Bay area Americana hero Have Gun, Will Travel continues its push into the rock and roll atmosphere with a new, out-of-this world single, “Gravity Blues,” released last weekend. The quintet held and out-of-this-world release party last Saturday at Crowbar in Ybor City where Pinellas surf-noir outfit Fayroy played its last show for the foreseeable future since two of its members are moving out of the country. Mak (stylized in all-caps) opened the show.

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Mak plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 4, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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FayRoy plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 4, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Have Gun, Will Travel plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 4, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Have Gun, Will Travel plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 4, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.