Have Guitar Will Travel (Bo Diddley album)

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Have Guitar Will Travel
Have Guitar Will Travel.jpg
Studio album by Bo Diddley
Released January 1960 (1960-01)[1]
Recorded July 14, 1955 – September 1959 in Chicago, Illinois[2][3][4]
Genre Rock and roll, rhythm and blues
Length 32:03[5]
Label Checker
Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley chronology
Go Bo Diddley
(1959)Go Bo Diddley1959		 Have Guitar Will Travel
(1960)		 Bo Diddley in the Spotlight
(1960)Bo Diddley in the Spotlight1960
Singles from Have Guitar Will Travel
  1. "Cops & Robbers"
    Released: November 1956[6]
  2. "Say Man, Back Again"
    Released: November 1959[7]

Have Guitar Will Travel is the third studio album by rock and roll pioneer and blues icon Bo Diddley. It was released on the Checker Records label in 1960.

The front cover of Diddley's album displays a white calling card similar to that which Richard Boone's 'Have Gun-Will Travel' character Paladin carried and gave out on every episode of the series.

History

The song "Cops and Robbers" was released as an A-side of Checker single #850 in November 1956,[6] the b-side "Down Home Special" did not appear on this album. The song "Mona (I Need You Baby)" was released as the b-side to "Hey! Bo Diddley" in October 1957, the a-side appearing on Bo Diddley in 1959. "Say Man, Back Again" was released as a single in November 1959[7] The rest of the songs were album-only releases.

Cover versions

Several songs on Have Guitar Will Travel were covered by many British Invasion bands.[8] Originally recorded and released in 1956 by Boogaloo and his Gallant Crew led by singer Kent Harris (reissued on the Road Songs collection by Frémeaux et Associés), "Cops and Robbers" was recorded by The Rolling Stones,The Masters Apprentices, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, Downliners Sect, and George Thorogood.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ellas McDaniel, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "She's Alright"   3:56
2. "Cops And Robbers" (Kent Harris) 3:21
3. "Run Diddley Daddy"   2:36
4. "Mumblin' Guitar"   2:49
5. "I Need You Baby"   2:18
Total length:
 15:00[5]
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Say Man, Back Again"   2:53
2. "Nursery Rhyme"   2:43
3. "I Love You So"   2:20
4. "Spanish Guitar"   3:58
5. "Dancing Girl"   2:17
6. "Come On Baby"   2:52
Total length:
 17:03[5]

Personnel

Per liner notes[2][3][4]

Charts

"Say Man, Back Again" reached #23 on the R&B Singles chart.[9]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States January 1960 Checker Records LP LP-2974
United States 1984 Chess Records LP CH-9187
Cassette CHC-9187

References

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  9. ↑ Have Guitar Will Travel at AllMusic
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