Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel

Background

After releasing a couple of successful singles, Eddy released his first album Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel on January 9, 1959. 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 sax, Buddy Wheeler on bass and both 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 1959-60, 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.

Eddy and the album spawned a number of imitators such as the Rock-A-Teens, The Fabulous Wailers, The Frantics, The Fireballs and eventually The Ventures.

Track listing

All songs written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood unless noted

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

The Rebels

Guest Musicians

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