Bud & Travis began recording together in 1958; Edmonson was related to Colin Edmonson, whom Dashiell had met while serving in the
Korean War.[1] 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.[2][3]
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 a solo 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.[4]
Discography
Singles
Bud & Travis
"Mexican Wedding Dance (
La Bamba)" / "Raspberries, Strawberries (Le Chanson De La Framboise)" (
World Pacific X-801, 1958)
"Bonsoir Dame (Good Night My Lady Love)" / "Truly Do" (
Liberty 55202, 1959)
"Poor Boy" / "Jenny On A Horse" (Liberty 55221, 1959)
"Cloudy Summer Afternoon" / "
E La Bas" (Liberty 55235, 1960)
"Come To The Dance (Vamos Al Baile)" / "Carmen Carmelia" (Liberty 55259, 1960)
The Santa Monica Concert (Folk Era 1465, 2003); includes tracks from In Concert and In Concert, Volume 2
From the Ridiculous to the Sublime (Travis Edmonson Collection #21, 2008); compilation album
Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen
Folk Music in a Contemporary Manner (
Warner W/WS-1429, 1961); with
Carson Parks and Bernie Armstrong (formerly The Steeltown Two); reissued on CD in 2010 on Tartare TTR 80012
Sing Everybody's Hits (Warner Bros. W/WS-1432, 1962); with Bernie Armstrong and Everit Herter; recorded live at
Glendale College
Saturday Night at the Coffee House (World Pacific WP-1254, 1958); also released as A Night at the Ash Grove; "La Bamba" and "
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye"
This Is Stereo (Liberty LST-101, 1960); "Raspberries, Strawberries"
The Greatest Stars of Folk Music (Legacy 385, 1960); "La Bamba"
Swingin' Like '60!, Volume 2 (World Pacific WP-1290, 1960); "La Bamba"
Hootenanny (Crestview CRV-806, 1963); "La Bamba"
Hootenanny Saturday Nite! (World Pacific WP-1813, 1964); "Raspberries, Strawberries" and "La Bamba"
Liberty Hootenanny (Liberty L-5506, 1965); "
Down in the Valley" and "Ah, Nora, War Is Over"
Folksong Festival (
Capitol/EMI 57218, 1989); "Ballad of the Alamo", "
Guantanamera", and "Two Brothers"
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival (
Smithsonian Collection/
Sony Music Special Products, 1991); "Delia's Gone"
Time-Life's Treasury of Folk Music: An All-Star Hootenanny (Capitol/EMI, 1996); "
Sloop John B"
Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom 1950-1970 (Rhino 74264, 2001); "Raspberries, Strawberries"
Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen
Hoot Tonight! (Warner Bros. W/WS-1512, 1963); "Wars Of Germany"