Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang
Have Blues Will Travel

Listening notes

Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang’s Have Blues Will Travel is a 1977 vinyl release on Simmons Records (2), catalog number ES-1815. Classified under Blues and Chicago Blues, it presents a two-sided, ten-track program with concise song lengths and a clear sequencing logic that emphasizes brevity and focus. Across both sides, the album runs approximately 29 minutes, with an average track length just under three minutes.

Side A contains five titles totaling about 14 minutes and 5 seconds:
- A1 I’ve Got To Tell Somebody (2:20)
- A2 This Little Voice (2:30)
- A3 Blues Men Of Yesterday (2:50)
- A4 I Can’t Stop Loving You (2:35)
- A5 Big Leg Woman (3:50)

Side B extends to roughly 14 minutes and 58 seconds and opens with the set’s longest cut:
- B1 Back Door Wolf (4:03)
- B2 I Don’t Trust Nobody (2:50)
- B3 Blues For The Westside (2:50)
- B4 Riding High (2:10)
- B5 I’ve Got To Tell Somebody (2nd Version) (3:05)

The appearance of I’ve Got To Tell Somebody in two versions—first as the album’s 2:20 opener and again as a 3:05 closing track—creates a framing device that bookends the release. The running order emphasizes short, tightly timed performances, with Riding High at 2:10 as the briefest entry and Back Door Wolf at 4:03 as the most extended. Track titles such as Blues Men Of Yesterday and Blues For The Westside align with the stated genre tags of Blues and Chicago Blues, while selections like Big Leg Woman and I Don’t Trust Nobody underscore the set’s focus on compact, song-centered statements.

As issued, Have Blues Will Travel is a vinyl-format release bearing Simmons Records (2) catalog number ES-1815, dated 1977, and credited to Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang. Its structure—five tracks per side, a reprise to conclude Side B, and predominantly sub-three-minute cuts—offers a succinct, genre-labeled program consistent with a mid-1970s two-sided vinyl presentation.