Pat Travers
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Pat Travers (born April 12, 1954), a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Hendrix-influenced guitarist who began putting out albums on Polydor Records in the mid 1970s. Pat Thrall, Nicko McBrain and Tommy Aldridge are among the people who have worked with Travers.
History
Travers, was born and raised in Toronto Canada. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, he saw Hendrix perform in Ottawa. Inspired by Hendrix, as well as other artists including Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Travers began playing in bands early in his teens. His first bands were Red Hot and Merge, which played in Quebec-area clubs.While performing with Merge, he was noticed by rock artist Ronnie Hawkins, who invited Travers to perform with him.Travers moved to London and landed a deal with the Polydor label in his early 20s. His self-titled debut album was released in 1976. Travers gained a strong following in his native country with his accessibility during his concerts. He often mingled with fans, sometimes inviting them to join him on stage.
His popularity with fans and his music skill combined to give Travers a reputation as one of the rising stars of Guitar Rock in the mid 1970s. One of his most popular songs is a cover of a Johnny Lee Hooker blues classic, "Boom Boom Out Go the Lights", Other popular songs include, "Snorting Whiskey", "Heat in the Street", "I Just Got Paid Today" and "Stevie". The albums Go For What You Know and Crash and Burn from the early 1980s, increased his profile to that of a super star of the Guitar Rock world.
Although his commercial popularity began to fade a little toward the start of the 1990s, Travers has continued to record and tour regularly, and has a very loyal fan base. In 2001 he was part of the “Voices of Classic Rock” tour, and had a hit song with Leslie West from the band Mountain called "Rock Forever". Still rockin' in 2005 Travers relesed the album PT=MC2.
Discography
- 1976 Pat Travers
- 1977 Makin' Magic
- 1977 Putting It Straight
- 1978 Heat In The Street
- 1978 The Pat Travers You Missed Mini Album
- 1980 Crash And Burn
- 1981 Radioactive
- 1982 Black Pearl
- 1984 Hot Shot
- 1985 Best Of Pat Travers Boom Boom
- 1990 School Of Hard Knocks
- 1990 Anthology Vol 1
- 1990 Anthology Vol 2
- 1991 Best Of Pat Travers
- 1991 Boom Boom
- 1992 BBC Radio 1 Live Concert
- 1992 Blues Tracks
- 1993 Just A Touch
- 1993 Hats Off To Stevie Ray Vaughn
- 1993 Fit For A King
- 1993 Songs From The Better Blues Bureau
- 1993 Masters Of Metal
- 1994 Blues Magnet
- 1994 Cream Of The Crop
- 1995 Animal Magnetism
- 1995 Halfway To Somewhere
- 1996 Lookin' Up
- 1997 King Biscuit
- 1997 Summerdaze (Soundtrack)
- 1997 Whiskey Blues
- 1997 Best Of Blues + Live!
- 1998 King Biscuit
- 1998 Blues Tracks 2
- 2000 Don't Feed The Alligators
- 2000 Boom Boom
- 2000 BBC Radio 1 Live!
- 2001 Voices Of Classic Rock Voices For America
- 2003 Etched In Stone Live - Tempe, AZ
- 2003 Putting It Striaight Heat In The Street Double CD (Reissue)
- 2003 Power Trio 1
- 2003 20th Century Masters Best Of Pat Travers
- 2004 Travers & Appice It Takes A Lot Of Balls
- 2005 Sideways Snortin' Whiskey
- 2005 PT=MC2
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