Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
# Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel

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Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel is the debut album by the guitarist Duane Eddy. It was released in 1958 on Jamie Records, as JLP-3000. 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."

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