Chandler Travis, King of the World
“Leave Me Alone” – the Incredible Casuals, shot and recorded live at the Wellfleet Beachcomber by Chris Blood, May 20, 2010. A fabulous Dale Watson song, loosely interpreted and generally savaged by the fellers and myself; surprised I haven’t posted
“I’m On an Island” (video) – CT w. Rikki Bates, John Clark, and Ken Field. Shot at Babyland, May 22, 2020, by Bob n b n Tony n Ginger. When I first started playing w Steve Shook about 50 years
Happy Valet’s birthday! Luckily, that Fred Boak just keeps getting older and older! To celebrate the occasion, I’ve assembled a collection of highlights from Fred’s 50th birthday at the Harvest Gallery Wine Bar, which was the sort of blowout that
“Still Kickin’” – the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, recorded by Chris Blood at Trout Towers, 2004-ish – May, 2020, mixed by Rikki Bates This one, like “Grand Rt. St. John” from “Waving Kissyhead“, was written with my New Orleans family very
“That’s the Way Uh-huh Uh-huh Bob Likes It” – Travis & Shook, recorded live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA., late seventies (love to know the dates, if anyone out there has a clue!) From “Memoirs of an Opening Act” available
“Up To Your Neck“- the Chandler Travis Philharmonic Mostly recorded by Chris Blood at Trout Towers, possibly March, 2008; mixed by Rikki Bates. Other participants include Mark Chenevert on sax, Rikki Bates on drums, John Styklunas on string bass, Dinty
“Three A’s“- CT demo w cameo appearances from Berke McKelvey, Kami Lyle, Joey Spampinato, Fred Boak, and Rikki Bates, plus bday greetings from Steve “Woo Woo” Wood, David Greenberger, Steve Shook, et al. My longtime lyricist/collaborator David “Davey Baby” Greenberger
When I first put out my solo album, “Ivan in Paris“, back in 1998, the title track was intended to be a total afterthought, buried at track 14; at the time, I had no reason to think it had any
“That’s Nerve” – the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, recorded by Chris Blood, Feb. 26, 2007. I’ve always loved this one! Great lyric by David Greenberger; the recording is from 2007, I think bundled in with the recording sessions for my solo
“Fluffy“- the Chandler Travis Philharmonic at Valentine’s in Albany, NY, recorded Nov. 3rd, 2012 by The Valet (F.J. Boak) Ok, so imagine you’ve just been hired to play a few gigs with the Philharmonic, most of whom you’ve never