Have Gun, Will Travel #1402

Matt Burke of Have Gun, Will Travel has been around the block with label and indie success with his bands over the years. As his previous band saw critical and airplay success, but not a comparable financial reward, his songwriting took a different turn and he forged ahead with Have Gun, Will Travel — initially a solo effort to let the new sounds have a platform, but ultimately becoming a band in itself. HGWT plays extensively throughout the Southeast and will reach much more of the nation this year, with runs joining Shooter Jennings, Railroad Earth, Country Fried Rock alum, Matt Woods and also The Whiskey Gentry, and Radiolucent. Burke is a talented songwriter and the band balances fun, upbeat music with more reflective tracks, not descending too much into SBM that is prevalent in the genre right now. Grab some friends, and go see Have Gun, Will Travel.

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Liner Notes

Have Gun, Will Travel Fiction, Fact or Folktale?
Have Gun, Will Travel TV Theme is called “Ballad of Paladin,” full instrumental by Duane Eddy (TV version was by “Johnny Western” with lyrics)
The Whiskey Gentry Holly Grove
Glossary Feral Fire
Matt Woods Deadman’s Blues
The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me NOTE: The song “Alex Chilton” is how I learned who he was and about Big Star, so it deserves credit for my own music discovery and part of our conversation about recording at Ardent Studios in Memphis.
Magnolia Mountain Town and Country
Railroad Earth Last of the Outlaws