Bud & Travis was an American folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 duo from San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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, consisting of Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson

Travis Edmonson

Travis Edmonson was an American folk singer, who performed both as a soloist and in the group Bud and Travis.-Early life:...

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Bud & Travis began recording together in 1958; Edmonson was related to Colin Edmonson, whom Dashiell had met while serving in the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

. Travis Edmonson had previously been a member of The Gateway Singers. They released ten albums and toured widely before splitting in 1965, becoming significant musicians on the folk revival circuit.

Edmonson and Dashiell reportedly had frequent clashes, and the duo separated from 1960-63. During this period Dashiell put out several records with The Kinsmen, and Edmonson put out several solo albums. Dashiell went solo after their final breakup in 1965, putting out a solo album in 1968. He taught late in life, and died in 1989 as a result of a brain tumor

Brain tumor

A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...

. Edmonson toured regularly in the 1970s as a solo act. He died on May 9, 2009.

Discography

• Bud & Travis (Liberty Records
  Liberty Records
  Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...
  
  , 1959)
• Naturally (Liberty, 1960)
• Spotlight on Bud & Travis (Liberty, 1960)
• Bud Dashiell and the Kinsmen (Warner?, 1961) Dashiell with Carson Parks
  Carson Parks
  Clarence Carson Parks II , often known as C. Carson Parks, was an American songwriter, music publisher, musician and singer, best known for writing the hit song "Somethin' Stupid".-Early life and career:...
  
  and his friend Bernie Armstrong as "the Kinsmen"
• Sing Everybody's Hits (Warner, 1962) Dashiell and the Kinsmen - now Bernie Armstrong and Everit Herter
• Travis on Cue (Horizon, 1962) Edmonson solo album
• Travis on His Own (Reprise, 1963) Edmonson solo album
• Bud & Travis...In Concert (Liberty, 1963) U.S. #126
• Bud & Travis In Concert, Vol. 2 (Liberty, 1963)
• Perspective on Bud & Travis (Liberty, 1963) U.S. #129
• In Person (Liberty, 1964)
• The Bud & Travis Latin Album (1965)
• I Think It's Gonna Rain Today (Warner, 1968) Bud Dashiell solo album