Nine Pound Hammer

My darling and I visited a friend of ours half way across the State of Missouri just to play a lot of music in a few hours. Don and I had never played this song before although I remembered hearing Merle Travis sing it many years ago. This is truly a jam session piece with Don and me "learning on the fly". I think the results are pretty darn good. - - - - - Guitar and Singer: Kevin Kennedy (thanks for inviting us to your house); Banjo: Don Huber; Mandolin: Me - - - - -Song history- Song can be traced back to the 1890s and the tune was collected by Cecil Sharp in 1916.