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Steve Travis is a retired singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist and author. He was born and raised in
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. His biggest selling albums are in the
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style. More recently Steve Travis has been known for
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including Billy O'Shea that debuted April 2021 on
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Radio Essex with fellow musician and "
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" creator Nathan Evans.


Musical career


Rock and pop; 1964–1979

Travis began his music career in the mid 1960s as a drummer in Colchester bands performing progressive
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. In 1970, he made a switch to guitar and vocals and formed the glam-rock band, Plod. As a pop singer throughout the 1970s, he made many appearances alongside top acts including ELO,
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. He then went on to form the hard rock band, The Perishers. They attracted the interest of
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-based management company Deville Promotions and quickly booked time in Polydor Studios in London and recorded four demo tracks. These were original rock songs written by Travis. At that time Travis bore a likeness to
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and his photograph appeared next to the late T. Rex frontman in national newspapers in 1979.


Country; 1981–2004

Travis moved on to
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music issuing a single in 1982 entitled "Ghost Riders in the Sky" / "Moonlight on the Trail". This received excellent reviews in many of the music papers. For some years Travis retreated completely from the music business to concentrate on family life. In 1991, Travis returned to performing country music and toured in the UK and Europe topping the bill at many CMC clubs, festivals and theatres. In 1994, he released his first CD album on the MJMusic record label, later signing a record deal with the Irish label Foam Records in 1997. His first album, ''50 Country & Favourite Songs'', a sing-along album in the style of
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, sold over 100,000 copies and achieved a silver disc for sales. Travis released a further 14 albums on the Foam label then continued his career with London-based
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in 2003.


Contemporary; 2004–2010

In 2004, Travis composed and played keyboards on an album of relaxation music titled ''Healing Shores'' released on the Aquavision label. Following this an album of his narrated poetry set to music entitled ''Fragments of Desire'' was released on the
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label, taken from the book of the same name.


Sea shanties; 2010–present

With an increasing enthusiasm for
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and inspiration from his longtime home by the sea in
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there came a change of musical style. In 2012, H&H Music released Travis' first shanty album, ''Shanties and Other Ssongs of the Sea'' and a music video for his song "The Black Water Smuggler", reflects the history of the
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. It was followed in 2016 by ''Sea Shanties and Pirate Songs''. In 2021 Travis created his first
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to support a Horse &
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in Tenerife where he now resides.


Album discography


Bibliography

* ''As I recall it''. 2005 Blue Water Music, 56 page book of humorous short stories * ''A pirate’s Kiss''. 2006 Blue Water Music, 36 page book of poems * ''One man and his microphone''. 2011 Memoirs. Amusing fact and fiction * ''Fragments of Desire''. 2013 A compilation of poems, lyrics and short stories * ''T’were rite funny''. 2014 Comical short stories. * ''Dr Scrotum’s Sex facts for men and women''. 2015 A compilation of vintage adverts and sex advice from the early 20th Century


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Travis, Steve 1951 births Living people British country singers British country guitarists British rock drummers British rock guitarists British rock singers British folk singers Glam rock musicians People from Colchester