Chandler Travis, King of the World
Selections from the Chandler Travis, Chandler Travis Three-O, and Chandler Travis Philharmonic discography
Hey, the new Chandler Travis Three-O album, “Backward Crooked From the Sunset“, comes out officially today on all the digital music services (iTunes, emusic, Amazon, spotify, etc.), but we’d SO much rather you bought it directly from us at any
The Chandler Travis Philharmonic has kept a low profile the past couple of years while Chandler has enjoyed developing two great new bands, the Catbirds and the Chandler Travis Three-O (the latter being a smaller, satellite version of the Philharmonic
The Three-O (Fred Boak, John Clark, Berke McKelvey, and Chandler Travis -because what’s a Three-O without four people?)’s debut album is the classic length (twelve songs), plus a couple of fan favorites (NRBQ’s “Things To You” and the Fab Four’s
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
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
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
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
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;
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
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