Have Guitar Will Travel (Bo Diddley album) explained

Have Guitar Will Travel
Type:studio
Artist:Bo Diddley
Cover:Have Guitar Will Travel.jpg
Released:[1]
Recorded:July 14, 1955 – September 1959 in Chicago, Illinois[2] [3] [4]
Length:[5]
Label:Checker
Producer:Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Bo Diddley
Prev Title:Go Bo Diddley
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:Bo Diddley in the Spotlight
Next Year:1960

Have Guitar Will Travel is the third studio album by rock and roll musician 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. The location was Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York City[6]

History

The song "Cops and Robbers" was released as an A-side of Checker single #850 in November 1956; 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 the album Bo Diddley in 1958. "Say Man, Back Again" was released as a single in November 1959. The rest of the songs were album-only releases, although an edited version of "She's Alright", lacking vocal overdubs, had appeared as the B-side of "Say Man, Back Again."

Cover versions

Several songs on Have Guitar Will Travel were covered by many British Invasion bands.[7] 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.

Personnel

Per liner notes

Charts

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

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United StatesJanuary 1960Checker RecordsLPLP-2974
United States1984Chess RecordsLPCH-9187
CassetteCHC-9187

Notes and References

  1. January 4, 1960. Reviews of This Week's LP's. Billboard. 29.
  2. His Best . Bo Diddley . 1997 . CD liner . . CHD-9373 . . 2010-12-29 . 2011-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916055954/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Bo_Diddley_His_Best.html . dead .
  3. I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 . Bo Diddley . 2007 . CD liner . . B0009231-02 . United States.
  4. Road Runner: The Chess Masters, 1959-1960 . Bo Diddley . 2008 . CD liner . . B0011076-02 . United States.
  5. Have Guitar Will Travel . Bo Diddley . Back cover . Vinyl sleeve . . LP 2974 . United States.
  6. Web site: Musical Maps.
  7. Web site: Overview: Have Guitar, Will Travel by Bo Diddley . Bruce . Eder . . . . December 9, 2010.

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