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It's true.</div> <div> We're passing it on now, to you.</div> <bR> <div> Feelings last as long as time</div> <div> Some in sorrow some sublime.</div> <div> And I know I feel the best</div> <div> When I stand up to their test:</div> <div> Do I agree with feelings?</div> <div> Do I accept them as my own?</div> <div> Am I concerned with feelings</div> <div> As something I have known?</div> <div> I do with all my probing,</div> <div> And thoughts of peace inside</div> <div> I have come to accept them</div> <div> And greet them with pride. </div> <bR> <div> The "Folk scene" in Santa Barbara during the late '50's and '60's was truly a "special place to be". Because of its location between Los Angeles and San Francisco, many artists used and enjoyed it as a "way-station" going up and down the coast of California, catching up on their suntans by the beach, and playing for enthusiastic fans at folk clubs such as "The Iopan", the "rondo", the "Noctambulist", the "Nexus", the "Bluebird Cafe", as well as the Santa Barbara County Bowl - in many ways, it was the "Greenwich Village" of the West Coast. </div> <bR> <div> Many of the "up and coming" artists used Santa Barbara to try out their new material, before going on to gigs at the "Hungry I", the "Ash Grove Kingston", or "The Troubador" - and the Santa Barbara folk scene was all the richer for it. The Kingston Trio, Joe & Eddie, The Stone Poneys, The Limelighters, Ian & Sylvia, The Brothers Four, and Bud & Travis - all participated and gave their indelible stamp to the local clubs, the local folk musicians, and fans. </div> <bR> <div> As a member of "the Channel Singers" I was privleged to open for many of these groups and enjoy their friendship, particularly that of Travis Edmonson of "Bud & Travis". After he and Bud split up in the mid-sixties, Travis hung out with me for a while as he developed his new solo career, performing at all those great folk clubs, The El Paseo restaurante, and lots of beach parties - another part of the Santa Barbara "thing..." </div> <bR> <div> At the time, I was Alumni Director at U.C. Santa Barbara, and Faculty Advisor to Sigma Pi Fraternity there. I asked Travis if he would consider doing a solo concert at U.C.S.B. for Sigma Pi as a benefit for our Scholarship Fund, and he graciously accepted. So, on May 9, 1966, Travis performed this concert at Campbell Hall, on the U.C.S.B. campus to a totally receptive audience - his first solo "concert" since his breakup with Bud. The show is highlighted by the first recorded performance of his original song "All Of My Life" - which is still one of his most beautiful love songs - timeless, just as his music and performances. My pleasure was to produce and record the concert, and is now to invite you to experience Travis Edmonson in a solo concert setting that truly shows the fun, the excitement and the beauty of the man, his music, and his uniqueness. </div> <bR> <div> John Thomas, Producer</div> <div> Magic Music Enterprises</div> <div> (U.C.S.B. - '61, '63) </div> <bR> <div> <I>(Liner notes reprinted with the kind permission of Folk Era Records)</I></div> <bR> <div> DISCUSSION</div> <bR> <div> Ever imagine what it might be like to invite Travis Edmonson over to your own home, and have him bring out his guitar and sing for you?</div> <bR> <div> While this is ostensibly a concert album, it is one with a substantial difference.  Despite the large and appreciative attendance, the magic is that he seems to be relating to each member of the audience individually.  However, this is not just the warmth and rapport most great artists can engender.  It's like experiencing him in the relaxed atmosphere of a comfortable living room with perhaps only two couples present.</div> <bR> <div> Creating an intimate ambience, as if entertaining a circle of friends, his persuasively soft-spoken and gently thoughtful introductions offer a mellow view of the entertainer a million miles away from the stage high jinks of a Bud & Travis show, yet still with the same unmistakable and appealing approach which always generated a unique affinity with those he sang to.  </div> <bR> <div> For a Travis almost close enough to touch, it very well could be the pick of the entire discography!</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="563" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 179 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="db5c8ab0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="171" ALT="Enrico Banducci's hungry i lives again at www.hungryi.net" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="356"><div> Travis Edmonson made his breakthrough with The Gateway Singers, resident group at the hungry i</div> <bR> <div> Be sure and check out the website </div> <div> celebrating the great San Francisco club at <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.hungryi.net" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.hungryi.net"><U>www.hungryi.net</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="ashgrove.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saturday Night at the Coffee House">SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE COFFEE HOUSE</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>