Travis Vick

Travis Vick is a singer-songwriter from Manteca, California. In 2006 & 2007 Travis sang and played keyboard and guitar featuring much of his original material in the Central Valley based band, Fairway. Fairway was nominated for a MAMA (Modesto Area Music Association) award in both those years. In 2008, Travis released his first solo EP “Player Piano” and won the 2008 MAMA award for best Indie/Alternative Band. Vick’s warm voice and heartfelt delivery on “Player Piano” lend to his often dark and personal songs a sense of essence and peculiarity, gained in some measure from his early influences such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Bazan, Guy Clark, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett and Elliott Smith to name a few. In 2008 Travis performed throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah. He also appeared live on Sacramento & Company TV show in July of 2008. Travis was one of two SonicBids artists selected to play The John Lennon Educational Tour bus stage at the 2009 NAMM show in Anaheim. His music was featured in episode three and on the soundtrack for the 2009 Roadtrip Nation airing on PBS. In January 2009, Vick released his second EP titled “The Goat EP.” His 2009 tour schedule included; California, Oregon, Washington, Germany, United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Travis is currently recording his first full-length album (2011). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.