Nellie TigerTravis

About Nellie TigerTravis

Nellie Travis's love affair with music goes all the way back to southern Mississippi with a childhood filled with singing at church functions, weddings and talent competitions. Ms. Travis originally hails from Mound Bayou, Mississippi and during the mid 1980's she was lead vocalist for the Mississippi based group "SSIPP", opening for acts from Dee Dee Warwick to Ray Charles. During this period she also recorded extensively in Memphis under the direction of Ed Townsend.

Since relocating to Chicago in 1992, Nellie has been singing throughout the Chicago land area., Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, California, Mississippi, New York, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan and Wisconsin.

She has entertained crowds at the internationally famous Kingston Mines since 1997, backed by Sam Goode and the Crusin Blues Machine. Having blossomed as a blues force to be reckon with, Nellie now performs with her own band, The Men in Black. She has become a blues staple in Chicago and can be found performing in the many blues clubs in and around the Chicago area. Not content to merely stand on the stage and sing, she keeps the room alive, often leaving the bandstand to get people involved