Have Gun, Will Travel (band)

Have Gun, Will Travel is an Alternative rock/folk rock rock band formed in January 2006. Based in Bradenton, Florida, they make reference to the town in several songs, including "Salad Days", from the 2009 album Postcards from the Friendly City (The Friendly City" is a local nickname for Bradenton). Their name is taken from the 1957–1963 Western series Have Gun – Will Travel. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Matt Burke, guitarist Scott Anderson, bassist Daniel Burke, and drummer JP Beaubien.[1]

Have Gun, Will Travel
OriginBradenton, Florida, United States
Genres
Years active2006–present
Websitehgwtmusic.com
MembersMatt Burke
Daniel Burke
JP Beaubien
Scott Anderson

The group's music includes Americana, folk rock, country, and punk rock influences, and has been featured in a national Chevrolet television commercial as well as the PBS series Roadtrip Nation. Their song "Blessing and a Curse" was used during the final scenes and credits of The Good Wife, season 3, episode 21, in 2012.[2]

Lead vocalist Matt Burke's songwriting draws on western themes of life and death, honor, and morality throughout the band's narrative songs.[3] Their fifth record, Science from an Easy Chair, is a concept album based entirely on British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 1914–16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.[4]

Band members
  • Matt Burke - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Daniel Burke - bass, vocals
  • JP Beaubien - drums, percussion
  • Scott Anderson - guitars

Discography
  • Casting Shadows Tall as Giants (2008)
  • Postcards from the Friendly City (2009)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (2011)
  • Fiction, Fact or Folktale? (2013)
  • Science from an Easy Chair (2015)
  • Strange Chemistry (2019)

References
  1. "WMNF Tropical Heatwave 2012". Wmnf.org. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. Tunefind: The Good Wife
  3. McKay, Conor (11 July 2008). "Have Gun, Will Travel: 'Blessing And A Curse'". NPR. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Have Gun, Will Travel official site". Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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