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Recollections & Comments 3
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Heartwarming and charming Comments about and Recollections of Travis Edmonson sent in to the website during the last six years of his life
Travis Edmonson in Memoriam - the touching tributes which poured in after his passing on May 9, 2009
Travis saluted in May 2008 on the occasion of a concert held in his honor
Travis Edmonson made his breakthrough with The Gateway Singers, resident group at the hungry i
Be sure and check out the website celebrating the great San Francisco club at www.hungryi.net
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Istanbul, Turkey is the home of one of Travis Edmonson's most avid fans, ATAKAN ONOL, and his warm-hearted story of discovering The Travis Edmonson Collection is one all admirers will relate to.
”My older cousin had the Bud and Travis debut LP way back in 1962. I was in high school then, trying to learn to play guitar.
There are some musical styles that take you out of this world, and this LP was like that. The quality of guitar playing and singing on the debut album was way ahead of anything I'd ever heard, and my favorite song was Bon Soir Dame.
Unfortunately, the LP somehow got lost in 1963. It was a very sad occasion for me. At that time there was no Internet, Amazon etc.to be able to replace it.
Although years passed this album always kept its place in my heart, and whenever I listen to soft guitar playing and singing I always remember Bud& Travis. But never got the chance to hear listening them again.
I looked for the debut album after the Internet came into being, but never could find it. I have found other albums of Bud & Travis but my eyes were always looking for the Debut Album which was the starter ….. for B&T and for me. Though years passed, and I didn't locate it, I didn't give up, and kept on searching from time to time.
Then, the other day I ended up at travisedmonson.com. I was very happy, jumping up and down! I shouted out, "I found it, I found it!" My wife rushed in my room, and looked at me with her eyes wide open trying to discover what I had found .... She told me "yes man.. you're a go getter."
Then I waited for the moment of hearing that CD over and over again. After 45 years ..... I have just received my CD, and Immediately listened to the whole album with tears in my eyes. Today is a very special day in my life. I am so happy!
My love and regards to Mr. Travis. Way out in Istanbul, Turkey he has an admirer who appreciates his music very much!”
Atakan Onol
June 2007
While medical students in San Francisco, STEVE AND LIZ CARLSON had the opportunity to see Travis Edmonson perform live, both as a member of The Gateway Singers and Bud & Travis. They took their most coveted albums with them to many exotic locales around the world, and have a special fond memory of one particular scene, which they will never forget.
"We were stationed in central Africa in the late sixties, and electricity was a luxury few enjoyed in our area. Our small house was located on a height above the town, and we had a wind-up phonograph on which we played Travis' music. With all the candlelight coming from the homes below us, it was the purest kind of magic to hear that amazing voice singing “Every Night When the Sun Goes In” and “Malaguena Salerosa” on the still night air ."
Drs. Stephen & Elizabeth Carlson
March 2004
SARA IZOD, who describes herself as a fan of Travis Edmonson “since the beginning of time,” tells about meeting him during the sixties.
” I met Travis Edmonson, and went out with him for an evening years ago in New York City. A friend of mine from Roanoke College, Carol Rowe married the Manager of The Kingston Trio, and She had told Travis to call me in New York ,which he did . And we had a delightful and lovely time! He was so Handsome and Dashing and such a wonderful musician!
Sara Izod
I worked for a Broadway Producer, Alfred de Liagre, Jr., head of the American National Theatre Association. Later, I married and moved to England and then moved back to New Orleans . recently moved to Atlanta after the Hurricane. (I lost so many things in the Hurricane including two of Travis' albums). I recently ordered 'The Best of Bud & Travis' CD. It means so much to me to hear Travis Edmonson's Music on this Album.
I am so sorry to hear of his illness , but I know in Travis' situation, It is all evolution of the Soul to a Higher Level . He is such a High Soul Being, and has Given So Much to this World!!!”
Please send my Best to him. I only met Travis for an evening , But I consider it a Blessing that I met him at all.”
Sara Braddock Izod
September 2006
DAVID HORWITZ, who saw The Gateway Singers perform at the hungry I, obtained the group's albums on CD through The Travis Edmonson Collection, but turned his thoughts to the singer in particular when he received a complimentary sampler of his music as a result of the purchase.
”It got me to thinking while listening to the compilation. Obviously, the last quarter century has not been an easy time for Travis or his loved ones. But there is something very special about an artist's life, because their talent lives on through recordings, paintings, movies, etc.
Travis has left his mark in so many ways. Not only through the music of The Gateway Singers, Bud & Travis and his solo albums, but also through introducing so many of us to the wonderful music and culture of the Mexican people and Hispanic Americans. Through his music he has helped us become a richer, more culturally diverse society.
While I enjoyed listening to Bud & Travis when they were performing, I probably didn't fully appreciate what they did until I started listening to the Reflections disc you sent. What a wonderfully, tight, understated sound they had.
It has to be thirty years since hearing their version of Raspberries, Strawberries. That and Sin Ti are absolute gems with intimate arrangements and intricate harmonies that suited their voices so well. Abilene has a wonderful warmness to it as though we are
sitting around late at night in the mellowness of good company and a little too much wine while two skilled singer/musicians are quietly sharing some of their precious musical memories.”
David Horwitz
September 2006
DEE CHANDLER, who is a student at Northwestern University, is one of the newest additions to the Travis Edmonson fan base.
“When doing research for a course project on the Mayan civilization, I came across the page about “Caminante Del Mayab” on this website. The beauty of the singing stirred me intensely, and gave me a feeling for the Mayan people which no previous amount of reading had done before.
I also had a look around the site, and was so overwhelmed by the beautiful voice of Travis Edmonson, that I went out and bought several of his CDs. The Latin Album is my favorite, of course, because it has the full version of “Caminante Del Mayab,” one of the most powerful and touching performances I've ever heard.”
Elizabeth "Dee" Chandler
December 2004
Captain BILL RAMSEY , who flies for Northwest Airlines, purchased cherish albums of The Gateway Singers on CD through The Travis Edmonson Collection.
“I am a fan of the Gateway Singers. I especially enjoy listening to the CD of the Gateway Singers at the Hungry I. I have really enjoyed listening to those old songs over the years. Often times I fly across the Atlantic Ocean and recall the words to "The Reuben James". Whenever I fly over upper New York I always look for the Erie Canal and then find myself humming your song.
I'm sure that your music has touched many, many lives. I know that it sure has touched my life in a very positive way.”
Bill Ramsey
November 2006
ART YOW in northern California, a fan for four-and-ahalf decades, names The Latin Album as his favorite Bud & Travis recording.
” Bud and Travis have endured for me and my cousins these many years beyond their last album. (I have them all, including Travis Edmonson's solos!) I still listen to the CD's and vinyls almost every week!
Bud and Travis have always been my favorite "folk" group! ( … I never heard a horse sing, either.) They are solely responsible for my appreciation of Latin Music ( … Quo Vadis"?)
I have attempted to "break down" Travis Edmonson's guitar work for years, and continue doing so!
Not having been in Santa Monica for Bud & Travis' historic concert is truly my big musical disappointment!!!
Best of luck to Travis, and thanks.
Viva Bud y Travis!”
Art Yow
January 2007
FRANK STOLL has the distinction of being one of Travis Edmonson's longest-standing fans, having first heard him play with The Gateway Singers in January 1956. After half a century, his enthusiasm remains as fresh as when he was a college student.
“I only recently stumbled upon the Gateway Singers website at www.starbeams.com. That awakened some of my most cherished memories of my many visits to San Francisco's Hungry i where I heard Travis as a member of the Gateway Singers.
As an added bonus of this reawakening, I was then interested in reliving the pleasures of hearing the wonderful sounds of some of the recordings of Travis as a solo artist and the Bud & Travis albums.
Now, I am waiting, anxiously, for the CD versions of the old unreleased records. What a pleasure it is to know that this music will be passed on to new listeners as well as old fans.”
Frank Stoll
January 2005
The noted dancer and Choreologist RICHARD HOLDEN, who once served as Igor Moiseyev's assistant, recalls working with Travis Edmonson on a production of “Brooms of Mexico” in Tucson.
“My memories of Travis go back to 1969. I was in Tucson, Arizona on leave from The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, to choreograph a ballet for the Tucson Ballet Company. The ballet was called "Brooms Of Mexico" from a book illustrated by Ted DeGrazia and performed with the Tucson Symphony.
I was delighted when Travis agreed to appear as part of it, not as a dancer of course but to perform as a special guest artist. It was a ballet that I revived many years later with New Age music, massive scenery and authentic Mexican dancing, but in that first production of 1969 I was surprised that Travis agreed to perform in it at all.
Richard Holden dancing with Travis Edmonson's Guitar
The fact that he was a close friend of Ted DeGrazia who designed our scenery and costumes may have had something to do with it. At the end of his song, Malaguena Salerosa, I went out on stage, took his guitar from his hands and danced with it while he watched. There was cheering and standing ovations for Travis.”
Richard Holden
December 2007
A native of India now living in California, MALABIKA SENGUPTA has been a Travis Edmonson fan for 25 years.
“I love the entire album of Best of Bud and Travis. However, I find “Malaguena salerosa" to be the most haunting. I do not think I have heard anything like that in my entire life. I heard it from an LP in '82 at a friend's house, and the tune haunted me all my life. It has a very different and wonderful meaning in my life. So, the song itself and the singers (of course unbeknownst to them) have been kept in a very special place in my life.
Bud & Travis had so much to offer to the world of American music and to the music lovers all over the world.
My best wishes to Mr. Edmonson. I wish he would perform again and bring his very unique and wonderful renditions of the classic popular Latin music to the hearts of music lovers in America.”
Malabika Sengupta
July 2004
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