Travis was and is a close friend. I studied under his tutoring for a year. He shared so many stories, and taught me so much about music. I think this version of this song is the most beautiful. Tom Straw has a website up for Bud and Travis, its an excellent site. Google Bud and Travis.
Thanks for doing this, pjacobo. It's a great companion to my B&T version. I know the Gateway Singers, probably had an album way back, but didn't remember this, so it's a nice surprise for me. Fascinating to hear the differences between this and the B&T version. I like Travis's plaintive tone in this one, which is more so than in the other, though the long sustained falsetto notes in the B&T (from both of them) are addictive.
Also makes me sad that Travis is gone-and Bud too for that matter.
@liandro I'm glad you enjoyed it. Apparently Travis sang this version when he was about 25 (not his late 20's as I had noted in this video), so this may be Travis' earliest recorded version of Malaguena Salerosa.
p.s. The photo in the video is the Hacienda del Sol in Taos, New Mexico where I stayed a couple years ago. One wonders whether Travis himself ever stayed here.
@liandro I hope you look/listen to my other Gateway Singer videos (all from the same album The Gateway Singers in HiFi - this is the only solo on the album, and Travis was the youngest member of the group at the time)
@pjacobo I'll check them out. I know I used to have this album, now that I think about it. I was an avid collector of these folk albums in the early 60's, sadly most are gone.
Since a friend introduced me to the duo....they have been part of my life. This song is one of my all time favorities...haunts me. Travis passing on is a deep loss for his fans and family...but he and Bud will always live on as we spread their music to younger generations...I do every chance I get
I was very lucky to see a live performance of Travis Edmonson at the University of Arizona in the late 60's. He was fantastic as usual. He was a very talented performer and composer. I am very saddened to learn of his passing. May he rest in peace.
This was Travis' first known recording of his signature song. Although on a Gateway Singers album, it is solo. He was perhaps 25 at the time. There are many other recordings fo the song, as a solo and with Bud & Travis, each quite different from the others but each wonderful in its own way. His voice is incredibly pure in this one. Thank you!
Travis was and is a close friend. I studied under his tutoring for a year. He shared so many stories, and taught me so much about music. I think this version of this song is the most beautiful. Tom Straw has a website up for Bud and Travis, its an excellent site. Google Bud and Travis.
MrScorpion18b 1 month ago
Good
a7fold1 4 months ago
bud and my father grew up in Ny . they nearly killed each other in a homemade ironclad reacting civil war battles. rip uncle bud.
apbIII 11 months ago
@apbIII
I'm sure many people would be interested in seeing any old photos you may have of your father and Bud in their youth
pjacobo 11 months ago
Thanks for doing this, pjacobo. It's a great companion to my B&T version. I know the Gateway Singers, probably had an album way back, but didn't remember this, so it's a nice surprise for me. Fascinating to hear the differences between this and the B&T version. I like Travis's plaintive tone in this one, which is more so than in the other, though the long sustained falsetto notes in the B&T (from both of them) are addictive.
Also makes me sad that Travis is gone-and Bud too for that matter.
liandro 1 year ago
@liandro
@liandro I'm glad you enjoyed it. Apparently Travis sang this version when he was about 25 (not his late 20's as I had noted in this video), so this may be Travis' earliest recorded version of Malaguena Salerosa.
p.s. The photo in the video is the Hacienda del Sol in Taos, New Mexico where I stayed a couple years ago. One wonders whether Travis himself ever stayed here.
pjacobo 1 year ago
@pjacobo Yes, his voice is clearly "young." Trying to send you a private message, can't figure out how. Do you know?
liandro 1 year ago
@liandro I hope you look/listen to my other Gateway Singer videos (all from the same album The Gateway Singers in HiFi - this is the only solo on the album, and Travis was the youngest member of the group at the time)
Motorcycling Colorado - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Motorcycling Utah - Let Me Fly
Motorcycling Shenandoah - Shenandoah
10,000 Mile Ride - Meetin' at the Buildin'
pjacobo 1 year ago
@pjacobo I'll check them out. I know I used to have this album, now that I think about it. I was an avid collector of these folk albums in the early 60's, sadly most are gone.
liandro 1 year ago
Since a friend introduced me to the duo....they have been part of my life. This song is one of my all time favorities...haunts me. Travis passing on is a deep loss for his fans and family...but he and Bud will always live on as we spread their music to younger generations...I do every chance I get
Ofarimlover 1 year ago
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apbIII 2 years ago
I was very lucky to see a live performance of Travis Edmonson at the University of Arizona in the late 60's. He was fantastic as usual. He was a very talented performer and composer. I am very saddened to learn of his passing. May he rest in peace.
AndeanLion 2 years ago
No one can sing this love song better!
Seriously51 2 years ago
Loved the Bud and Travis version better but the world is diminished with Travis's leaving us.
How much my life was affected by their music.
Ofarimlover 2 years ago
ahhhh Travis...ahhhh Bud and Travis...they led me to Latin music due to this SONG...so sad to lose him!
Ofarimlover 2 years ago
This was Travis' first known recording of his signature song. Although on a Gateway Singers album, it is solo. He was perhaps 25 at the time. There are many other recordings fo the song, as a solo and with Bud & Travis, each quite different from the others but each wonderful in its own way. His voice is incredibly pure in this one. Thank you!
azfolk 2 years ago
That is a beautiful tribute.
really2ugly 2 years ago
RIP Travis Edmonson-
hswatnik 2 years ago