Merle Travis: Sixteen Tons: TBB: Vocal Score

Sixteen Tons is a country-folk song by Merle Travis (1917-1983). It was written in 1946 and immediately caused controversy as the lyrics were seen as potentially subversive. They dealt with the lifeand working conditions of American coal miners of the era who were often trapped in bonded labour hence the chorus: ?You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.? The song shot to famewhen it was recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) in 1955 as a B-side; it quickly became popular selling over 2 million copies and holding the No.1 position on both the Country Music and Popcharts.Sixteen Tons has been arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.

19 titres tirés d'émissions de télévisions ou de concert entre 1946 et 1981. No Vacancy, Nine Pound Hammer, Mus'rat, I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man, Too Much Sugar For A Dime, Spoonin' Moon, Lost John, Dark As A Dungeon, Petticoat Fever, Sweet Temptation, John Henry, I'll See You In My Dreams, Midnight Special, Cannonball Rag, I Am A Pilgrim, Sixteen Tons, Smoke Smoke That Cigarette, Barbecue Rag, I'll See You In My Dreams. 60 mn. / Guitare / Dvd

Arrangements piano, chant et guitare de 90 chansons country. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / Partition