Nellie "Tiger" Travis Nellie "Tiger" Travis is a beautiful woman with a soulful voice. Originally hailing from a small town in Mississippi, Travis now calls Chicago home. In her new surroundings, Nellie has chosen to demonstrate her ample vocal talents in the highly competitive Chicago blues scene, performing at venues such as Kingston Mines and Koko Taylor's Celebrity Room. Covering a variety of musical styles including blues, r+b, jazz and even gospel. Now she has added southern soul under her belt with the CD Wanna Be With You. Nellie delivers emotion like nobody's business. They say what comes from the heart, goes to the heart and Nellie will go right to your heart. I mean the girl can go, the slow jams are there, the dance floor hits will get you going, you can't keep still listing to Nellie Tiger Travis.