Active from 2006 | Genres Rock | |
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Albums Science from an Easy Chair Record labels Suburban Home Recordings, This Is American Music, Have Gun, Will Travel Similar Joey Kneiser, Micah Schnabel, Fifth on the Floor, Great Peacock, Brent Best | ||
Have Gun will Travel is an alternative folk-rock band, launched on January 24, 2006. Based in Bradenton, Florida, they make reference to the town in several songs, including Salad Days from the album Postcards from the Friendly City ("The Friendly City" is also a reference to Bradenton).
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The band has Americana, folk-rock, country music, and punk-rock influence, and has been featured in a national Chevy TV commercial, as well as the PBS series Roadtrip Nation, and CBS’s The Good Wife. On July 31st, 2015 the band released their fifth album, Science from an Easy Chair, a full-length concept album based entirely on British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Lead vocalist Matt Burke's songwriting draws on western themes of life and death, honor, and morality throughout the band's narrative songs.
Albums
Since the 2008 release of their debut full-length album Casting Shadows Tall As Giants, the album has been in the top 5 most-played album of the year on Tampa's WMNF 88.5 FM. Their fifth album, Science from an Easy Chair, was released on July 31st, 2015.
Their five albums:
Popular Culture
Their song "Blessing and a Curse" (from the album Casting Shadows Tall as Giants) was used during the final scenes and the credits of The Good Wife season 3 episode 21 (The Penalty Box, aired April 22, 2012).
Songs
Goodnight - Sweet ChariotScience from an Easy Chair · 2015
Dream No MoreMergers & Acquisitions · 2011
Wolf in Shepherd's ClothesPostcards from the Friendly City · 2009