Travis Shredd and the Good Ol' Homeboys

Travis Shredd and the Good Ol' Homeboys is an American band that was started by Eric Wilson, a.k.a. Travis Shredd. The band combines the sounds of country, metal and rap, usually within the same song.

Travis Shredd and the Good Ol' Homeboys have been featured on the Dr. Demento radio show and have been included on Dr. Demento's CD releases. They were the only band ever to have simultaneous rotation on Seattle's top country station (KYCW 'Young Country'), top rock station (KISW) and top R&B station 93.3(KUBE). Their music has also been heard on numerous radio and TV stations around the world which include Nu Country, 94.9 FM, Melbourne, Australia; KSER, 90.7, Lynnwood, WA; KDGS, 93.9, Wichita, KS; KLOW, 105.1, Caruthersville, MO; WTUE, 104.7, Dayton, Ohio; WEGR, 103, Memphis, TN; WMIL, 106, Milwaukee, WI; Y99, Fredericksburg, VA; WFKR, Kalamazoo, MI; WLGH, Versailles, KY; WWST, 91.3, Knoxville, TN. They have been featured guests on TV shows including Chicago's "The Otherside," with host Ken Mottet and Seattle's "Spud Goodman Show."

Today the band is somewhat disbanded but definitely not gone. Travis Shredd lives in Las Vegas and still gets his band together now and then. They played at "Slamstock" in Las Vegas with a great intro by Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame. And they did a special 2 NiGHTS at Sapphire, the world's largest strip club. Travis has performed solo acoustic versions of his songs in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues and on a podcast by Internet radio personality "Crazy Jay." He is presently in negotiations for making The Good Ol' Homeboys into a Las Vegas Show.

Discography

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Headbanger's Squaredance
(1993, Blue Cliff Records)

1. So What (4:17)
2. Saddle Up Da Hawgs (3:52)
3. That's M' Name (4:00)
4. Bang Bang Bang (4:07)
5. Diver Dan (4:08)
6. Here Come Da Train (3:05)
7. Down Wit Da Boys (4:18)
8. Will Ya Still Look Purty (4:45)
9. Corina's Cadillac (3:36)
10. Headbanger's Squaredance (4:00)
11. Rumble Tumble and Twist (3:25)
12. Concussion (3:23)

Travis Shredd: guitar, vocals, banjo, keyboards, drum machine
Richard Gibson: bass, vocals
Mike Feruson: drums
Tom Phelps: pedal steel guitar
Patsy Montana Shredd: vocals, big hair
Connie Belle Corrick: vocals

668: The Neighbor Of The Beast
(Mar. 1997, Blue Cliff Records)

1. My Ex's Lawyer Is the AntiChrist
2. 668: The Neighbor of the Beast
3. DIE (In a Flaming Car Crash)
4. Fire in Her Eyes (Hail Satan)
5. Whoa Tequila
6. Quit Yo' Whinin'
7. Rooster in the Henhouse
8. Thunderin' Bass
9. Oklahomey
10. Saddle Tramp
11. I'm Like a Kenworth
12. Goin' South (In a Northbound Lane)

Travis Shredd
Tea-Böy: guitar
Merfdog: keyboards
MC Stevie-Bob Lethal: drums
B-Naz: bass
Tommy Hollywood (Tom Phelps): pedal steel guitar

The CD release party was held in downtown Seattle had special guests Weird Al Yankovic and his drummer, Bermuda Schwartz in attendance.

Nashville Drive-By (Haiku Edition)
(Nov. 1999, Blue Cliff Records)

1. Nashville Drive-by
2. Smoove Flava
3. The Merfdog Haiku
4. Jiggy Crack Head (And I Don't Care)
5. (If You Was) Half the Man (Yo' Mamma Says I Am)
6. The B-Naz Haiku
7. Cousin Clem Takes [...]
8. Ear Bleedin' Waltz
9. The MC Stevie-Bob Lethal Haiku
10. Tattletale
11. Come on Back (So's I Can Kill You)
12. The Tea-Böy Haiku
13. Trailer Trash
14. Prozac Princess
15. The Tommy Hollywood Haiku
16. Where We Goin'?
17. Yo Travis, Please Represent
18. The Travis Shredd Haiku

Travis Shredd
Tea-Böy
Merfdog
MC Stevie-Bob Lethal
B-Naz
Tommy Hollywood

In addition to the songs, the CD also featured Haikus composed and performed by each of the band members, as an homage to Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" album.

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