Puttin' On the Style

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=2 style="border-right: 1px solid #555555;" BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="23278783.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="44dc0c03.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> A Salute to Travis Edmonson in His Diamond Jubilee Year</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 95 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.travisedmonson.com/cdsale.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.travisedmonson.com/cdsale.htm"><IMG SRC="661e9540.jpg" border=0 width="489" height="84" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="66550500.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="80" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I>click logo for more info</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BFBF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>For a website featuring over 75 Travis Edmonson music clips go to</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.travisedmonson.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.travisedmonson.com"><B>www.travisedmonson.com</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="bio.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><IMG SRC="5bf821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="records.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recordings by Travis Edmonson"><IMG SRC="597821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="portraits.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portraits of Travis Edmonson"><IMG SRC="59a821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="features.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Features Section"><IMG SRC="59c821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="songs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travis Edmonson Songs"><IMG SRC="59f821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Additions"><IMG SRC="5a5821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><IMG SRC="596821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><IMG SRC="5a1821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="site_map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><IMG SRC="598821a0.png" border=0 width="130" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> Puttin' On the Style</div> <bR> <bR> <div> For sound clips, go to</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="Introducing The Travis Edmonson Collection ... Never before released on CD ... Every title in the RECORRDS SECTION ... Plus all new bonus tracks ... Each personally inscribed by Travis Edmonson ... CONTACT the site for more information.) This album is currently available on CD. For sound clips, go to http://www.travisedmonson.com/b_t_liberty.htm " TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introducing The Travis Edmonson Collecti">http://www.starbeams.com</A></div> <bR> <div> Decca - DL 8413</div> <div> 1957</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="cds.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travis Edmonson CD Collection"><IMG SRC="46f9c9c0.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> Available now on CD</div> <div> exclusively from travisedmonson.com</div> <bR> <div> TRACKS</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Side One</div> <bR> <div> Puttin' On The Style</div> <div> Fair Maid (A-Rovin)</div> <div> Monaco</div> <div> Sally Don't You Grieve</div> <div> Bury Me In My Overalls</div> <div> Run, Come See Jerusalem</div> <div> Rock Island Line</div> <bR> <div> Side Two</div> <bR> <div> Midnight Special</div> <div> Come to the Dance</div> <div> True Love</div> <div> Tumbalalaika</div> <div> I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago</div> <div> Ezekiel Saw the Wheel</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0d4d2d20.png" border=0 width="210" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> DISCUSSION</div> <bR> <div> Other members of the quartet are Lou Gottlieb (later of the Limeliters),  Jerry Walter and Elmerlee Thomas.  No surprise that “Come to the Dance,” (better known as “Vamos Al Baile”) is a Travis Edmonson solo.  He is also featured on "Run Come See Jerusalem" with the legendary folk group on this, their first album.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> For more about the fabulous Gateway Singers, visit</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.starbeams.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.starbeams.com">http://www.starbeams.com</A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> LINER NOTES</div> <bR> <div> Traditional song, folk song, has been coming forward as a strong element in American music. Many names come to mind, names of singers and groups who have brought to light, and into great popularity the almost endless wealth of fine musical material still extant in remote areas, in collections, in handwritten dog-eared notebooks, on early recordings. The problem has been how best to adapt this material for present day performance, avoiding "quaint" treatments, dated and esoteric, long separated from the "hountainy" tradition, as well as artificial modernizations of settings which smother all its special values and qualities. The tremendous popularity of the Gateway Singers is due in large part to the fact that they have found the way. They have captured and held all of the basic qualities of the material - the gusto, the musical and lyrical authenticity of feeling and intention; and yet the form and presentation is altogether acceptable, popular, modern, and natural to the genius of the singers.</div> <bR> <div> What seems to the hearer as entirely right and easy, full of natural punch and feeling, of fun and quiet mood, is not as easily come by as it seems, which is in fact a truism about anything well done. In this group are scholars with no manners of scholarship, who have done a tremendous job of research, of reconciling, arranging, of making slight and careful adjustments in lyrics to fit the needs of the contemporary audience. The songs have become a part of themselves, a proper and satisfactory expression of their own thinking and attitudes. There is never a false note in the presentation.</div> <bR> <div> As a result of these circumstances, there is hardly a group of singers in our time that has such a rich and complete repertory, so varied in style without ever being stylized. They do not limit themselves to traditional material, nor to anything local. Today's news story, last century's railroad ballad or chantey, a riddle song or lullaby from another land or people - anything good, interesting, pleasing, musically right - becomes part of the rich and colorful fabric that is a program of songs by the Gateway Singers.</div> <bR> <div> When you see and hear the Gateway Singers, it seems right that the group should be composed as it is - three young men and a young woman, and she from one of the earliest racial strains in our country. Ability, understanding, and contribution to the unity of the unique singing organization are the sole qualifications of its members, and that is as it should be. It points up the direction of American culture - a growing tendency to set aside the false barriers of prejudice in behalf of successful functioning in every field. These barriers have been overcome most notably up `til now in the field of music, where talent, of whatever nationality or color, has been accorded acclaim.</div> <bR> <div> The Gateway Singers were fortunate enough to have been able to record their first album with a distinguished group of supporting performers. Acknowledgements go to Jud Conlon who scored and conducted the vocal backgrounds; to Loulie Jean Noeman, soprano, and to the fine jazz men who provided the instrumental backing: Red Callenday on string bass; Jack Marshall, guitar; Alvin Stoller, drums; and Carlos Vidal on congas.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="puttin__on_the_style_m.htm" TITLE="Puttin On the Style">Return to top</A>  </div> <bR> <div> -  or --  go to    <A HREF="hungry_i.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gateway Singers at the Hungry i"><IMG SRC="0572a150.gif" border=0 width="42" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0572a150.gif" border=0 width="42" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>   page</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><IMG SRC="45164140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><IMG SRC="45264140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact the Site"><IMG SRC="45364140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="site_map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><IMG SRC="45464140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="records.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recordings by Travis Edmonson"><IMG SRC="45564140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="portraits.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portraits of Travis Edmonson"><IMG SRC="45664140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="features.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Features Section"><IMG SRC="45764140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="songs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travis Edmonson Songs"><IMG SRC="45964140.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>For a website featuring over 75 Travis Edmonson music clips go</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.travisedmonson.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.travisedmonson.com"><B>www.travisedmonson.com</B></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> <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>