Chalker with travis

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 25 Feb 2002 10:56 pm

In 1970 Merle Travis recorded a song call "World Full of Roses" with Chalker doing his great C6 playing and I have never found any source for this tune. I don't know whether this was just for broadcast or not but I couldn't find it then and still can't and have always wanted it for my collection. Anybody know? Thanks, Gary

Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 25 Feb 2002 11:08 pm

the only version of this song i can trace is on merle's lp "light singin' and heavy pickin". released on CMH 6245. as travis lps go, it isn't very hard to find.

problem is, it was recorded in albuquerque in 1979 with maurice anderson on steel. along with gimble, alex brashear, ray edenton, etc.

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 26 Feb 2002 12:11 am

Thanks Mitch. Merle must have rerecorded later but the version I would like to find got a lot air play in '70 and was when Chalker was doing a lot of studio work with Carl Smith, Don Gibson, Merle and others. Again, thanks and will keep looking for the early disc, Gary.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 26 Feb 2002 12:16 am

If it was ever commercially recorded, it must be on a 45', but in fact, I can't think of a label it would be on. Merle was no longer on Capitol in -70 and hadn't signed on CMH either. To my knowledge, between Capitol and CMH he didn't record any albums. As for Curley, he is on Merle's -62 Capitol album "Travis", but I guess that's common knowledge.

Ed Naylor · Post by **Ed Naylor** » 26 Feb 2002 6:30 am

The Travis-Chalker recording was a 45 released on Capitol. I have a copy and it is great. Ed Naylor Steel Guitar Works.

wayne yakes md · Post by **wayne yakes md** » 28 Feb 2002 10:06 am

Chalker and Merle Travis did record an album together. Curls played an 8 string C6th neck on that one! What he could get out of 8 strings!

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 28 Feb 2002 1:50 pm

Curly is on the Travis/Bond LP 'Great Songs of the Delmore Bros.' from'69.

Great stuff!

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 28 Feb 2002 9:33 pm

Ed, I sent you an email and I would love to buy a copy of that. Name your price, thanks, Gary.

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 28 Feb 2002 9:38 pm

Yes, Scott, that was great. He also did a super album with Little Jimmy Dickens in the late 60s when Tater rerecorded some of his famous songs and what a great session that was.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 1 Mar 2002 3:23 pm

I remember being "blown-away" the first time I heard a Chalker ride on one of Carl Smith's recordings....the antithesis of Carl's earlier material that I played a lot of! www.genejones.com

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 1 Mar 2002 6:00 pm

Gene, after the "Travis" in the early 60s it made me decide to take up this confounded instrument. I hunted through recordings by Charlie Louvin, Ferlin Husky, Roy Clark, Hank Thompson and others gleaning Curly's one-of-a-kind style and then Carl Smith hit with "Good Deal Lucille" in '69 and I would stop whatever I was doing when that came on the air. Of course, his album "Big Hits on Big Steel" came out in '66, I didn't know whether I could survive "the big one" that Fred Sanford always claimed he was having. I'm afraid there will never be another like him. There are a lot of wannabees like myself but he truly was Keemo Sawbe. As you can tell, I am a dyed in the wool Curly fan, in fact, my favorite Stooge was named Curly also and he too left us much too early.