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Have Gun, Will Travel
Indie / Folk / Americana

NEW RECORD NOVEMBER 17TH!



Florida
United States

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   Have Gun, Will Travel: General Info
Member Since1/24/2006
Band MembersMatt Burke (voice, accoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica)

Daniel Burke (bass guitar, voice)

JP Beaubien (drums, percussion)

Joshua Hernandez (viola)

Scott Anderson (elec. guitar, lap steel)

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HGWT's freshly minted full-length debut, Casting Shadows Tall as Giants, ranks with anything on the national Americana charts. Its gorgeous acoustic guitar-based melodies are fleshed out with back-porch banjo, lap steel, viola, piano and harmonica. A taut rhythm section that occasionally operates in subdued rock mode propels the songs. The mostly traditional instrumentation, arrangements and production provide a supreme backdrop for Matt Burke's reedy, intimate singing about charlatan preachers, finding solace in a lover's arms and facing up to the responsibilities of growing older. Creative Loafing

...the best total performance was delivered by Tampa band Have Gun, Will Travel, whose rustic music ain’t no quaint sweet-tea affectation of the sort so many artists put on like period costume. This is some fire-in-the-belly shit here, draped heavily in swooning gypsy viola. Though proudly traditional in language, their expression throbs with an indie temper that distinguishes them as one of the region’s most realized and evocative Americana acts. Orlando Weekly

Local Americana aces Have Gun, Will Travel release their full-length debut Casting Shadows Tall as Giants. The swinger "Blessing and a Curse" starts in with a folksy singalong so good it may push that La Quinta jingle out of your head (finally). Sweet strums of the guitar, banjo, tight rhythms and viola abound, leaving no for time for misfire on this sparkling release. Tampa Bay Times

...Casting Shadows is steeped in the country twinges of lap steel, harmonica, banjo, strings, and acoustic guitars. The record's true strength is its artful tributes to classic westerns, tying the album stylistically and thematically to the wild-west in all its gun-blazing glory... Burke's rich songwriting weaves classic western themes of life and death, honor, and morality throughout the record's narrative songs." National Public Radio

These Tampa Bay upstarts combine chamber-pop melody and mood with folk-punk surge to compelling effect. Fans of Okkervil River and the Avett Brothers will find much to admire in their latest, Casting Shadows Tall as Giants. Metromix Nashville

Ask just about anyone connected with Tampa Bay's music scene and Have Gun, Will Travel's debut full-length inevitably comes up as the year's stand-out release. Matthew Burke's lyrics tell intriguing stories, and they're matched by the stories told by the band's music. Joshua Hernandez's viola adds drama and atmosphere. Have Gun, Will Travel view Americana as a starting gate, not a holding pen. TBOextra.com

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Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Skipper’s Smokehouse Tampa, Florida
Dec 5 2009 8:00P
Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 11 2009 10:00P
Emerald Bar Saint Petersburg, Florida

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Postcards from the Friendly City available now!

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Since the 2008 release of their debut full-length Casting Shadows Tall As Giants, the band has been gaining momentum regionally as well as nationally. The album was featured on NPR’s “Second Stage” program. "Their music has a great energy to it with some infectious, sing-along choruses and refrains." commented NPR host Robin Hilton. At Creative Loafing's 2008 Best of the Bay Awards held in Tampa, HGWT took home the Readers' Poll Award for Best Americana Act and Staff pick for Local CD of the Year. The album landed in the top 5 most-played album of the year on Tampa's WMNF 88.5 fm. In early 2009 Casting Shadows... spent 2 months on the CMJ Top 200 college charts. The album opener "Blessing and a Curse" was recently chosen to appear on every episode of the 2009 season of PBS's Roadtrip Nation.

The anxiously anticipated and newly pressed follow-up release Postcards from the Friendly City has already begun generating a regional buzz that will surely spread as the band continues to bring their energetic live performance to new audiences.

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KBSU 90.3 fm - Boise, ID (208) 426-3663

KCSS 91.9 fm - Turlock, CA (209) 667-3900

KDUP 1580 am - Portland, OR (503) 943-7121

KDUR 91.9 fm - Durango, CO (970) 247-7262

KHSU 90.5 fm - Arcata, CA (707) 826 4805

KMNR 89.7 fm - Rolla, MO (573) 341-4272

KMSC 1500 am - Moorhead, MN (218) 477-2115

KPUR 94.5 fm - Forest Grove, OR (503) 359-2200

KRVM 91.9 fm - Eugene, OR (541) 687-KRVM

KRVS 88.7 fm - Lafayette, LA (800) 892-6827

KSCL 91.3 fm - Shreveport, LA (318) 869-5296

KSYM 90.1 fm - San Antonio, TX (210) 485-KSYM

KTRM 88.7 fm - Kirksville, MO (660) 785-5876

KURA 98.9 fm - Ouray, CO (970) 325-7289

KUSP 88.9 fm - Santa Cruz, CA (831) 476-2800

KVSC 81.9 fm - St. Cloud, MN (320) 308-5872

WARC 90.3 fm - Meadville, PA (814) 332-5275

WCCS 96.5 fm - Norton, MA (508) 286-3835

WCCX 104.5 fm - Waukesha, WI (262) 524-7699

WCUR 91.7 fm - West Chester, PA (610) 436-2478

WDWN 89.1 fm - Auburn, NY (315) 253-0449

WEOS 89.7 fm - Geneva, NY (315) 781-3897

WFCF 88.5 fm - Saint Augustine, FL (904) 819-6449

WKKL 90.7 fm - West Barnstable, MA (508) 375-4030

WMCO 90.7 fm - New Concord, OH (740) 826-8189

WMLU 91.3 fm - Farmville, VA (434) 395-2475

WMNF 88.5 fm - Tampa, FL (813) 239-9663

WMTU 91.9 fm - Houghton, MI (906) 487-1600

WNHU 88.7 fm - West Haven, CT (203) 479-8807

WQAC 90.9 fm - Alma, MI (989) 463-7301

WRSE 88.7 fm - Elmhurst, IL (630) 617-5683

WRSU 88.7 fm - New Brunswick, NJ (732) 932-8800

WRUW 91.1 fm - Cleveland, OH (216) 368-2208

WSIN 1590 am - New Haven, CT (203) 392-5353

WSRU 88.1 fm - Slippery Rock, PA (401) 341-2450

WUSC 90.5 fm - Columbia, SC (803) 576-WUSC

WVMM 90.7 fm - Grantham, PA (717) 796-5351

WVYC 99.7 fm - York, PA (717) 815-1311

WWHR 91.7 fm - Bowling Green, KY (270) 745-5350

WXIN 90.7 fm - Providence, RI (401) 456-8787


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tommy

tommy



Nov 22 2009 6:57 AM

Great review in No Depression, Tex!
Missing your shows.
Ashely

Matos Nancy



Nov 21 2009 6:05 AM

Good Morning,

Give you flowers and "HI" to you!



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Tim Walsh



Nov 20 2009 6:04 AM

Congrats On the CD fellas! Now come out and see Me. Come Play with my friend's Band:

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Amy

Amy Obermuller



Nov 17 2009 7:24 AM

GOOD LUCK With YOUR NEW CD!
I wish I could hv been there the 14th to celebrate! I moved to NY state though. If you guys play sometime between the 15th of Dec and New Year's I will be sure to check it out. Once again GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL! You guys decieve it!
Justin

Justin Norton



Nov 17 2009 1:26 AM

LOVE the new album! Thank you for treating my ears to such wonderful sounds!
Rockets21

Rockets21



Nov 16 2009 11:02 PM

The new record is wonderful.  Well Done...
Stacy

Stacy



Nov 15 2009 8:18 PM

Great show last night, you guys.  I can't stop listening to the new album.  It's amazing.  Josh, that was the best I've ever seen you play.  You absolutely blew everyone away.  I'm so sorry to hear about your father.  Hope to see ya'll again soon.
Go Gators!

Go Gators!



Nov 15 2009 6:00 PM

LOVE LOVE LOVE the new CD. Still wearing my blue rubber band. Come back to Gainesville ASAP.
Josh

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Nov 14 2009 12:47 PM

Just want to drop by and tell you good luck at your show tonight. Unfortunately Alicia and I just don't have the dough this week. I'm sure we'll catch one of your hometown shows soon!
Melanie C. Jordan

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Nov 10 2009 6:58 AM

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The Whiskey Gentry



Nov 9 2009 10:16 PM

Excited about this weekend boys!
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angelika

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Nov 7 2009 9:06 AM

thank you guys....my respect to your work !
have a great weekend.
cheers
angelika
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Hope I can make it to your show. If not have a good one!!
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Oct 30 2009 5:19 PM

pleassssee come to NY sometime soonish.  Seriously.  seriouslyseriously.
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Oct 30 2009 3:05 AM

Pic of the new cover came out nice. (on the player)
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Oct 28 2009 8:08 PM

GREAT NEW SONG!!!!
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