Bud & Travis

Bud & Travis was an American folk music duo from San Francisco, California, consisting of Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson.

Bud & Travis began recording together in 1958; Edmonson was related to Colin Edmonson, whom Dashiell had met while serving in the Korean War.^[1] Travis Edmonson had previously been a member of the Gateway Singers. They released multiple singles and albums and toured widely before splitting in 1965, becoming significant musicians on the folk revival circuit.^[2][3]

Edmonson and Dashiell reportedly had frequent clashes, and the duo separated from 1960-63. During this period Dashiell put out several records with The Kinsmen, and Edmonson put out several solo albums. Dashiell went solo after their final breakup in 1965, putting out a solo album in 1968. He taught late in life, and died in 1989 as a result of a brain tumor. Edmonson toured regularly in the 1970s as a solo act. He died on May 9, 2009.^[4]

Discography

Singles

Bud & Travis

• "Mexican Wedding Dance (La Bamba)" / "Raspberries, Strawberries (Le Chanson De La Framboise)" (World Pacific X-801, 1958)
• "Bonsoir Dame (Good Night My Lady Love)" / "Truly Do" (Liberty 55202, 1959)
• "Poor Boy" / "Jenny On A Horse" (Liberty 55221, 1959)
• "Cloudy Summer Afternoon" / "E La Bas" (Liberty 55235, 1960)
• "Come To The Dance (Vamos Al Baile)" / "Carmen Carmelia" (Liberty 55259, 1960)
• "Ballad Of The Alamo" / "The Green Leaves Of Summer" (Liberty 55284, 1960), #64
• "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" / "Haiti" (Liberty 55612, 1963)
• "Maria Cristina" / "Sabras Que Te Quiero" (Liberty 55681, 1964)
• "How Long, How Long Blues" / "Gimme Some" (Liberty 55713, 1964)
• "I Talk To The Trees" / "A Moment In The Sun" (Liberty 55764, 1965)
• "Cold Summer" / "Girl Sittin‘ Up In A Tree" (Liberty 55803, 1965)

Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen

• "Pom Pa Lom" / "I Talk To The Trees" (Warner Bros. 5231, 1961)
• "In Tarrytown" / "Big Manuel" (Warner Bros. 5276, 1962)

Bud Dashiell

• "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" / "Seasons In The Sun" (Warner Bros. 7157, 1968)

Travis Edmonson

• "The Web" / "Cuanta La Mera (Guantanamera)" (Reprise 20,071, 1962)

Albums

Bud & Travis

• Bud & Travis (Liberty LRP-3125/LST-7125, 1959)
• Spotlight on Bud & Travis (Liberty LRP-3138/LST-7138, 1960)
• Bud & Travis...In Concert (Liberty LDM-11001/LDS-12001, 1960) U.S. #126^[5]
• Bud & Travis In Concert, Volume 2 (Liberty LRP-3222/LST-7222, 1960)
• Naturally (Liberty LRP-3295/LST-7295, 1960)
• Perspective on Bud & Travis (Liberty LRP-3295/LST-7341, 1963) U.S. #129^[5]
• In Person (Liberty LRP-3386/LST-7386, 1964); recorded live at The Cellar Door
• The Bud & Travis Latin Album (Liberty LRP-3398/LST-7398, 1965); reissued on Folk Era 1471 in 2004
• Bud & Travis (Sunset SUM 1154/SUS 5154, 1968); compilation album
• Cloudy Summer Afternoon (Liberty LN 10213, 1984); compilation album
• The Best of Bud & Travis (Collectors' Choice Music CCM-065-2, 1996); compilation album
• The Santa Monica Concert (Folk Era 1465, 2003); includes tracks from In Concert and In Concert, Volume 2
• From the Ridiculous to the Sublime (Travis Edmonson Collection #21, 2008); compilation album

Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen

• Folk Music in a Contemporary Manner (Warner W/WS-1429, 1961); with Carson Parks and Bernie Armstrong (formerly The Steeltown Two); reissued on CD in 2010 on Tartare TTR 80012
• Sing Everybody's Hits (Warner Bros. W/WS-1432, 1962); with Bernie Armstrong and Everit Herter; recorded live at Glendale College

Bud Dashiell

• I Think It's Gonna Rain Today (Warner Bros. W/WS-1731, 1968)

Travis Edmonson

• Travis on Cue (Horizon WP-1606, 1962); recorded live at The Troubadour
• Travis on His Own (Reprise R9-6035, 1963); reissued in 1965 minus three cuts on Tradition TR-2074 as Travelin' with Travis
• The Liar's Hour (Latigo 32286, 1975); with Bill Moore
• Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle (Katydid 10076, 1977); with Katie Lee, Earl Edmonson, and David Holt
• The Tucson Tapes: The First Set (Folk Era 1460, 2001); recorded in 1966
• The Tucson Tapes: The Second Set (Folk Era 1461, 2001); recorded in 1966
• Live @ UC Santa Barbara 5/9/66 (Folk Era 1466, 2002); recorded in 1966
• Let's All Room Together Next Semester! - The Travis Edmonson Diamond Jubilee Anthology (2007)
• Viva Travis! - The Travis Edmonson Diamond Jubilee Anthology (2007); Spanish tracks from the Latin Album and others

Appearances

Bud & Travis

• Saturday Night at the Coffee House (World Pacific WP-1254, 1958); also released as A Night at the Ash Grove; "La Bamba" and "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye"
• This Is Stereo (Liberty LST-101, 1960); "Raspberries, Strawberries"
• The Greatest Stars of Folk Music (Legacy 385, 1960); "La Bamba"
• Swingin' Like '60!, Volume 2 (World Pacific WP-1290, 1960); "La Bamba"
• Hootenanny (Crestview CRV-806, 1963); "La Bamba"
• Hootenanny Saturday Nite! (World Pacific WP-1813, 1964); "Raspberries, Strawberries" and "La Bamba"
• Liberty Hootenanny (Liberty L-5506, 1965); "Down in the Valley" and "Ah, Nora, War Is Over"
• Folksong Festival (Capitol/EMI 57218, 1989); "Ballad of the Alamo", "Guantanamera", and "Two Brothers"
• Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival (Smithsonian Collection/Sony Music Special Products, 1991); "Delia's Gone"
• Time-Life's Treasury of Folk Music: An All-Star Hootenanny (Capitol/EMI, 1996); "Sloop John B"
• Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom 1950-1970 (Rhino 74264, 2001); "Raspberries, Strawberries"

Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen

• Hoot Tonight! (Warner Bros. W/WS-1512, 1963); "Wars Of Germany"

Travis Edmonson

• Puttin' On The Style (Decca DL 8413, 1957); as a member of The Gateway Singers
• The Gateway Singers at the hungry i (Decca DL 8671, 1958); as a member of The Gateway Singers
• Hootenanny At The Troubadour (Horizon WP-1616, 1963); "E La Bas"
• Hollywood Hootenanny (Horizon WP-1631, 1964); "The Things I've Saved"

References

External links

• Sessionography, discography, and album track lists at PragueFrank
• Label scans at www.45cat.com
• Television credits and appearances at Internet Movie Database