Presskit    
This press package contains live show and album reviews.
 
TLB Biography

"The soulful fury of this talented three-piece, the Travis Larson Band, washes the stink of the recording industry’s lame offerings out into the gutters while unleashing it’s unique brand of instrumental rock fusion (think of a musical stew mixing a thick brown Rush gravy with big hearty chunks of Steve Morse and a dash of Jeff Beck).”

With six records and two full-length performance DVDs, the award winning Travis Larson Band is firmly rooted as one of instrumental music’s premiere acts, having worked on record with Steve Lukather (Toto), Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck), Dave LaRue (Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Dixie Dregs), Vinx (Sting, Herbie Hancock) and having shared live billing with Ted Nugent, Los Lobos, Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Kansas), Ronnie Montrose and Bill Bruford (King Crimson), to name a few. 2009 saw the band on tour with UFO and industry events such as Guitar Player Live and Bass Player Live.

Comprised of Travis Larson (guitar), Jennifer Young (bass), and Dale Moon (drums), TLB’s complicated phrasing, impossible timing, and seamless flow cause some to suspect that the band must surely operate from only one, albeit enormous, brain.

Aided by endorsement relationships with Ernie Ball/MusicMan, Electro-Voice, Digitech, Markbass, DV Mark,Gretsch, and Sabian this tiny band with the big sound has found its way into the festivals, theaters, clubs and music stores across the nation, not to mention the traveling 53-foot tractor-trailer truck tours and music industry events. Well known for their live performances the Travis Larson Band delivers full throttle rock fusion that soars with originality and mercilessly hooks an audience like a freshly sharpened gaff through the unsuspecting brain of an Arctic Cod.


Discography

Soundmind (PRCN-1009 CD 2011)

Rate of Change LIVE (PRCN-1008 DVD 2009)

Rate of Change LIVE (PRCN-1007 CD 2009)

Rate of Change (PRCN-1006 CD 2006)

Burn Season (PRCN-1005 CD 2004)

Rock Show (PRCN-1004 DVD 2003)

Suspension (PRCN-1003 CD 2001)

Travis Larson Band (PRCN-1001 CD 1998)
 
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Press Pull Quotes

"Silky bends, sweet legato lines, and tuneful shred characterize Larson's playing... instrumental rock fans should catch this guy."
-Guitar Player Magazine

"A lot of meat on the barbecue..."
-Axe Magazine

"Make no mistake, the fullness of TLB tunes boast an intense wall of sound that Phil Specter would unashamedly trade his gun collection to achieve....Larson has honed the craft of creating soul candy for the ear."
-Ray Sansom

"...unquestionably a guitar lover’s dream, this dynamic power trio offers much more than the dime-a-dozen Berklee educated wankers vying to dethrone Joe Satriani..."
-Sea of Tranquility

"...this band has all the chops and blazing technique to send all you wannabe shredders back to the woodshed, but what makes them stand so far apart from their peers is the SONGS..."
-Foundrymusic.com

"Think of a musical stew mixing a thick brown Rush gravy with big hearty chunks of Steve Morse and a dash of Jeff Beck...I haven’t been this impressed since the pairing of nitro and glycerin..."
-Ray Sansom

"Travis's bright, sinewy, melodic phrasing technique brings to mind Steve Morse... technically stunning, always tasty...If [this band] don't get your heart beating double time, you probably ain't breathin'."
-Progression Magazine

"...a smoking instrumental power trio...With tons of technique to burn..."
-Expose Magazine

"...make no mistake: This group is about bringing the unapologetic heat and light of a power trio...and Young employs the appropriately ass-kicking approach..."
- Bass Player Magazine

"...every guitar and instrumental rock fan should seek this out..."
-Sea of Tranquility

"...Larson's real gift is focusing his pyrotechnic skills toward the service of soulfulness..."
-NewTimes

"....filled with plenty of intriguing and memorable tunes that instantly pushed me to repeated viewings..."
-Sea of Tranquility

"Sharp, aggressive trio fusion here...moving, hypnotic...a wondrous thing to hear."
-Progression Magazine

"The Travis Larson Band hits a musical bullseye with an admirable album of guitar-based all-instrumental jazz-rock. An electrifying studio effort..."
-20th Century Guitar

"Larson is a melodically inclined instrumentalist, fierce of chops and clean of tone (as creamy distortion goes)...The trio makes a big, heroic sound..."
-The Independent

"This is a great instrumental rock band..."
-Bass Frontiers Magazine
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