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"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California , on August 8, 1946.
Raymond Ronald Jones (born 25 April 1939), [1] better-known as Wizz Jones, is an English acoustic guitarist, and singer-songwriter.He was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England and has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present.
The album, with Travis accompanied only by his guitar, contains his two most enduring songs, both centered on the lives of coal miners: "Sixteen Tons" and "Dark as a Dungeon". [1] "Sixteen Tons" became a No. 1 Billboard country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955 [3] and has been recorded many times over
Throughout the song, a distinctive 16th note guitar riff is played by Waddy Wachtel, progressing through C, D, and E-minor chords. During the bridge, the chords alternate twice between E-minor and C. Nicks's backing band recommended that they emulate The Police 's " Bring On the Night " for the guitar riff, although Wachtel was unfamiliar with ...
Inverted major and minor chords can be played on two frets in M3 tuning. [76] [77] In standard tuning, the shape of inversions depends on the involvement of the irregular major third, and can involve four frets. [78] It is a challenge to adapt conventional guitar chords to new standard tuning, which is based on all-fifths tuning. [j]
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In standard tuning (E A D G B E), four of the instrument's six open (unfretted) strings are part of the tonic chord. The key of E minor is also popular in heavy metal music , as its tonic is the lowest note on a standard-tuned guitar.
The Don Harrison Band were a 1970s American roots rock band that featured Don Harrison on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Stu Cook on bass and piano and Doug Clifford on drums and percussion. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford were both former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival .