The only time we ever had a studio recording session with the full Philharmonic all in attendance at one time was about eleven years ago for four of the tracks that ended up on “Let’s Have a Pancake” – until now. Twelve tracks, recorded live in the studio, no overdubs to speak of, band happy as clams, horns blowing, rhythm section smokin’ -a party not waiting to happen for another second! Featuring twelve new originals, this is the most straight-forward, undiluted CTP effort yet.
Sample mp3s: “Graciously” and “Fruit Bat Fun”
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 Chandler Travis - After She Left Chandler’s first solo CD since 1998′s “Ivan in Paris” features many of the usual CTP suspects – Keith Spring, Rikki Bates, Dinty Child, Mark Chenevert, Ken Field, etc., plus new bassist John Clark- and definitely is his quietest, most romantic effort to date, featuring nine new originals, plus Steve Shook’s first new song in decades, “Ask Too Much”, and an unexpectedly spellbinding version of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”
Sample mp3s: “Two Cents Tops” and “Calling Me Back Home”
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The first Chandler Travis Philharmonic album in five years makes up for lost time with forty-eight (yes- 48!) tracks of utter insanity, including magnum opuses like “I’m Chandler’s Butterfly”, complete with sitar, mandocello, and 4 drum kits; the afro-pop influenced “Vasco Da Gama”, which features about 50 vocal tracks; the Dave Brubeck-ish instrumental “Ronald”; and the Prince-inspired “Dance Godammit” (not to mention a “heavy”, gothic, minor-key version of “Brown Eyed Girl” that could very well bury that one once and for all.) Guests include George Carlin, Ramona Silver, Bleu, many of Boston’s best horn players, and members of NRBQ and the Incredible Casuals.
Sample mp3: “Money Won’t Buy You Happiness”
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A collection of 21 holiday favorites (mostly originals) by Chandler Travis and his various musical pals, including the Incredible Casuals and the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, all in a variety of flimsy disguises, not to mention the amazing Steve “Woo-Woo” Wood and Pete Labonne (who is a genius) -all now re-mastered, edited down, and spiffed up in a shiny, new, non-CDR official Sonic Trout Package! Perfect for any occasion, as long as it has something to do with Christmas. (And by the way, half of all proceeds go to Bread & Jams, a Cambridge organization providing food and counseling to the homeless.
Sample mp3: “If We Can Just Make it Through Christmas”
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The CTP 2003 model comes with more songs, more musicians, bigger sets, more lavish costumes… why, it’s positively bloated with pure quality and prairie goodness, not to mention guest star appearances from Boston-area favorites Bleu, Ramona Silver, and Suzi Lee; NRBQ’s Johnny Spampinato; and even George Carlin (famous comedian!) A true, deep, lasting piece of art that you’re damn lucky to even be reading about! Jesus!!
Sample mp3: “Fluffy”
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The official studio debut of the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, and Chandler’s first all-studio album in more than two decades, AND the album that first introduced the world to the delights of alternative dixieland music! This reckless aggregation of disparate instruments (horns, mandocello, accordion, guitar) and reckless ideas has been throwing music aficionados for serious loops ever since.
Sample mp3: “Nature Boy”
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Aided and abetted by a large and varied cast including drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., seven-string jazz guitarist Fred Fried, Incredible Casuals bandmates Aaron Spade and Steve Wood, producer Bill Scheniman, and a host of others, Travis leans toward the quiet side on his second solo effort, but doesn’t fall over entirely. (for reviews of “Ivan”, check our press section)
Sample mp3: “Something Right About It”
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Chandler’s solo debut featuring eleven Travis originals, a collaboration with lyricist David Greenberger (Men & Volts, Duplex Planet), a song by Steve Shook, (the other half of Travis Shook and the Club Wow), Bob Dylan’s “Spanish Harlem Incident”, and an Armenian-sounding adaptation of “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” that no one really wants to take credit for. An effort that hearkens back to the glory days of such stylistic slug-fests as the Beach Boys’ Sunflower and the first Randy Newman album -yet even more obscure!
Sample mp3: “She Knows How”
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