writer-songsinger

1. I threw some meat into the pond

2. She Knows How

3. When Can We Do This Again?

4. House of Dance

5. This Radio Station

6. Spanish Harlem Incident

7. Ya Su

8. New Version of Us

9. Sex is Bad

10. It Dont Really Matter

11. Familys Family

12. With both of my feet planted firmly in mid-air

13. Drums, Vocals, Guitar

14. Small Talk

15. As Burt Lancaster Said

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Chandler Travis has had a long and checkered career in the world of show biz, beginning in in the seventies when he and Steve Shook joined up as Travis Shook and the Club Wow. Besides achieving much popularity on the east coast, the duo brought their peculiar blend of comedy and music all over the U.S. and to the nationwide television audience on such programs as the Tonight Show, the Midnight Special, and Dick Cavett. Along the way, they released an album and appeared on-stage with everyone from Bonnie Raitt to Bruce Springsteen to George Carlin (with whom they toured for many years) to Elvis Costello to-- well, you get the idea.

Travis and Shook were also the original nucleus for the Incredible Casuals, who have remained popular for many years both nationally and internationally (one of their CDs,Your Sounds, was released in 1992 on the Sonic Trout label, which also released Chandlers solo debut, writer-songsinger.)

In 1988, Travis began moonlighting as a solo performer, presenting the unlikely mixture of oddball humor and incisive songwriting that continue to be his trademark and appearing with such diverse acts as 10,000 Maniacs, Mose Allison, Roger McGuinn (w. Elvis Costello!), and (deja vu perhaps?) George Carlin. Upon the arrival of the critically lauded writer-songsinger CD, the solo career kicked into high gear with two successful west coast tours and a European jaunt in 1993. In concert, his repertoire tends to encompass everything from obscure, anachronistic covers (Whats New Pussycat, French Toast Man, Skylark) to mind-numbing spoken interludes (the ever popular I Threw Some Meat Into the Pond) to plain old high quality writer-songsinger-type stuff.

Late in 1996 (much to his own surprise and delight), Travis found himself fronting an eight-piece band, the modestly monikered Chandler Travis Philharmonic -probably the worlds only alternative dixieland band. Their debut CD is set for 99, hard on the heels of his second solo effort, Ivan in Paris (again on Sonic Trout), released at the beginning of the year.

Product Description
CHANDLER TRAVIS - writer-songsinger CD (Sonic Trout, 1992, 15 tracks) solo debut featuring eleven Travis originals, a collaboration with lyricist David Greenberger (Men & Volts, Duplex Planet), a song by Steve Shook, (another erstwhile Casual and the other half of Travis Shook and the Club Wow), Bob Dylans Spanish Harlem Incident, and an Armenian sounding adaptation of Yes Sir, Thats My Baby that noone really wants to take credit for. An effort that hearkens back to the glory days of such stylistic slug-fests as the Beach Boys Sunflower and the first Randy Newman album -yet even more obscure!

Tracks:

I threw some meat into the pond
She Knows How
When Can We Do This Again?
House of Dance
This Radio Station
Spanish Harlem Incident
Ya Su
New Version of Us
Sex is Bad
It Dont Really Matter
Familys Family
With both of my feet planted firmly in mid-air
Drums, Vocals, Guitar
Small Talk
As Burt Lancaster Said

Album Description

CHANDLER TRAVIS - writer-songsinger CD (Sonic Trout, 1992, 15 tracks) solo debut featuring eleven Travis originals, a collaboration with lyricist David Greenberger (Men & Volts, Duplex Planet), a song by Steve Shook, (another erstwhile Casual and the other half of Travis Shook and the Club Wow), Bob Dylans Spanish Harlem Incident, and an Armenian sounding adaptation of Yes Sir, Thats My Baby that noone really wants to take credit for. An effort that hearkens back to the glory days of such stylistic slug-fests as the Beach Boys Sunflower and the first Randy Newman album -yet even more obscure!

Customer Reviews:

Fine madness.......1999-07-10

Ranging widely over the vast wasteland of pop music styles, Chandler plays, sings, and writes so well and so entertainingly that it's remarkable he's not more widely known. Whether it's the bad attitude of "This Radio Station" o the semi-pompous poetry of "I threw some meat into the pond", Chandler is funny, clever, and sometimes quite touching. His "novelty" songs are more incisive and interesting that 98% of everybody else's serious tunes. When he writes more conventional tunes, it's always from an off-kilter perspective which reminds me vaguely of a happier Elvis Costello, or the better stuff from Ray Davies. I'm especially taken with "New Version of Us", a great after-the-breakup pop song.

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