Have Guitar, Will Travel (Joe Perry album)
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| Studio album by Joe Perry | ||||
| Released | October 6, 2009 (US) February 2010 (UK) |
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| Recorded | The Boneyard, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 47:30 | |||
| Label | Roman Records | |||
| Producer | Joe Perry | |||
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Have Guitar, Will Travel is the fifth solo album by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, released on October 6, 2009 on Roman Records. In addition to Perry (lead guitar, vocals), the album features German vocalist Hagen Grohe, Joe Perry Project bassist David Hull, pianist Willie Alexander, organ player Paul Santo, and drummers Marty Richards, Ben Tileston and Scott Meeder. According to Perry, one of the reasons for releasing another solo album is "because you can get out there and do whatever you want and you don't have to answer to anybody." The album's first single was "We've Got a Long Way to Go."
The title is a snowclone of the phrase "Have Gun, Will Travel", and also possibly a reference to the 1960 album of the same name by Bo Diddley.
In February 2010, the album received its UK release alongside issue 142 of Classic Rock magazine. Editor Scott Rowley states that: "To our knowledge, it's the first time that a music magazine has given away a complete album." The issue featured an exclusive interview with Aerosmith and a 'track-by-track' interview with Perry about Have Guitar, Will Travel.
For Joe Perry's next solo album, he originally planned to contact notable musicians and record an album featuring 'guest appearances'. Perry states that he considered contacting the likes of Jimmy Page, Slash, Scott Weiland, Robin Zander but ultimately decided not to.
Following aborted plans to record Aerosmith's fifteenth studio album with producer Brendan O'Brien, Perry decided to record another solo album with his newly assembled band which included vocalist Hagen Grohe, bassist David Hull, pianist Willie Alexander, organ player Paul Santo, and drummers Marty Richards, Ben Tileston and Scott Meeder. Perry's wife, Billie Perry, discovered vocalist Hagen Grohe on YouTube after hearing about Journey discovering their vocalist Arnel Pineda in a similar manner. In early 2010, Perry stated that "after Steven blew the friggin' Aerosmith record we got on a bus and headed down south to play Brendan O'Brien the new material and he said "Yeah, [Hagen Grohe] has pipes." So we thought, "Fuck it, let's put out our own record. We can't count on Tyler anymore, he's a fuckin' burnout."
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