Hard worker, all day all night, every day, every night, no nonsence, straight to the point, call it, like I see it kinda guy, pretty much a loner .. sometimes misunderstood but only by those who are not really in his inner circumference, and especially if you're trying to read something into what he is saying,  instaed of  hearing what he is saying, and taking it for what he is saying, no more , or no less.. because for the most part , it really cut and dry, black or white , there are no gray areas .. Some may call him arrogant, but El' call it, straight to the point, raw, can be abrassive, uncut, and sometimes rated xxx, but only if  needed.. tell it like it is , and sometimes like it is can hurt ,that's if and only if , you don't really want to hear the truth,, So one of El's suggestions is , " don't ask me , if you really don't want to know , you figga dill me ?.."

 

Songwriter, Arranger, Producer, Sax & Keyboard Player, Singer William Travis aka "El Willie" began his professional career began in the early 70's, when he joined The Original Drifters as a sax player. In the late 70's he left The Drifters to venture into other types of music. So in the late 70's he joined the renown group called, The Cornelius Brothers & Sisters Rose as a sax player and band leader.  He was with that group approx. two years, and at that time the same guy that was managing The Drifters, Cornelius Bros & Sister Rose, was now managing The Flamingos, and they needed a singer. So he asked him to do him a favor and sing with that group. So he sang with The Flamingos as a background singer and choreographer for about nine months but at the time the doo-woop style wasn't for him. At the request of Eddie Cornelius he returned to the group to become the band director, background singer, and choreographer. He was with the group a total of nine years. In 1991 he branched out on his own and formed a four piece jazz band. In 1994 moved to Atlanta, GA where he became an established songwriter who has written, arranged and produced songs such as, "All My Baby Left Me A Note, My Guitar And A Cookie Jar" and "Stand Up In It" for Theodis Ealey. Which remained in the Billboard Magazine at the number one spot for three months as the number one song in single sales , and he wrote "I'm A Man On A Mission" for Willie Hill , El' also added some lyrics to an already very solid layed track as El said by Bruce Billips on" Come Back Home," for Lebrado.

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El' Willie released his first C.D. on M.V.P. Records out of West Palm Beach Fla. in 2002 entitled, "EL ' Over Easy." Since then from 2003 up until now, 2016 El' Willie have realeased 13 full cds. and have managed to stay in the top 5 since the Up Close & Personal Cd which was released in 2011. that had a song call Body calling , that remained in the number 1 spot for at least a year and stayed in the top 5 for another year and a half. since 2011 one of El's songs are always in the top five on the Southern Soul radio charts .. there is a radio chart page on this website, so you can check it for yourself..   El' did a remake of one of James Brown song Try Me, in 2015 and the song is still floating in and out of the #1 & 2 spot on the charts http://soulbluesmusic.com/southernsoulsingles.htm..

 

In 2018 April 4th El' Willie along with Cannonball Records  UK . at the request of Mr. Yann Vatiste, did a re-make of a song that El' did with the band Nobody's Children 1976. The remake was a on  7" vinyl  45 on the Cannon Ball Record label which El' also did on his latest cd El' 19 Smooth As Silk.the song it titled Shapdarp  3000 The Remix....  (Here is the link  and some more information for the vinyl https://www.discogs.com/El-Willie-Shardarp-II/release/11816824

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Now that's my story, and I'm sticking to it , you figga dill me ? ...Peace 

 

Ps. Right now Stan Travis is the owner and founder of one of the hottest gospel groups in south florida , The Gospel Explosions, and is about to re open MVP Studio .. Larrice Byrd is a member of the Grammy Award winnng gospel group The Fairfield Four out ot Nashville Tenn. and myself , I just finished my 19th cd called El' 19 Smooth As Silk , so pick that up or download it from cd baby or any of the online Amazon.com , Spotify, Tital , Apple Music, iTunes, or any of your digital distributors,,