PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
Studio album by Duane Eddy
Released	January 9, 1958
Recorded	1957
Studio	Audio Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre	Instrumental rock; rock and roll; rockabilly; blues; surf; country;
Length	33:47
Label	Jamie
Producer	Lee Hazlewood, Lester Sill
Duane Eddy chronology
Singles from Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
	"Moovin' N' Groovin"; Released: 1958; "Rebel-'Rouser"; Released: May 1958; "Ramrod"; Released: August 1958; "Cannonball"; Released: October 1958; "The Lonely One"; Released: 1959;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel is the debut album by the guitarist Duane Eddy.^[4]^[5] It was released in 1958 on Jamie Records, as JLP-3000.^[6] There were five charting singles and a B-side of an additional charting single taken from this album.

Jamie Records released the album again in 1999 on compact disc, as Jamie 4007-2, with three bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are, in order, "Up and Down", "The Walker" and "Mason Dixon Lion".

Background

After releasing a couple of successful singles, Eddy released his first album, Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel on January 9, 1958. It is a mix of early rock & roll, swing, country and blues, and contains several covers as well as original compositions. He and the band known as The Rebels — Al Casey on rhythm guitar, his wife Corki Casey also on rhythm guitar, Steve Douglas on saxophone, Buddy Wheeler on bass guitar, Mike Bermani and Bob Taylor on drums — who along with several guest musicians were joined by The Sharps (later known as The Rivingtons), who contributed non-lyrical vocals, whoops and hollers. The album spent 82 weeks on the Billboard charts during 1959-1960, reaching a high of #5. Five singles released both before and after the album was released, charted in the Billboard Hot 100. Eddy would go on to release nine more charting albums and 26 more charting singles in the next five years.

Critical reception

MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called the album "one of the keystones of modern rock guitar."^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood unless noted.

"Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) — 3:09
"I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) — 2:18
"Rebel Rouser" — 2:23
"Three-30-Blues" - 3:33
"Cannonball" — 1:55
"The Lonely One" — 1:42
"Detour" (Paul Westmoreland) — 2:12
"Stalkin'" — 2:27
"Ramrod" (Al Casey) — 1:42
"Anytime" (Herbert "Happy" Lawson) — 2:19
"Moovin' 'N' Groovin'" — 2:05
"Loving You" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) — 2:10

Personnel

The Rebels

Duane Eddy – guitar
Al Casey – electric bass, piano, rhythm guitar
Steve Douglas – saxophone
Corki Casey O'Dell – rhythm guitar
Buddy Wheeler – electric bass
Bob Taylor – drums
Mike Bermani – drums

Guest musicians

Plas Johnson – saxophone
Gil Bernal – saxophone
Ike Clanton – bass guitar
Jimmy Simmons – upright bass
Jimmy Wilcox – bass guitar
Donnie Owens – rhythm guitar
The Sharps – backing vocals

Technical

Lee Hazlewood – producer
Lester Sill – producer
Jack Miller – engineer
Eddie Brackett – engineer
Greg Vaughn – mastering
Tom Moulton – mastering
Ben Demotto – liner notes

Chart positions

Year	Title	U.S. Billboard 200^[8]	UK Albums Chart^[9]	Label and catalogue
1958	Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel	5	6	Jamie JLPS-3000

Singles

Year	Titles Both sides from that album except where indicated	Chart positions
Year	Titles Both sides from that album except where indicated	Billboard^[10]	Cashbox	UK^[11]
1958	"Moovin' N' Groovin' " b/w "Up and Down" (From $1,000,000 Worth of Twang, Volume II)	72	54	-
	"Rebel Rouser" b/w "Stalkin'"	6	7	19
	"Ramrod" b/w "The Walker" (Non-LP track)	27	33	-
	"Cannonball" b/w "Mason Dixon Lion" (Non-LP track)	15	16	22
1959	"The Lonely One" b/w "Detour"	23	19	-

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 215.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 220–221.
^ Casabona, Helen (April 9, 1989). "Rock Guitar". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
^ "In the Pipeline: After 50 years, Duane Eddy will travel". Daily Pilot. February 1, 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 376.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 260.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 178. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 218. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 248. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.