[4] Living Blues magazine stated "GTBB shows what can happen when the past is distilled through young sensibilities, voices, and instruments.
"[3] The six piece band uses an unusual array of musical instruments, including organs, cigar box guitars, harmonicas, electric push brooms, plus brass and percussion.
[5] Matt Isbell, who became the Ghost Town Blues band's frontman, took piano lessons from the age of 10, but was drawn towards the guitar.
In high school Isbell formed his first band, The Blind Venetians, along with current Ghost Town lead guitarist Taylor Orr.
[6] With the intention of forming a new band, Isbell found another young musician in Suavo Jones, an ever-present in the line-up.
[6] Debuting in 2009, the outfit was originally a blues rock band, playing music such as the Creedence Clearwater Revival version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put A Spell On You".
Hard Road To Hoe was released in 2015, and the album track's opened with an original composition by Taylor Orr, "Another Lover".
[6] On February 27, 2018, the Ghost Town Blues Band issued a live album, Backstage Pass, which captured a concert in Memphis on July 29, 2017.
The recording started with a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together", and provided a showcase for the twin guitars of Taylor Orr and Matt Isbell on their version of The Allman Brothers Band song, "Whipping Post".
His clientele has included Eric Schrenkman of the Spin Doctors, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Leonhart of Steely Dan and Joe Bonamassa.