Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who began his recording career in the mid-1970s.

Early life

Travers was born and raised in

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. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, he saw

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perform in

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. Travers began playing in bands early in his teens; his first bands were the Music Machine (not to be confused with the Californian psychedelic/garage band of the same name), Red Hot, and Merge, which played in clubs in the

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area.

Career

Early career

While performing with Merge, he was noticed by rock artist

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, who invited Travers to perform with him. In his early twenties, Travers moved to London and signed a recording contract with the

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label. His self-titled debut album was released in 1976 and featured bassist Peter "Mars" Cowling, who was a mainstay in Travers' band for several years. An appearance on the German TV show ''

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'' in November 1976 was later released on CD+DVD under the title ''Live at Rockpalast – Cologne 1976'' in 2017. This performance showcases an early version of Travers' band featuring Cowling and drummer

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Rise to popularity

During 1977, Travers added a second guitarist to his band, changed drummers twice including using

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, and by the time '' Heat in the Street'' was released in 1978 had put together the Pat Travers Band. This grouping featured Travers on vocals and guitar,

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on guitar, Cowling on bass, and

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on drums and percussion. The band toured heavily, also supporting Rush on their ''Drive til You Die'' tour in support of ''

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''. The guitar Travers most often appeared with on stage and on album covers in the band's early years was a 1964/65 model double cutaway, double

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pick-up Gibson Melody Maker. The band's next release was a live album entitled ''

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'', which charted in the Top 40 in the United States and included the tune "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)" (originally recorded by

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, credited to Stan Lewis), which climbed even higher on the charts, entering the Top 20. " Snortin' Whiskey" was a major American radio hit from 1980's '' Crash and Burn''. After an appearance before 35,000 people at the Reading Music Festival in England, both Thrall and Aldridge announced they were leaving the band to pursue other projects. Travers and Cowling teamed up with drummer

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and released '' Radio Active'' that same year. A co-headlining tour with

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followed, and the two bands performed in major arenas across North America. Although the tour was Travers' most successful road outing, the ''Radio Active'' album barely made it into the Top 40, reaching only number 37. It was very different from Travers' previous work, with more emphasis on keyboards than heavy guitars. Disappointed with the lack of sales,

dropped Travers from their roster, and he in turn sued the record company on grounds that he was under contract with them to record more material. He won the lawsuit, and was able to release ''Black Pearl'' in 1982. This release also featured more mainstream music rather than the hard-driving rock Travers had recorded earlier, and included the hit single "I La La La Love You", featured prominently on mainstream Top 40 and album oriented rock stations, and in the 1983 film ''

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''. ''Hot Shot'' was Travers' last major label release of original music, and was a return to a harder-edge style of rock than his previous two albums had been. One of Travers' best-recorded projects, it went basically unnoticed and is best remembered for the single "Killer". It was during this time that Travers also released ''Just Another Killer Day'', a 30-minute home video featuring music from ''Hot Shot'' that was a

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type short story about sexy alien women searching for information on music here on earth. In 1984, Travers was again supporting Rush.

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is one of Travers' many admirers. Before the release of ''Hot Shot'', longtime bassist Cowling left the band, and Travers would work with several different bassists including Cliff Jordan and Donni Hughes until Cowling's return in 1989.

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, who had joined the Pat Travers Band in 1983, helped Travers create a guitar team that fans considered difficult to rival. After ''Hot Shot''s release in 1984,

made plans to issue a greatest hits package, and then ended their relationship with Travers. The latter half of the 1980s were quite gruelling for Travers. Having entered the decade at the top of the music game, he found himself in 1986 without a record contract and being forced to earn a living once again playing nightclubs and touring constantly. By 1990, he had gained a deal with a small European label and released ''School of Hard Knocks''. The project was completely ignored by radio. A full-length concert video, ''Boom Boom – Live at the Diamond Club 1990,'' was shot in Toronto, to be released on CD as ''Boom Boom'' next year, but Travers was still not able to return to the success he had ten years earlier, working only on indie labels, as with Lemon Recordings.

1990s: Return to form

Shortly after, Travers signed a deal with U.S.-based Blues Bureau International Records, a company formed by producer

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. Travers' first recording for the label was ''Blues Tracks'', released in 1992. Brad Russell, from Detroit, plays bass on Blues Tracks. Several more releases on the BBI label followed during the 1990s. In 1993, Travers parted company with both Jerry Riggs and Peter "Mars" Cowling, and Riggs was briefly replaced by former

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guitarist Erik Cartwright. The relationship was brief, and Travers has worked with a variety of musicians since that time. Travers sang on Boston metal band Extreme's song " Get the Funk Out" from their 1990 album ''

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''.

2000s

Travers has not been able to regain the level of commercial success he once had, despite a large and loyal fan base who call themselves "Hammer Heads". In 2001, Travers was part of the "

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" tour and had a minor hit with

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from the band

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called "Rock Forever". In 2004, Travers started a project with veteran drummer

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and started touring the U.S. Travers recorded cover tunes from bands such as

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, Montrose,

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, and

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under the album name ''P.T. Power Trio 2'', and they toured Europe in November 2006. He has also performed with the band

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. 2008 to 2016 featured one of the longest/most consistent line-ups for the Pat Travers Band. Joining Travers was Kirk McKim (2006–2015; guitar/vocals), Sean Shannon (2008–2010; drums), followed by Sandy Gennaro (2010–2016), and Rodney O'Quinn (2007–2016; bass/vocals). The band released the album ''Fidelis'' in late 2009. In July 2013, they released ''Can Do'' via Frontiers Records, a major label based in Italy. ''Can Do'' was supported by PTB tours of the U.S., the UK, and Europe during the later half of 2013. In January 2015, Frontiers Records released ''Live at the Iridium NYC'', recorded in February 2012.

Pat Travers Band members

, Mick Dyche,

, Peter "Mars" Cowling,

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, Gunter Nezhoda,

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, Kirk McKim,

, Rodney O'Quinn, Sean Shannon, Randy Lane, Frank McDaniel, David LaRue, Eric Fretas, and Rick Navarro are some of the noted musicians who have been members of the Pat Travers Band through the years. As of 2021, the band consists of Travers (guitars, vocals), Alex Petrosky (drums) and David Pastorius (bass).

Acclaim

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has referred to Travers as a "guitar god", and

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has cited him as one of his favourite guitar players.

Trivia

"Rage of Travers", the ninth track on

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' 2017 album ''

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'', retells an incident in which Travers—on tour in 1982 or 1983—showed up, guitar in hand and looking to jam, at a

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concert after his own gig ended. The chorus, "Nobody wants to hear the 12-bar blues/from a guy in platform shoes", highlights the speed with which the commercial landscape of rock changed in the early 1980s, especially as

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promoted more visually distinctive acts. In the 2004 movie ''

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'', the song "Snortin' Whiskey" is playing as Miles tries to recover Jack's wallet. In the 1983 movie ''

'', the song "I La La La Love You" is playing when Randy, Julie, Fred and Stacey leave the party and head to Hollywood.

Discography

Albums

* 1976 ''

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'' * 1977 '' Makin' Magic'' * 1977 '' Putting It Straight'' * 1978 '' Heat in the Street'' * 1978 ''The Pat Travers You Missed Mini-Album'' (EP) * 1979 ''

'' * 1980 '' Crash and Burn'' * 1981 '' Radio Active'' * 1982 ''Black Pearl'' * 1984 ''Hot Shot'' * 1990 ''School of Hard Knocks'' * 1991 ''Boom Boom – Live at the Diamond Club, Toronto'' (live 1990) * 1992 ''BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert'' (live 1977 and 1980; re-released in 2000) * 1992 ''Blues Tracks'' * 1993 ''Just a Touch'' * 1994 ''Blues Magnet'' * 1995 ''Halfway to Somewhere'' * 1996 ''Lookin' Up'' * 1997 ''King Biscuit Flower Hour'' (live 1984) * 1998 ''Blues Tracks 2'' * 2000 ''Don't Feed the Alligators'' * 2003 ''Etched in Stone'' (live 2002; 2-CD) * 2003 ''P.T. Power Trio'' (also called just... ''Power Trio'') * 2003 ''From the Front... Live!'' (live 1984; DVD-Audio) * 2005 ''PT=MC2'' * 2005 ''Boom Boom – Live at the Diamond Club 1990'' (CD & DVD) * 2006 ''Live – Hooked on Music'' (live 1976; DVD) * 2006 ''P.T. Power Trio 2'' * 2008 ''Stick with What You Know – Live in Europe'' (live 2007) * 2009 ''Black Betty'' * 2010 ''Fidelis'' * 2012 '' Blues on Fire'' * 2013 ''Live at the Bamboo Room'' (CD & DVD) * 2013 ''Can Do'' * 2014 ''Snortin' Whiskey at the Warfield (Official Bootleg)'' * 2015 ''Live at the Iridium NYC'' * 2015 '' Retro Rocket'' * 2017 ''Live at Rockpalast – Cologne 1976'' (live 1976; CD & DVD) * 2019 ''Swing!'' * 2019 ''Live in Concert – April 30th 1981 (Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh)'' * 2022 ''The Art of Time Travel'' * 2023 ''Live at Reading 1980'' * 2024 ''Live 'N' Loaded '84''

Singles released during major label career

* 1976 "Makes No Difference" (promo single to debut album) * 1976 "Stop and Smile" * 1977 "Stevie" * 1977 "Rock 'N' Roll Susie" * 1977 "Gettin' Betta" * 1977 "Life in London" * 1978 "Heat in the Street" * 1978 "Go All Night" * 1979 "Boom, Boom (Out Go the Lights) – Live!" (UK single) * 1980 "Is This Love" (US single) * 1980 " Snortin' Whiskey" (US single) * 1980 "Evie" (

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only single) * 1980 "Crash and Burn" * 1980 "(Your Love) Can't Be Right" * 1981 "My Life Is on the Line" * 1981 "New Age Music" (Netherlands only single) * 1981 "I Can Love You" * 1982 "I La La La Love You" * 1982 "Rockin'" * 1982 "I'd Rather See You Dead" * 1984 "Women on the Edge of Love" * 1984 "Killer"

Compilation albums

* 1985 ''Boom Boom...The Best of Pat Travers'' * 1990 ''An Anthology, Vol. 1'' * 1990 ''An Anthology, Vol. 2'' * 1991 ''The Best of Pat Travers'' * 1997 ''Best of Blues Plus Live!'' (studio and 1997 live recordings) * 2003 ''20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pat Travers'' * 2004 ''Rock Solid: The Essential Collection'' (Germany) * 2007 ''Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)'' * 2008 ''8+8: The Best of '70–'80'' (live recordings) (Germany) * 2009 ''Travelin' Blues'' * 2015 ''Feelin' Right: The Polydor Albums 1975–1984 (Remastered)''

Travers & Appice albums

* 2004 ''It Takes a Lot of Balls'' * 2005 ''Live at the House of Blues'' * 2005 ''Bazooka'' * 2014 ''Live in Europe'' * 2016 ''The Balls Album''

Guest appearances

* 1977 '' Play Me Out'' ( Glenn Hughes) * 1983 ''Valley Girl'' (soundtrack) * 1990 ''

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'' ( Extreme; bridge vocals on "Get the Funk Out") * 1993 ''L.A. Blues Authority, Vol. III: Hats Off to Stevie Ray'' (various artists) * 1993 ''L.A. Blues Authority, Vol. IV: Fit for a King'' (various artists) * 1993 ''Songs from the Better Blues Bureau'' (various artists) * 1993 ''Masters of Metal – Live: The 70's – Ten Hits'' (various artists) * 1994 ''L.A. Blues Authority, Vol. V: Cream of the Crop'' (various artists) * 1995 ''Animal Magnetism'' (various artists) * 1997 ''Summerdaze'' (live featuring John Kay & Steppenwolf,

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, Pat Travers) * 2001 ''Voices of Classic Rock: Voices for America'' (various artists) * 2001 '' Building the Machine'' (Glenn Hughes) * 2004 ''

'' (soundtrack) * 2006 ''Off The Shelf'' (

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) (Travers on 2 tracks) * 2009 ''Discovery'' (Chris Catena) * 2010 '' Circus Bar'' ( Brian Howe) * 2012 '' Antiseptic Bloodbath'' (

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) * 2012 ''Six String Soldiers'' (

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) * 2014 ''Primitive Son'' (

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) * 2024 ''Temple of Blues'' (

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)

References

External links

Pat Travers' official website
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Pat Travers: Groove and Tone – GuitarInternational.com Interview
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