Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel/Especially for You

by Duane Eddy, Duane Eddy & the Rebels

Overview

This two-fer CD release collects Duane Eddy's first two albums on one CD, 1958's Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel and 1959's Especially for You, and if you're looking for a handy template of the sound that made him famous, this does the trick as well as you could hope. The 24 songs from these two albums all follow roughly the same path -- Eddy laying out bass-heavy, reverb-soaked guitar leads while an inconspicuous but indefatigable rhythm section keeps the beat behind him and a raunchy sax (usually played by Steve Douglas) wails along. It's not unfair to call Eddy a one-trick pony, but dozens (more like hundreds) of pickers tried to capture the fine points of his style over the years, and none of them ever got especially close to capturing the laid-back but committed feel of Eddy's music and the subtle dexterity of his picking. The audio on this set is superb, sounding as clear and deep as the original LP pressings with less noise, and the package includes four bonus tracks, as well as the original liner notes for both albums, new essays from Gary Blailock, and lots of photos and label scans. This isn't exactly the definitive Duane Eddy collection, but if you're looking for an introduction to his work, starting from the beginning with this disc is not a bad way to go. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	07/05/2011
Label:	Hoodoo
UPC:	8436028698325

Tracks

1. The Lonesome Road
2. I Almost Lost My Mind
3. Rebel-Rouser
4. Three-30-Blues
5. Cannonball
6. The Lonely One
7. Detour
8. Stalkin'
9. Ramrod
10. Anytime
11. Movin' n' Groovin'
12. Loving You
13. Peter Gunn
14. Only Child
15. Lover
16. Fuzz
17. Yep
18. Along the Navajo Trail
19. Just Because
20. Quiniela
21. Trouble in Mind
22. Tuxedo Junction
23. Hard Times
24. Along Came Linda
25. Night Train to Memphis
26. Up and Down
27. Mason Dixon Lion
28. Tiger Love and Turnip Greens

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Duane Eddy   Primary Artist,Guitar
Duane Eddy & the Rebels   Primary Artist
Freman Singers   Vocals (Background)
John Harris   Vocals
Red Callender   Guitar (Bass)
Al Casey   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Piano
Alfred Frazier   Vocals
Steve Douglas   Saxophone
George Tracy   Harmonica
Buddy Wheeler   Bass (Electric)
Jimmy Wilcox   Guitar (Bass)
Corky Casey   Guitar (Rhythm)
Steve Kreisman   Saxophone
Jimmy Simmons   Bass (Upright)
Alvin Simmons   Bass
Gil Bernal   Saxophone
Donnie Owens   Guitar (Rhythm)
Bill Pitman   Guitar
Barney Kessel   Guitar
Earl Palmer   Drums
Gaynel Hodge   Vocals
David Campbell   Guitar (Bass)
Bob Taylor   Drums,Drums
James Horn   Saxophone
Tyler Wheeler   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jimmy Trocel   Drums
Larry Knechtel   Organ,Piano
Frank Capp   Drums
Carl White   Vocals
Howard Roberts   Guitar
Jim Horn   Flute,Saxophone
Jimmy Bond   Guitar (Bass)
Plas Johnson   Saxophone
The Rebels   Featured Artist
Don Owens   Guitar (Rhythm)
Jimmy Troxell   Drums
Moe Wechsler   Piano
Mike Bermani   Drums
Ike Clanton   Guitar (Bass)
The Sharps   Vocals (Background)
James Troxel   Drums
Vivian J. Casey   Guitar

Technical Credits

Pick DuBose   Images
Dick Charles   Composer
Lee Hazlewood   Composer,Producer
Lester Sill   Producer
Jerry Winn   Composer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Richard M. Jones   Composer
Kal Mann   Composer
Marvin Hughes   Composer
Nathaniel Shilkret   Composer
Owen Bradley   Composer
William Johnson   Composer
Michael Crocker   Images
Bob Shelton   Composer
Stanley Styne   Composer
June Hershey   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Al Lewis   Composer
Buddy Feyne   Composer
Herbert "Happy" Lawson   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Ben Jordon   Engineer
Hank Ballard   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Composer
Jimmie Davis   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Don Swander   Composer
Jack Miller   Engineer
Odis Echols   Composer
Herbert Lawson   Composer
Gary Blailock   Liner Notes
James Garro   Images
Roger Garfunki   Images
Jettoki DB   Design
Noble Watts   Composer
Edward L. Alperson, Jr.   Composer
James Horn   Composer
Santi Comelles   Images
Dave Mathis   Images
Paul Westmoreland   Composer
Sydney Robin   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Chet Atkins   Composer
Larry Markes   Composer
Larry Stock   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Larry Knechtel   Composer,Producer
Fats Domino   Composer
Easy Deal Wilson   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Frank Guida   Composer
Eddie Brackett   Engineer
Erskine Hawkins   Composer
Duane Eddy   Composer,Producer
Charlie Phillips   Composer
Fred Karger   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Charles Mitchell   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Joey Dee   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer
Johnny Western   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Julian Dash   Composer
Roy Acuff   Composer
Richard Boone   Composer
George A. Whiting   Composer
Henry Glover   Composer
Dave Appell   Composer
Dory Langdon   Composer
Ben Demotto   Liner Notes
Sam Rolfe   Composer
Bob Thompson   Arranger,Composer
Al Casey   Composer
Hans Wittstatt   Composer