Abby Travis (born November 10, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician.
Abby Travis began her perfomance career in 1986 as the bassist in Los Angeles band The Lovedolls, who were spawned from the cult films Desperate Teenage Lovedolls and "Lovedolls Superstar" directed by David Markey. In 1999 Travis joined power pop trio The Rails. In 1993 Travis began working as a bass player for hire. She has toured and/or recorded with Vanessa Paradis, Beck, Elastica, Michael Penn, Exene Cervenka's Original Sinners, Gibby Haynes and His Problem, KMFDM, El Vez, and The Bangles. Vanessa Paradis performing in 1993. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. ... Elastica were a Britpop band who were popular in the 1990s, formed by Justine Frischmann after leaving Suede in 1991. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, with Exene in the center foreground Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka on February 1, 1956 in Chicago), is best known as vocalist and original member of punk rock band X. She has also performed and recorded... The Bangles were one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed The Go-Gos in the early 1980s. ...
Travis' solo recordings are called The Abby Travis Foundation (1998), Cutthroat Standards & Black Pop (2000) and GlitterMouth (2006).
Travis has not only stirred the ghost of Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf, but whispers of David Bowie, Queen, and Elton John, circa Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, are also apparent.
AbbyTravis has always been a rock solid bassist but has taken on drums, organ, and a rollicking piano.
Although a far cry from her days with the Lovedolls, these songs that were glimpsed in their embryonic from on The AbbyTravis Foundation are some of the most fascinating and well-crafted music you're likely to hear.
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