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My daughter in law pulled me up there and we did La Bamba. Most all who heard were surprised that I knew the words !! Even Melinda said `Dad, where did you learn the last verses??'</div> <bR> <div> The last time I saw B&T perform together was just after they'd released The Latin Album. They were in rare form that night - the asides were classic , and they were in perfect voice. They sang "Anna" and mentioned it during the intro that it was included on their latest. It was the only time I heard them do that one. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="bc55e010.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Les Blank with grandson Dylan, who's been indoctrinated on Bud & Travis music since he was a few weeks old</I></div> <bR> <div> They did two sets, and the second set was a very long one. When they finished up with La Bamba, the remaining 100 or so of us (it must have been two o'clock) were dumbstruck. That night was second only to the Civic Auditorium concert !!</div> <bR> <div> Travis was so very gracious.  The opening act that night was a Calypso singer from Bimini named Jean Durand. He had been getting a lot of heckling from a couple sitting down front who obviously came just to be heard. She was dressed in the most outlandishly colored wrap-a-round I've ever seen and he looked like a London Teddy Boy. When their noise wouldn't stop after repeated requests, Bud and Travis came up on the stage and proceeded to verbally lay them out and I mean out !!</div> <bR> <div> Travis then asked for security personnel to remove them, which they did. Durand then personally thanked B&T, and mentioned he would like to dedicate a song to the occasion. He started "Delia's Gon,e" and Bud and Trav joined right in like it had been planned all along. I wonder if Travis remembers that night like I do - as I said - it was truly historic !!”</div> <bR> <div> Les Blank</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> (See more remarks from Les on <A HREF="comments4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 4">Comments &Recollections page 4</A>.) </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> After two decades, JERRY AND JENNINE JACKSON were recently reunited with Travis Edmonson  , and happy memories were stirred despite the sadness of the reason for their meeting.</div> <bR> <div> “Travis has certainly given us many hours of pleasure with his music. We saw Travis and his wife at the Memorial Service for Colette Jackson.  We knew Travis when he sang at the Saddle and Surrey Guest Ranch. He was a good friend of our brother, Jack Jackson and sister-in-law, Colette Jackson who owned and ran the ranch.</div> <bR> <div> When Travis sang Malagueña Salerosa at the Ranch, everyone had "goosebumps", it was so beautiful. We did not live at the Ranch, but in Tucson and coming to the Ranch was a special treat and made even more special by having Travis there singing. We had lost touch since the Ranch was sold in the mid-80s and were delighted to see Travis again and hear Malagueña Salerosa. It brought back many happy Ranch memories.”</div> <bR> <div>  Jennine Jackson</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> DAN FIELD, like so many admirers, continues to be concerned by Travis Edmonson's health situation, and encapsulates as well as anyone, just how great an impact the singer had on people.</div> <bR> <div> “I have never had the honor of meeting Travis, nor of corresponding with him, but he is a part of my youth, a large part, and he is an individual I have admired for decades and who has given me and my family uncounted hours of entertainment and enjoyment. His talent is vast, and I simply would like to do what I can to help, particularly when by buying CDs from the Travis Edmonson Collection, I can selfishly insure myself of many more hours of enjoyment of his music. </div> <bR> <div> So much has changed since B&T cut their first album. For old-timers like me, the music of that time has been a rock to cling to in the midst of a roaring and ever accelerating river of change.  It saddens me to hear of the difficulties Travis is undergoing. I hope he understands how much what he has done in his life means to all the people like me who have never had the chance to express to him how much of a difference he made in our lives.”</div> <bR> <div> Dan Field</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> DUANE VINCENT in Vancouver, Washington  singles out the `debut' album “Bud and Travis” as his favorite.</div> <bR> <div> “. I am looking forward to receiving the “Bud and Travis” CD. Somehow, the live performances on an album that I have don't thrill me as much as simply listening to the debut album of so long ago.</div> <bR> <div> We were on a cruise in September, 2002, and   the featured performer was Glenn Yarbrough of the Limelighters. During a question and answer session, I asked about Bud and Travis, and Glenn commented warmly and most favorably on their music.”</div> <bR> <div> Duane Vincent</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> BARBARA SMALL holds the distinction of being the first buyer of the new “Spotlight on Bud and Travis” CD.</div> <bR> <div> “I'm a long time Bud and Travis Fan from Santa Monica 1958 - 9 and I'd love to buy a CD of the "Bud and Travis" LP which I have worn out. Finding your site brought back good memories.</div> <bR> <div> You are doing a great service to those of us who loved the music of these two wonderful musicians. My two daughters really knew the music since Mom played the record so often and sang the songs, too. They were both happy at my news.”</div> <bR> <div> Barbara Small</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ROBERT KELLY of Pacific Palisades enjoyed Travis Edmonson`s performances in two groups he was with.</div> <bR> <div> “ I absolutely loved Bud and Travis and the </div> <div> Gateway Singers, and am excited to be able to get their music on CD.  The duo was my favorite. Saw them at the Ashgrove more than once and in concert at college. Gateway Singers were up there too in my pantheon of all-time great singers.</div> <div> I </div> <div> am sorry to hear of Travis being ill. My memories of the Ashgrove and  concerts at the University of Oregon are all good, and hearing that music again brings a big smile to my face.”</div> <bR> <div> Robert Kelly</div> <div> June 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ANTONIO RIGNEY is one of the fortunate who have  seen Travis Edmonson perform live,  on numerous occasions, and he describes his admiration for the singer.</div> <bR> <div> “I came to Tucson in May of 1970, fresh from Viet Nam. In that summer, I went to the bar in the Ramada Inn at the St Mary's exit for a drink with a friend. Travis was playing. I was stopped dead in my tracks.</div> <bR> <div> I had never heard of Bud and Travis, as folk was not a large part of my music list in the 50-'s and 60's. I had lived in the south and had been engulfed by country and soul music and early rock and roll.</div> <bR> <div> I went to see Travis ALMOST NIGHTLY for a LONG time. When the bar was renamed The Travis Lounge, I was there. When he moved to the Tucson Racquet Club, I was there. My entire taste in music evolved over those years. You could watch Travis 5 nights a week and he was never stale.</div> <bR> <div> Being military, I had to leave in 1974, but returned as often as possible to Tucson, which I loved, and to hear Travis .. the muse from Nogales.</div> <bR> <div> I was devastated when his illness came .... I had returned to Arizona to live by then. I am proud to have met Travis and his family in the 70's and still cannot hear Malaguena Salerosa  without hearing Travis' penultimate version. My significant other presented me with "The Tucson Tapes - Second Set".</div> <bR> <div> Thank you Travis for your music, your art, your personality and so many life lessons. God  bless and keep you."</div> <bR> <div> Antonio Rigney</div> <div> May 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Gateway Singers admirer as well as B&T fanPAUL GAJDOS in upstate New York has been a top supporter of the Travis Edmonson Collection, and he explains why.</div> <bR> <div> “ Having been around for the folk boom of the late 50's and early 60's it seems like I always missed seeing Bud & Travis live.  I have had all their albums and Travis' solo albums on vinyl all these years, and now obtaining them on CD with clear sound and the convenience of playing them on a CD player it is fantastic. Travis' talent never ceased to amaze me. Now after all these years I can have these albums new again as they were intended to be. Thank you for issuing them and thank you Travis for autographing them for me. They are a folk treasure and so are you.”</div> <bR> <div> Paul Gajdos</div> <div> May 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> KELLY BRAITHWAITE tells about encounters with Travis Edmonson during the B&T years.</div> <bR> <div> ”I met Travis and Bud through Dolan Ellis. I had been a regular at the Boboquivari in Scottsdale, enjoying Dolan's music, and he started inviting friends over from the coast for small concerts. Travis and Bud came over and I was introduced to them. They stayed at the old Caravan Inn in Phoenix and would perform sitting around the pool on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.</div> <bR> <div> I was, like 20 or so and thrilled to death! I loved folk music and especially Mexican music since I grew up with it in Texas.</div> <bR> <div> They were kind enough to invite me to play the bongos at a couple of their poolside "concerts." I was just in heaven! I took Bud to pick up their cleaning - he thought my car was cool.</div> <bR> <div> . I just wanted to tell Travis how much his music has meant to me my whole life. I have most of the albums and have handled them like the priceless pieces of art that they are, playing them a lot over the years. Having these new CD's available is fantastic, especially with the translations.</div> <bR> <div> I learned from Travis about Trio Los Panchos and the Huapango, and "discovered" the great Maria De Lourdes in the process, and I have all that music in my collection. It is remarkable that Travis' versions are better in most cases!</div> <bR> <div> I have many Mexican friends and they are just incredulous that these guys are not Mexican! It has been a real privilege to have known and experienced in person Travis, Bud and Dolan and their music."</div> <bR> <div> Kelly Braithwaite</div> <div> May 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d76c8140.gif" border=0 width="200" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> DELIA MESSENGER explains how hate turned to love as soon as she first heard Bud & Travis sing.</div> <bR> <div> “I'd never heard Bud and Travis' rendition of “Delia's Gon,” but I sure knew the words!  My classmates sang it every time I came into a room, and I developed an intense antipathy to these performers who were spreading a song that gave me a lot of trouble!</div> <bR> <div> Then I got a hold of their Santa Monica concert LP, and, of course, I've been a fan ever since.  Yes, Delia's gone mad for B & T!”</div> <bR> <div> Delia Messenger</div> <div> May 2006</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Comments Pages</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="comments1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 1">1</A>     <A HREF="comments2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 2">2</A>     <A HREF="comments3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 3">3 </A>    <A HREF="comments4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 4">4</A>     <A HREF="comments5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 5">5</A>     <A HREF="comments6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 6">6</A>     <A HREF="comments7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 7">7</A>     <A HREF="comments8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 8">8</A>       <A HREF="comments9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 9">9</A>     <A HREF="comments10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 10">10</A> </div> <bR> <div>     <A HREF="comments11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 11">11</A>      <A HREF="comments12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 12">12</A>       <A HREF="comments13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 13">13</A>      <A HREF="comments14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 14">14</A>     <A HREF="comments15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 15">15</A>     <A HREF="comments16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 16">16</A>      <A HREF="comments17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 17">17</A> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="comments18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 18">18</A>      <A HREF="comments19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 19">19</A>     <A HREF="comments20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 20">20</A>      <A HREF="comments21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 21">21</A>      <A HREF="comments22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 22">22</A>      <A HREF="comments23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recollections Comments 23">23</A>     <A HREF="comments24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 24">24</A>      </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="comments25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 25">25</A>     <A HREF="comments26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 26">26</A>     <A HREF="comments27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 27">27</A>     <A HREF="comments28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments Recollections 28">28</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; 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