Chandler Travis, King of the World
I’ve been a lifelong devotee of garbage food and meat, but I recently read a book by an author I’ve always liked, Jonathan Safron Foer, called “Eating Animals”, about slaughter houses and food processing that made me decide to at
The Chandler Travis Three-O made a video! Can you believe it? We’re not sure if there was any demand for such a thing, but we just couldn’t resist.
“Pilk’s ‘Ivan’“- recorded at the Once Lounge, Somerville, MA, Feb. 2 (Groundhog Day), 2018, by Fred Boak. Pilk is our trombonist, Bob Pilkington, and his was one of the first “Ivan” re-arrangements, and still one of the best; particularly fine
“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
“Ivan in Worcester“- CT demo. Well, it’s almost Groundhog Day, and time to unveil the new, 2019 Ivans! Our scientists (well, one of them, anyway) are working overtime in the lab putting on the finishing touches, prior to the actual
“Christmas Is the Bomb“- Chandler rough demo. I finally figured out one reason why I enjoy writing Christmas songs, which is that lyrically, the fact that it’s about Christmas drastically narrows down the lyrical possibilities to the point where I
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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
Here’s the link for this year’s Christmas mix, “Christmas Is A Foot”, which includes my demos of both “I Used To Like Christmas” and the as-yet-unreleased “Merry Christmas, There You Go”, and a bunch of other stuff by a
“I Used To Like Christmas“- Chandler Travis ROUGH demo It has recently dawned on me that, for a guy who actually loves Christmas, I have written way too many really grouchy Christmas songs. That said, sometimes it’s hard not to;