Tom Travis and the Bluegrass Incident

Tom Travis is a UK bluegrass music pioneer. During his forty-years-plus in the music, Tom has been involved in all its aspects including success in the Tom & Smiley duo throughout the 1960's, with large international album sales; regular radio and TV appearances; extensive touring and a long period in charge of the Edale Bluegrass Festival, the largest of its type outside America. In addition to the popular BBC Radio 2 series Bluegrass Ramble, Tom has also written and presented other features on bluegrass music for that same station.

Tom is a founder member of the British Bluegrass Music Association and served as its Chairman for six years. He has performed on stage with many top American bluegrass stars, is a songwriter and currently performs and records with his band "The Bluegrass Incident". A track from their latest Album A Small Patch of Blue, on the Proper Label, has recently made No1 in two European Radio Top 40 Charts.

The musicians in Tom’s band are acknowledged as some of the best in bluegrass, so anyone into virtuoso banjo, fiddle and mandolin, with high lonesome singing is in for a treat. America’s Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine said of Tom’s new album, ‘A Small Patch of Blue,’ “the instrumental work is flawless; it’s truly original and a goldmine of entertainment.”