
    This World Is Not My Home
    2:47
  • 14
    The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along
    Merle Travis & Johnny Mercer
    2:59
  • 15
    Oh Why Did I Ever Leave Montana
    Merle Travis & Jerry Colonna
    2:43
  • 16
    A Little Too Fer
    2:27
  • 17
    When Rosie Riccoola Do the Hoola Ma Boola
    Merle Travis & Jerry Colonna
    2:32
  • 18
    Steel Guitar Rag (alternate)
    2:58
  • 19
    Honey Bunch (alternate)
    2:24
  • 20
    Sweet Temptation
    2:54
  • 21
    Don’t Hand Me That Old Line
    2:48
  • 22
    Steel Guitar Rag
    3:05
  • 23
    Honey Bunch
    2:45
  • 24
    So Round! So Firm! So Fully Packed!
    2:59
    3.0 ★
  • 25
    Alimoney Bound
    2:58
  • 26
    Follow Thru
    2:58
  • 27
    Three Times Seven
    2:58
  • 28
    I’ Sick and Tired of You, Little Darling
    3:00
  • CD 3: Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Vol. 3
  • 1
    Sunshines’s Back in Town
    2:43
  • 2
    The Devil to Pay
    2:46
  • 3
    Steel Guitar Rag
    2:45
  • 4
    Lawdy What a Gal
    2:53
  • 5
    Sioux City Sue
    2:33
  • 6
    Muskrat
    2:37
  • 7
    Fat Gal (false start)
    1:09
  • 8
    Fat Gal
    2:39
  • 9
    I Like My Chicken Fryin’ Size
    2:46
  • 10
    Merle’s Boogie Woogie (alternate)
    2:47
  • 11
    Merle’s Boogie Woogie
    3:30
  • 12
    Dapper Dan
    2:49
  • 13
    When My Baby Double Talks to Me
    2:54
  • 14
    I’m Pickin’ Up the Pieces of My Heart
    2:49
  • 15
    Information Please
    2:55
  • 16
    Any Old Time
    2:44
  • 17
    Kentucky Mean Paradise
    2:39
  • 18
    Leave My Honey Bee Alone
    2:55
  • 19
    I’m a Natural Born Gamblin’ Man
    3:10
  • 20
    Get Along Blues
    2:53
  • 21
    A Too Fast Past
    2:57
  • 22
    Crazy Boogie
    2:50
  • 23
    You Better Try Another Man
    2:36
  • 24
    Deck of Cards
    3:04
  • 25
    Wabash Cannon Ball
    Merle Travis & Kay Starr
    2:32
  • 26
    Blues Stay Away From Me
    2:38
  • 27
    Philosophy
    2:29
  • 28
    I Got a Mean Old Woman
    3:06
  • CD 4: Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Vol. 4
  • 1
    I’m Picking Up the Pieces of My Heart
    2:28
  • 2
    Petticoat Fever
    2:52
  • 3
    Start Even
    3:09
  • 4
    Guitar Rag
    2:28
  • 5
    Cane Bottom Chair
    2:46
  • 6
    I’m Knee Deep in Trouble
    2:23
  • 7
    Little Miss Sherlock Holmes
    2:15
  • 8
    Too Much Sugar for a Dime
    Merle Travis, Georgia Brown & Judy Hayden
    2:16
  • 9
    Spoonin’ Moon
    Merle Travis, Georgia Brown & Judy Hayden
    2:25
  • 10
    Trouble, Trouble
    Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
    2:50
  • 11
    El Reno
    Merle Travis, Georgia Brown, Judy Hayden & The Whippoorwills
    2:38
  • 12
    Won’tcha Be My Baby
    2:30
  • 13
    Dry Bread
    2:38
  • 14
    Lost John Boogie
    Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
    2:22
  • 15
    Deep South
    Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
    2:08
  • 16
    Boogie in Minor
    Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
    2:28
  • 17
    Let’s Settle Down (to Runnin’ Around Together)
    Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills
    2:24
  • 18
    Done Rovin’
    2:24
  • 19
    Faithful Fool
    2:30
  • 20
    Love Must Be Ketchin’
    2:11
  • 21
    Kinfolks in Carolina
    2:02
  • 22
    Kinfolks in Carolina
    2:25
  • 23
    Rainy Day Feelin’
    2:22
  • 24
    A Too Fast Past
    2:38
  • 25
    Knee Deep in Trouble
    2:38
  • 26
    Ain’t That a Cryin’ Shame
    2:20
  • 27
    I’ll See You in My Dreams
    1:55
  • 28
    Cannon Ball Rag
    1:57
  • 29
    I’ll Have Myself a Ball
    2:33
  • 30
    Bayou Baby (a Cajun Lullaby)
    2:36
  • 31
    Green Cheese
    2:53
  • CD 5: Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past, Vol. 5
  • 1
    Louisiana Boogie
    2:45
  • 2
    Guitar Rag
    2:22
  • 3
    Saturday Night Shuffle
    2:22
  • 4
    The Waltz You Saved for Me
    2:29
  • 5
    Crazy ’Bout You
    2:24
  • 6
    Re‐Enlistment Blues
    3:23
  • 7
    Dance of the Golden Rod
    3:07
  • 8
    Gambler’s Guitar
    2:38
  • 9
    Shut Up and Drink Your Beer
    2:12
  • 10
    Seminole Drag
    2:48
  • 11
    Jolie Fille (Pretty Girl)
    2:04
  • 12
    I Can’t Afford the Coffee (I’m Tired of Drinkin’ Weak Tea Blues)
    2:58
  • 13
    Blue Bell
    2:21
  • 14
    Memphis Blues
    2:37
  • 15
    The Sheik of Araby
    2:05
  • 16
    On a Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy Belle)
    2:12
  • 17
    Black Diamond Blues
    3:06
  • 18
    Blue Smoke (remake)
    2:28
  • 19
    Walking the Strings
    1:52
  • 20
    Saturday Night Shuffle
    2:09
  • 21
    Sleepy Time Gal
    2:39
  • 22
    Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old ’Tucky Home
    2:31
  • 23
    Rockabye Rag
    1:58
  • 24
    Bugle Call Rag
    2:22
  • 25
    Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
    2:32
  • 26
    Beer Barrel Polka
    2:37
  • 27
    Turn My Picture Upside Down
    2:31
  • 28
    If You Want It, I’ve Got It
    2:45
  • 29
    Lazy River
    2:26
  • 30
    Hunky Dory
    2:33

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