This is a must have c/d. I purchased this when it was first released and I'm having a very difficult time removing it from my c/d player. The song selection is inspired and the guest artists deliver the goods, you can tell from the very first listening that everyone is on the same page and having a good time. If you are familiar with Carla's work you know that she can coax the best out of everyone in the studio and this is no exception. If you're not familiar with her work then this record is a terrific introduction, the vocals are strong and she makes you feel the nuances of each song. It's rootsy, soulful and rockin all at the same time. I buy a lot of c/ds and this is my favorite record of the year. If you end up with this record in your collection I know you'll be glad you bought it. Enjoy, it's a nice piece of candy for your ears.Even with the impressive array of guests on this album, Carla Olson's voice and the Textone style arrangements is what makes this a great CD. The confident singing that made the Textones one of the best alternative bands of the 80's shines throughout and her duet partners are as well chosen as the familiar songso. Highly recommended.excellent cdI came to this album via The Byrds, Gene Clark, and Gene's 1980s collaborative effort with Carla, "So Rebellious a Lover".Buy it.It's just wonderful.I liked Richie Furay doing a Gene Clark toon with Carla."Over the last decade, singer-songwriter Carla Olson has kept busy on both sides of the Atlantic, as a record producer, and touring with her own band. Olson's desire to cut a duet record has been germinating... but the time was never right until now. She rounded up a host of friends, bandmates, and some of her favorite singers for Have Harmony, Will Travel (on Busted Flat Records). Though there isn't a weak cut in the bunch, there are some soaring highlights. Opener 'You Can Come Cryin' to Me' with Juice Newton (and killer fuzzy lap steel from Cindy Cashdollar) is a case in point. Newton's high alto is rich and full in the harmony, and Olson gets right under the grain of the lyric. The pair also delivers a fine rendition of James Intveld's 'Stringin' Me On.' Olson and Peter Case team on Del Shannon's 'Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun).' The crackling energy and dramatic longing in the songwriter's lyric are beautifully delivered, and Case's lead guitar work stings, to boot. The late Gene Clark's 'She Don't Care About Time' is a song close to Olson's heart, as Clark (co-founder of The Byrds) was a duet and recording partner. This reading with Richie Furay up front, fueled by Richard Podolor's gorgeous mandolin, and former Byrd John York's electric 12-string, is near awe-inspiring. Olson understands the truth in a song no matter how obscure. She and Gary Myrick deliver Chris Jagger's moving 'Still Waters' with passion and swagger. She and York prove excellent singing partners on both Paul Kennerley's tender, broken love song 'The First in Line' and P.F. Sloan's pop/rock anthem, 'Upon a Painted Ocean.' Case makes a return appearance in a slippery, breezy reading of Moby Grape's '8:05.' Set closer 'Til the Rivers All Run Dry' is a Pozo-Seco Singers nugget (written by Don Williams) delivered beautifully by Rob Waller up front with Olson bringing the harmony. It ends the set by seamlessly melding folk, rock, and country. Have Harmony, Will Travel is a welcome return for Olson, but that's not all. With its direct, kinetic production, compelling song choices, and inspired performances, it is a blueprint for future duet recordings." (Thom Jurek, AllMusic [...]Carla Olson has recorded as a member of a group (the Textones), as a duo (with Gene Clark), as a solo artist* and now there's this - Have Harmony, Will Travel, a celebration of song and voice. This newly recorded collection of covers by Carla and a host of pals brings to mind Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand as well as classics by Joan Baez, the Everly Brothers, the Pozo Seco Singers and so many more - many of whom are listed in the CD as inspiration. You will not hear a more joyous album this year.* The many recordings Carla has made with Mick Taylor aren't exactly "solo" recordings, true.Carla Olson is not the most prolific of artists releasing just nine studio albums in nineteen years. Yet her small catalogue contains some critically acclaimed albums including "Midnight Mission" her debut collection from 1984; "Too Hot For Snakes" a live recording with former Stones' guitarist Mick Taylor; and "So Rebellious A Lover" her remarkable collaboration with country rock legend Gene Clark from 1987. Now, aged 60, and with her first studio album since 2001, Carla proves that the years have been kind to the powerful voice that gave substance to her work with the Textones and those glorious collaborations with Clark and Taylor.It is in the spirit of those albums that Carla has released this collection of roots and country rock duets that stand comparison with her best work. The song selection is an inspired mix of old and new, familiar and unfamiliar. Preserving the Gene Clark connection Ritchie Furay joins Carla with Clark's "She Don't Care About Time" full of harmony and twelve string guitar. The connection continues with a sparkling reading of P F Sloan's "Upon A Painted Ocean" with former Byrd and Clark band member, John York.A change of direction is provided by Stevie van Zandt's "All I Needed Was You" with Scott Klempner and some of the raunchiest sax I've heard in years played by Tom Morgan jr. From the golden age of rock 'n' roll a song that I never tire of hearing, Buddy Holly's "Loves Made A Fool Of You" with Carla duetting with Juice Newton. Another glorious reminder of rock 'n' roll is the powerful Paul Kennerley ballad "First In Line" recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1985. This is a another perfect duet with John York and suffused with steel and 12 string and Carla sounding like Emmylou Harris (who has also recorded it).In her album notes Carla acknowledges the influences of Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson, Judy Roderick, Joan Baez, the Everly Brothers and Richard and Mimi Farina whose talents within the fields of country rock, folk, blues and harmony gave Carla her inspiration. A welcome return by Carla and her celebration of the enduring genre of Americana.Carla's voice seems to get lost in these duets, she needed more prominence. Nicely played backing which lacked some lustre for me. The duets were a little too flat for me, they needed to release more individuality.arrived in within the specified time and in good condition. this was important to me as it was a birthday present.