Yes, Merle popularized the 'thumb style' method of guitar picking, and also made lots of movies...one was From here to eternity with Frank Sinatra...I think he mainly did a small part singing ' Reenlistment Blues,' best I can remember...He was an excellent cartoon artist and even considered his own cartoon strip...but was busy with other things....Wrote lots of songs, including Tennessee Ernie Fords hit..Sixteen Tons' about the coal mines...His Dad was a coal miner and farmer....He passed away from a massive heart attack.....Was always so nice to us....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:16:26 +0000 SmoochieAngelPie@comcast.net (Smoochie Newton) writes: > interesting, fer shure...... I do know of MerleTravis... is he not the one that came up with a specific finger pickin' technique that is famous? paulette in sw fla usa...... another sunny day > xoxoxoxo > > ____________________________________________________________ Save on Emergency Alert Systems. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mXtaFTTtfeCp3PyxMboXpx9xC9BvgyHUZpiRLZ0PVMJuxKs/