Chandler Travis, King of the World
Bringing you a new song every week (or so…)
Often the song will be a recently recorded live, home demo, studio track or video from Chandler & Co; or it could be something from our archives, culled from our discography or from the live vault; other times it will be music by friends or musicians that we just plain dig and want to share with you; and occasionally it will be a fan video or some bizarre YouTube video that uses our music as a soundtrack.
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“Walk On By”– C.T., Feb. 13, 2023, recorded at Babyland “What’s New Pussycat”– the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Midway Cafe, sometime in 2001, recorded by The Valet, probably. I’ve alway had a thing for Burt ‘n’ Hal (Bacharach –
“Doggy Bag“- The Incredible Casuals- Sept. 3rd (Labor Day), 2006, recorded by Chris Blood, mixed by Rikki Bates and Chandler Travis Well, we got kind of sentimental, as we tend to around Memorial Day and July 4th and Labor Day,
“But There You Go” – Chandler Travis Three-O – from “Small Potatoes (The Incredible Expanding Album)” – recorded at Babyland, fall, 2021, with Rikki Bates on drums. Occasionally during the pandy, someone would suggest that I write a song addressing
“You Were the Best” – Chandler Travis – from “Small Potatoes (The Incredible Expanding Album)” – recorded at Babyland, fall, 2021, with Rikki Bates on drums. Just waxing nostalgic about lost friends and family, and so grateful for my incredible
“She Wandered Through the Garden Fence”- C.T. w. Cliff Spencer, keys, and John Clark, string bass; recorded at Babyland.Always loved Procol Harum, and especially this song from their debut album, and had started recording it on a whim a couple
This erotic solo fantasia covers everything that can be done between a man and woman, plus many things that can’t. The melting hot swooping sounds of “Sensuous Bedfellow” make actually getting laid almost redundant, or at least way less urgent-
“Political Science”– Chandler Travis & Kami Lyle with Cliff Spencer and John Clark, recorded at Payomet, Oct. 9, 2021 by Chris Blood; and “Sayonara”– Chandler Travis with Cliff Spencer, recorded by C.T. at Babyland, winter, 2021 – ’22; both from
“The Return of Ivan” features four new songs, plus four alternate versions of songs from last year’s full-length “Ivan Variations” album, to compensate for our being unable (or, if you prefer, unwilling, due to the pandy) to perform our usual Groundhog Day all-Ivan
“One Step Forward” – Travis & Shook, probably recorded at Kelp Manore in 1994. Recently dug up kind of a nice Travis & Shook track I’d forgotten about completely, “One Step Forward” (not to be confused with the Three-O’s “One Step Forward” on their debut
“And Another Thing”– from the unfinished album “CTP 2004”, recorded at Harry’s in Hyannis, Aug. 17, 2004, by Chris Blood. Part of our series of songs with the word “thing” in the title, and a song that disappeared years ago that I’ve