"Guitar Town" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle.
It was released in June 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Guitar Town.
The song reached number 7 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
[2] It was Earle's highest-peaking song to date on the country charts in both the U.S. and Canada.
Kip Kirby, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Earle "revives the tremolo-laden guitar sound of the early '60s for this song about music and love on the road.