Don Sharp

'Väsen' ('commotion', 'fuss', 'ado') is a Swedish acoustic band consisting of three outstanding instrumentalists playing viola, 12-string guitar and nyckelharpa ('key-harp'). They have been touring to...

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 life...

I Promise To Remember, written by Jimmy Castor and Jimmy Smith, as performed by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, arranged for voice and piano with guitar chords.

Merle Travis was the fountain-head of a blues/jazz tinged country guitar fingerstyle since dubbed 'Travis picking'. Its impact has permeated not only country but folk and 'roots rock' guitar idioms. T...