A seminal work in his career, it brought him fame as an interpreter of traditional American folk music, as a brilliant finger-style guitarist, and as a folk-inspired composer whose songs "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Sixteen Tons", included in all editions of this album, have become classics of folk, country and popular music.
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A number of other songs from the album, such as "Dark as a Dungeon", "John Henry" and "Nine-pound Hammer," entered Travis's regular repertoire and went on to become folk, country and bluegrass standards.
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