  Blues Traveler originated in
1987 with lead singer and harmonica player,
John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, bassist
Bobby Sheehan, and drummer Brendan Hill. The
band caught the attention of record executive
from A&M Records while playing at
numerous clubs throughout New York.
Blues Traveler released their
debut LP - Blues
Traveler.
 Blues Traveler released Travelers
& Thieves.
The group released a
limited-edition live LP - On
Tour Forever.
Popper was injured in a
motorcycle accident that left him in a
wheelchair for most of the following year,
but he continued to perform with the group.
Blues Traveler released Save
His Soul.
Later in the summer Blues
Traveler performed at Woodstock
'94.
 Blues Traveler released Four.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
Blues Traveler hit the Top 40
with "Run-Around."
Four was certified gold.
 Blues Traveler hit the Top 10 with "Run-Around."
Blues
Traveler was certified gold and Four was certified
platinum.
Blues Traveler began touring
with the 'HORDE' package tour.
Four was certified 2x
platinum.
Blues Traveler performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Blues Traveler hit the Top 40
with "Hook."
Blues Traveler could be heard on
the soundtrack to Ace
Ventura: When Nature Calls with the song,
"Secret Agent Man."
Four was certified 3x
platinum.
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
Blues Traveler were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New
Artist.
Four was certified 4x
platinum.
"Run-Around" became
Billboard's longest-charting single to date
with 49 weeks on the Hot 100 Singles chart.
Blues Traveler won a Grammy
Award for Best
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Run-Around").
Four was certified 5x
platinum.
Save
His Soul and Travelers
& Thieves were certified gold.
Blues Traveler began touring
again with the 'HORDE' package tour.
 Blues Traveler released
the live LP - Live
From The Fall.
Blues Traveler hit the Top 40
with "But Anyway."
Live
From The Fall was certified gold.
Four was certified 6x
platinum and Live
From The Fall was certified platinum.
 Blues Traveler released
Straight
On Till Morning.
Blues Traveler began touring
again with the 'HORDE' package tour.
Sheehan was
arrested for possession of cocaine. Two grams
of the substance was found with Sheehan at
the Winnipeg Airport in Canada where the band
arrived to open for the Rolling
Stones.
Straight
On Till Morning was certified gold.
Blues Traveler began touring
again with the 'HORDE' package tour.
Straight
On Till Morning was certified platinum.
Sheehan was
sentenced to probation (2 years) for cocaine
possession. He pleaded guilty to the charges
which stem from his arrest in last year.
Bobby Sheehan died of unknown
causes in New Orleans at the age of 31.
 John Popper temporarily took a
break from Blues Traveler to record a solo
LP, Zygote. Popper was also seen
in the film For The Time Being.
Pepper celebrated the release of his debut
solo LP, Zygote, and talked about the
loss of Sheehan to MTV: "I think the way
that I mourn or deal with really bad news is
I try to figure out what to do about it,
finding stuff to do to make sure these people
know, talk to these people about what
happened. I mean we're a very tight-knit
group. It destroyed all of us, you know? I'm
still not over it, but I just kind of feel
dried out." Popper also planned to tour
solo in the fall.
Popper decided to cancel part of
his solo tour due to poor ticket sales, and
instead hopes to use the time to focus on his
health.
The band announced that they
will remain a group despite the recent death
of their bassist. The band's label stated
that the decision to stay together was
unanimous among the remaining band members:
"We thought it would be useless to
compound the tragedy by letting something we
all, including Bobby, worked so hard for to
fall apart."
Coroner findings ruled the death
Sheehan as an overdose of various drugs
(including cocaine, Valium, and heroin) and
was classified as accidental.
Tad Kinchla (brother of Chan)
was hired as the band's new bassist to
replace Bobby Sheehan.
 Blues Traveler released Bridge.
Blues Traveler released the live
LP - What
You And I Have Been Through.
 Travelogue:
Blues Traveler Classics was released.
Blues Traveler released Truth
Be Told.
# 344 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Blues Traveler released Bastardos.
Popper was arrested for pot
possesion and reckless friving in California.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Run-Around" at # 76.
The Blues Travelers released North
Hollywood Shootout.
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Blues Traveler
Released: 1990
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 136
Tracks: "But Anyway" -
"Gina" - "Mulling It
Over" - "100 Years" -
"Dropping Some NYC" -
"Crystal Flame" - "Slow
Change" - "Warmer Days" -
"Gotta Get Mean" -
"Alone" - "Sweet Talking
Hippie" |
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Travelers & Thieves
Released: September, 1991
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 125
Tracks: "The
Tiding" - "Onslaught" -
"Ivory Tusk" - "What's For
Breakfast" - "I Have My
Moments" - "Optimistic
Thoughts" - "The Best
Part" - "Sweet Pain" -
"All In The Groove" -
"Support Your Local Emperor" -
"Bagheera" - "Mountain
Cry" |
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Save His Soul
Released: April, 1993
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 72
Tracks: "Trina
Magna" - "Love &
Greed" - "Letter From A
Friend" - "Believe Me" -
"Go Outside And Drive" -
"Defense & Desire" -
"Whoops" - "Manhattan
Bridge" - "Love Of My
Life" - "NY Prophesie" -
"Save His Soul" -
"Bullsh_tter's Lament" -
"Conquer Me" -
"Fledgling" |
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Four
Released: September, 1994
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Tracks: "Run-Around" -
"Stand" - "Look
Around" - "Fallible" -
"The Mountains Win Again" -
"Freedom" - "Crash
Burn" - "Price To Pay" -
"Hook" - "The
Good, The Bad, & The Ugly" -
"Just Wait" - "Brother
John" |
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Live From The Fall
Released: July, 1996
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 46
Rolling Stone
review: 
Live Tracks: "Love And
Greed" - "Mulling It Over"
- "Closing Down The Park" -
"Regarding Steven" - "New
York Prophesie" - "100
Years" - "Crash Burn" -
"Gina" - "But Anyway" -
"Mountain Cry" -
"Alone" - "Freedom" -
"Mountains Win" -
"Breakfast" - "Go" -
"Low" - "Run" -
"Hippie/Imagine" |
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Straight On Till Morning
Released: July, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Carolina
Blues" - "Felicia" -
"Justify The Thrill" -
"Canadian Rose" -
"Business As Usual" -
"Yours" - "Psycho
Joe" - "Great Big World" -
"Battle Of Someone" -
"Most Precarious" - "The
Gunfighter" - "Last Night I
Dreamed" - "Make My Way" |
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John Popper: Zygote
Released: September, 1999
Billboard
peak:
# 105
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Miserable
Bastard" - "Once You Wake
Up" - "Growing In Dirt" -
"Tip The Domino" - "His
Own Ideas" - "Home" -
"Love For Free" - "How
About Now" - "Evil In My
Chair" - "Lunatic" -
"Open Letter" -
"Fledgling" |
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Bridge
Released: May, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 91
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Back In The
Day" - "Girl Inside My
Head" - "Rage" -
"Just For Me" - "You Reach
Me" - "All Hands" -
"Pretty Angry" - "The
Way" - "You Lost Me There"
- "Sadly A Fiction" -
"You're Burning Me" -
"Decision Of The Skies" |
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What You And I Have Been
Through
Released: October, 2002
Live Tracks: "Star
Spangled Banner" - "Slow
Change" - "Reach Me" -
"Sadly A Fiction" -
"Carolina Blues" -
"Pattern" - "Back In The
Day" - "Rage" - "Lost
Me There" - "All Hands" -
"The Path" |
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Travelogue: Blues
Traveler Classics
Released: November, 2002
Tracks: "But Anyway" -
"Gina" - "Mulling It
Over" - "100 Years" -
"Optimistic Thought" -
"Sweet Pain" - "Mountain
Cry" - "Love & Greed"
- "Conquer Me" - "Run-Around" -
"Regarding Steven" - "The
Mountains Win Again" - "Crash
Burn" - "Hook" -
"Carolina Blues" -
"Canadian Rose" - "Just
For Me" |
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Truth Be Told
Released: August, 2003
Billboard
peak:
# 147
Tracks: "Unable To
Get Free" - "Eventually (I'll
Come Around)" - "Sweet &
Broken" - "My Blessed
Pain" - "Let Her And Let
Go" - "Thinnest Of Air" -
"Can't See Why" - "Stumble
& Fall" - "This Ache"
- "Mount Normal" - "The
One" |
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Bastardos
Released: September, 2005
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "You Can't
Stop Thinking About Me" -
"Amber Awaits" - "After
What" - "Money Back
Guarantee" - "Can't Win True
Love" - "Nail" -
"Leaning In" - "She And
I" - "Rubberneck" -
"Nerfertiti" - "What Could
Possibly Go Wrong" - "That
Which Doesn't Kill You" - "She
Isn't Mine" - "The Children Of
The Night" |
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North Hollywood Shootout
Released: August, 2008
Tracks: "Forever
Owed" - 'You, Me And
Everything" - "Love Does"
- "Borrowed Time" - "The
Beacons" - "Orange In The
Sun" - "What Remains" -
"How You Remember It" -
"The Queen Of Sarajevo" -
"Free Willis" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Traveler's Blues
Released: July 30, 2021
Tracks: "Funky
Bitch" - "You Got Me
Runnin'" - "Tore Down"
(with Wendy Moten) - "Ball And
Chain" - "Crazy" -
"Sittin' On Top Of The World" -
"Need Your Love So Bad" -
"Roadhouse Blues" - "Call
Me The Breeze" - "Trouble In
Mind" |
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