The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation 1946-1953

Original Release Date:  April 18, 2000

Track Listing

• 1. Cincinnati Lou
• 2. No Vacancy
• 3. Divorce Me C.O.D.
• 4. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
• 5. Sixteen Tons
• 6. Steel Guitar Rag
• 7. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
• 8. Any Old Time
• 9. Three Times Seven
• 10. Kentucky Means Paradise
• 11. Sweet Temptation
• 12. Fat Gal
• 13. Dry Bread
• 14. Cannonball Rag
• 15. Lawdy, What a Gal
• 16. Guitar Rag
• 17. Deep South
• 18. Re-Enlistment Blues
• 19. Kinfolks in Carolina
• 20. I'll See You in My Dreams

Credits

• Joe Maphis: Guitar (Electric)
• Merle Travis: Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Composer, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
• Noel Boggs: Guitar (Steel)
• Cliffie Stone: Bass, Composer, Producer
• Speedy West: Guitar (Steel)
• Danny Alguire: Trumpet
• Elliott Federman: Mastering
• Manny Klein: Trumpet
• Ken Nelson: Producer
• Dusty Rhodes: Bass
• Smokey Rogers: Guitar
• Dale Warren: Bass
• Al Williams: Bass
• Lee Gillette: Producer
• Pedro DePaul: Accordion
• Rich Kienzle: Compilation Producer
• John Weis: Guitar (Electric)
• Art Wenzel: Accordion
• Harold Hensley: Fiddle
• Eddie Kirk: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Billy Liebert: Piano, Accordion
• Tex Atchison: Fiddle
• Vic Davis: Piano
• Roy Lanham: Guitar (Electric)
• Gene Mombeck: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Paul Sells: Accordion
• Patrick Milligan: Research
• Richard Weize: Research
• Joe Strand: Piano
• Larry Zwisohn: Research
• Max Fidler: Fiddle
• Becky Rickett: Coordination
• Chris Clough: Coordination
• Joel Duroe: Drums
• Doug Dalton: Mandolin
• Jack McTaggart: Trumpet
• Jack Rogers: Bass
• Pete Martinez: Guitar (Steel)