[...] The usual division of singers on the stage and instrumentalists in the pit does not apply here. In Gunfighter Nation, Evan Gardner employs a radical musical equality in a pleasing way. [...] Although contemporary music has often been combined with movement, the gap between music and movement has nevertheless always been clearly felt. In Gunfighter Nation, a more progressive, indeed uncluttered combination of music and action has been very successful through the accentuation of the acting component for all the musicians involved.