Bud & Travis


Bud & Travis was an American folk music duo from San Francisco, California, consisting of Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson that collaborated from 1958 to 1965.

History

Bud & Travis began recording together in 1958; Edmonson was related to Colin Edmonson, whom Dashiell had met while serving in the Korean War. Travis Edmonson had previously been a member of the Gateway Singers. They released multiple singles and albums and toured widely before splitting in 1965, becoming significant musicians on the folk revival circuit.
Bud & Travis appeared as the musical act the "coffee house duo" in the 1959 episode of "The M Squad" entitled "The Fire Makers".
Edmonson and Dashiell reportedly had frequent clashes, and the duo separated from 1960 to 1963. During this period Dashiell issued several records with The Kinsmen, and Edmonson put out several solo albums. Dashiell went solo after their final breakup in 1965, releasing an album in 1968. He taught late in life, and died in 1989 as a result of a brain tumor. Edmonson toured regularly in the 1970s as a solo act. He died on May 9, 2009.

Discography

;Singles
Bud & Travis
  • "Mexican Wedding Dance " / "Raspberries, Strawberries "
  • "Bonsoir Dame " / "Truly Do"
  • "Poor Boy" / "Jenny On A Horse"
  • "Cloudy Summer Afternoon" / "E La Bas"
  • "Come To The Dance " / "Carmen Carmelia"
  • "Ballad Of The Alamo" / "The Green Leaves of Summer", #64
  • "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" / "Haiti"
  • "Maria Cristina" / "Sabras Que Te Quiero"
  • "How Long, How Long Blues" / "Gimme Some"
  • "I Talk To The Trees" / "A Moment In The Sun"
  • "Cold Summer" / "Girl Sittin‘ Up In A Tree"
Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen
  • "Pom Pa Lom" / "I Talk To The Trees"
  • "In Tarrytown" / "Big Manuel"
Bud Dashiell
Travis Edmonson
  • "The Web" / "Cuanta La Mera "
;Albums
Bud & TravisBud & Travis Spotlight on Bud & Travis Bud & Travis...In Concert U.S. #126Bud & Travis In Concert, Volume 2 Naturally Perspective on Bud & Travis U.S. #129In Person ; recorded live at The Cellar DoorThe Bud & Travis Latin Album ; reissued on Folk Era 1471 in 2004Bud & Travis ; compilation albumCloudy Summer Afternoon ; compilation albumThe Best of Bud & Travis ; compilation albumThe Santa Monica Concert ; includes tracks from In Concert and In Concert, Volume 2From the Ridiculous to the Sublime ; compilation album
Bud Dashiell and the KinsmenFolk Music in a Contemporary Manner ; with Carson Parks and Bernie Armstrong ; reissued on CD in 2010 on Tartare TTR 80012Sing Everybody's Hits ; with Bernie Armstrong and Everit Herter; recorded live at Glendale College
Bud DashiellI Think It's Gonna Rain Today
Travis EdmonsonTravis on Cue ; recorded live at The TroubadourTravis on His Own ; reissued in 1965 minus three cuts on Tradition TR-2074 as Travelin' with TravisThe Liar's Hour ; with Bill MooreTen Thousand Goddam Cattle ; with Katie Lee, Earl Edmonson, and David HoltThe Tucson Tapes: The First Set ; recorded in 1966The Tucson Tapes: The Second Set ; recorded in 1966Live @ UC Santa Barbara 5/9/66 ; recorded in 1966Let's All Room Together Next Semester! - The Travis Edmonson Diamond Jubilee Anthology Viva Travis! - The Travis Edmonson Diamond Jubilee Anthology ; Spanish tracks from the Latin Album and others
;Soundtracks
Bud & Travis
;Appearances
Bud & TravisSaturday Night at the Coffee House ; also released as A Night at the Ash Grove; "La Bamba" and "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye"This Is Stereo ; "Raspberries, Strawberries" The Greatest Stars of Folk Music ; "La Bamba" Swingin' Like '60!, Volume 2 ; "La Bamba" Hootenanny ; "La Bamba" Hootenanny Saturday Nite! ; "Raspberries, Strawberries" and "La Bamba" Liberty Hootenanny ; "Down in the Valley" and "Ah, Nora, War Is Over" Folksong Festival ; "Ballad of the Alamo", "Guantanamera", and "Two Brothers" Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival ; "Delia's Gone" Time-Life's Treasury of Folk Music: An All-Star Hootenanny ; "Sloop John B"Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom 1950-1970 ; "Raspberries, Strawberries"
Bud Dashiell and the KinsmenHoot Tonight! ; "Wars Of Germany"
Travis EdmonsonPuttin' On The Style ; as a member of The Gateway SingersThe Gateway Singers at the hungry i ; as a member of The Gateway SingersHootenanny At The Troubadour ; "E La Bas"Hollywood Hootenanny ; "The Things I've Saved"