OUTLAWS
''ANTHOLOGY (LIVE & RARE) 1973-1981, DISC ONE''
SEPTEMBER 7 2012
251:46
DISC ONE: LIVE 1975 (76:33)
DENVER, CO, AUGUST
1 Waterhole (F. O'Keefe, H. Paul, H. Thomasson) 1:54
2 Stick Around for Rock and Roll (Hughie Thomasson) 8:59
3 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:39
4 There Goes Another Love Song (Henry Paul) 2:54
BRYN MAWR, PA, AUGUST
5 Song for You (W. Jones, H. Thomasson) 3:35
6 Prisoner (W. Jones) 9:46
7 Redneck Friend (J. Browne) 3:47
CLEVELAND, OH, SEPTEMBER
8 There Goes Another Love Song (H. Thomasson, Monte Yoho) 3:15
9 Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:15
10 Kansas City Queen (Hughie Thomasson) 8:09
RECORD PLANT - SAUSALITO, CA, NOVEMBER
11 Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:52
12 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:20
13 Cry No More (W. Jones) 4:11
14 Green Grass and High Tides (Hughie Thomasson) 12:51
DISC TWO: LIVE 1976 (51:28)
RECORD PLANT - LOS ANGELES, CA, NOVEMBER 1976
1 Waterhole (F. O'Keefe, H. Paul, H. Thomasson) 2:06
2 Stick Around for Rock and Roll (Hughie Thomasson) 8:53
3 Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:58
4 Lover Boy (Hughie Thomasson) 4:16
5 Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:11
6 Cry No More (W. Jones) 4:02
7 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:33
8 Green Grass and High Tides (Hughie Thomasson) 14:09
9 There Goes Another Love Song (H. Thomasson, Monte Yoho) 4:16
DISC THREE: LIVE 1977-1981 (59:08)
STANLEY THEATER - PITTSBURGH, PA, MARCH 1977
1. South Carolina (Henry Paul) 3:10
2. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 4:33
3. Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:47
CAPITOL THEATER - PASSAIC, NJ, MAY 1977
4. Cold and Lonesome (Harvey Dalton Arnold) 3:34
5. Holiday (W. Jones) 4:39
6. Hurry Sundown (Hughie Thomasson) 4:09
7. Lover Boy (Hughie Thomasson) 3:47
8. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 4:02
PITTSBURGH ARENA - PITTSBURGH, PA, NOVEMBER 1981
9. Angels Hide (Hughie Thomasson) 6:14
10. Blueswater (W. Jones) 4:59
11. Keep Prayin' (Frank O'Keefe) 2:46
12. You Are the Show (Hughie Thomasson) 5:15
13. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (S. Jones) 7:06
DISC FOUR: STUDIO DEMOS (64:37)
"OUTLAWS" SESSIONS
1. Song for You (Hughie Thomasson) 3:57
2. It Follows from the Heart (W. Jones) 4:18
“LADY IN WAITING" SESSIONS
3. Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:48
“HURRY SUNDOWN" SESSIONS
4. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 3:56
5. Holiday (W. Jones) 3:57
6. Hurry Sundown (Hughie Thomasson) 4:12
7. Cold and Lonesome (Harvey Dalton Arnold) 3:48
8. Night Wines (W. Jones) 4:05
9. Heavenly Blues (Henry Paul) 3:23
UNRELEASED DEMOS 1973-1977
10. Never See Your Face (Henry Paul) 2:55
11. Windy City Blues 7:32
12. Nighttime's Passing Dream (Henry Paul) 3:25
13. True Love at First Sight (Hughie Thomasson) 2:17
14. Where Does It Go from There (W. Jones) 3:22
15. Goodbye Tupelo (Hughie Thomasson) 2:35
16. Alone with You Again (Hughie Thomasson) 2:26
17. Two Time Blues 2:36
Frank O'Keefe/Bass Guitar On 1-1 To 2-9, 4-1 To 4-3, 4-10 To 4-17),
Harvey Dalton Arnold/Bass Guitar On 3-1 To 3-8, 4-4 To 4-9
Rick Cua/Bass Guitar On 3-9 To 3-13
David Dix/Drums On 3-9 To 3-13),
Monte Yoho/Drums
Billy Jones/Guitar,
Freddie Salem/Guitar On 3-9 To 3-13),
Hughie Thomasson/Guitar, Vocals
Henry Paul/Rhythm Guitar & Vocals On 1-1 To 3-8, 4-1 To 4-17
Billy Jones/Vocals
Harvey Dalton Arnold/Vocals On 3-1 To 3-8
NOTES
by www.discogs.com
This box set of live recordings and rare studio outtakes contains more than four hours of music from the definitive Southern Rock-Country.
Formed in Tampa Florida in the late sixties, Outlaws’ big signature sound became fully realized in the early 1970s and the band was the first signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis. The self-titled 1975 debut album from the "Florida guitar army" reached #13 on the Billboard album chart, and featured “There Goes Another Love Song” and their classic “Green Grass And High Tides.” Their re-make of “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” from GHOST RIDERS was a Top 40 hit single. ANTHOLOGY features the infamous triple guitar assault of Hughie Thomasson (who went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd), Henry Paul (Blackhawk), and Billy Jones, bridged a unique gap between country, rock, and even metal. Frank O’Keefe was on bass, and Monte Yoho on drums.
REVIEW
By Bret Adams
Southern rock will continue to live and breathe in some fashion, especially as reminders of the genre's glory years -- such as the Outlaws' 2012 four-CD set Anthology (Live and Rare) 1973-1981 -- are issued. There's a treasure trove of material here, with over four hours of previously unreleased material from the Tampa, Florida-based band. the Outlaws could stand on the edge of straight-up country yet turn on a dime and blast out walloping bulldozer-on-steroids hard rock, maintaining memorable melodies and hooks along the way on signature songs like "There Goes Another Love Song," "Green Grass and High Tides," "Hurry Sundown," and the cover of "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky."
The original lineup included an amazing triple-threat frontline with lead vocalists/guitarists Hughie Thomasson, Henry Paul, and Bill Jones, often referred to as the "Florida Guitar Army." Bass guitarist Frank O'Keefe and drummer Monte Yoho provided the bottom thump, with O'Keefe's work (as well as that of future replacements Harvey Dalton Arnold and Rick Cua) standing out as especially integral to the arrangements. (Latter-era vocalist/guitarist Freddie Salem and drummer David Dix are to be commended as well.)
Most of the live material comes from the band's first three albums: 1975's Outlaws, 1976's Lady in Waiting, and 1977's Hurry Sundown. Multiple versions of several songs are collected including "There Goes Another Love Song," "Stick Around for Rock and Roll," "Knoxville Girl," "Freeborn Man," "Song in the Breeze," "Gunsmoke," and "Green Grass and High Tides," among others. One stand-out rarity is the cover of Jackson Browne's "Red Neck Friend." Disc one includes performances from 1975 shows in Denver, Colorado; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio, and the Record Plant recording studio in Sausalito, California.
Disc two features 1976 performances at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. Disc three captures 1977 performances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Passaic, New Jersey; as well as 1981 tracks also from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Disc four is the most interesting for longtime fans because it includes studio demos recorded between 1973 and 1977. Nine demos from the Outlaws, Lady in Waiting, and Hurry Sundown sessions are followed by eight previously unreleased ones. "Never See Your Face" is bouncy country rock, "Windy City Blues" is a smoldering and surprisingly effective 7-and-a-half-minute jam, "Nighttime's Passing Dream" is melodic and easygoing, and "Goodbye Tupelo" is very nearly pure country.
An informative essay is included in the liner notes, but specific details on the origins and sources of this material -- Radio broadcasts? Soundboard recordings? Venues? Precise dates? Lineups? -- are incomplete. Despite occasional shrillness, the overall sound quality of these recordings is excellent. The studio demos sound like nearly completed recordings; they aren't like some demos that get released and sound like they were primitively recorded at the bottom of a muddy river. Anthology (Live and Rare) 1973-1981 is a sure-fire reminder of the Outlaws' powerful music and their unique contribution to Southern rock.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny, AMG
Southern rock unit the Outlaws were formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1972 by singers/guitarists Hughie Thomasson and Henry Paul, bassist Frank O'Keefe, and drummer Monte Yoho. With the 1973 addition of guitarist Billy Jones, the lineup was complete, and after a year of intense touring the band became the first act signed to Arista under Clive Davis; the Outlaws' self-titled 1975 album spotlighted their Eagles-influenced harmonies and Allman Brothers-like guitar attack, yielding the Top 40 hit "There Goes Another Love Song."
In the wake of 1977's Bill Szymczyk-produced Hurry Sundown, both Paul and O'Keefe exited, with guitarist Freddie Salem, bassist Harvey Dalton Arnold, and second drummer David Dix signing on for the 1978 concert set Bring It Back Alive and the studio effort Playin' to Win. The lineup shuffles continued when Arnold announced his departure following 1979's In the Eye of the Storm, with bassist Rick Cua recruited for the next year's Ghost Riders in the Sky, which netted a Top 40 entry with its title track, a rendition of the Vaughn Monroe favorite. Yoho left to rejoin Henry Paul soon after, and with the subsequent exit of Jones, only Thomasson remained from the original Outlaws roster -- not surprisingly, the group disbanded upon completing 1982's Los Hombres Malo.
A year later Thomasson and Paul formed a new Outlaws lineup, adding guitarist Chris Hicks, bassist Barry Borden, and drummer Jeff Howell; after issuing 1986's Soldiers of Fortune, Paul again quit the band, with the remaining quartet returning in 1993 with Hittin' the Road. While Paul resurfaced in 1994 in the chart-topping contemporary country band Blackhawk, Thomasson later toured with the re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd while continuing to lead the Outlaws, releasing So Low in 2000.
Sadly, Jones and O'Keefe died within three weeks of one another in early 1995. In 2005, original members Thomasson, Paul, Yoho, and David Dix reunited as the Outlaws, rounding out the lineup with three members of Blackhawk, guitarist Chris Anderson, bassist Randy Threet, and keyboardist Dave Robbins. Paul and Robbins departed a year later to concentrate again on Blackhawk, while Thomasson, the only original member of the Outlaws to make it through all of the band's configurations, kept things going, reportedly finishing a new studio album, Once an Outlaw, before his death from a heart attack in 2007.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
''ANTHOLOGY (LIVE & RARE) 1973-1981, DISC ONE''
SEPTEMBER 7 2012
251:46
DISC ONE: LIVE 1975 (76:33)
DENVER, CO, AUGUST
1 Waterhole (F. O'Keefe, H. Paul, H. Thomasson) 1:54
2 Stick Around for Rock and Roll (Hughie Thomasson) 8:59
3 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:39
4 There Goes Another Love Song (Henry Paul) 2:54
BRYN MAWR, PA, AUGUST
5 Song for You (W. Jones, H. Thomasson) 3:35
6 Prisoner (W. Jones) 9:46
7 Redneck Friend (J. Browne) 3:47
CLEVELAND, OH, SEPTEMBER
8 There Goes Another Love Song (H. Thomasson, Monte Yoho) 3:15
9 Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:15
10 Kansas City Queen (Hughie Thomasson) 8:09
RECORD PLANT - SAUSALITO, CA, NOVEMBER
11 Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:52
12 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:20
13 Cry No More (W. Jones) 4:11
14 Green Grass and High Tides (Hughie Thomasson) 12:51
DISC TWO: LIVE 1976 (51:28)
RECORD PLANT - LOS ANGELES, CA, NOVEMBER 1976
1 Waterhole (F. O'Keefe, H. Paul, H. Thomasson) 2:06
2 Stick Around for Rock and Roll (Hughie Thomasson) 8:53
3 Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:58
4 Lover Boy (Hughie Thomasson) 4:16
5 Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:11
6 Cry No More (W. Jones) 4:02
7 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 3:33
8 Green Grass and High Tides (Hughie Thomasson) 14:09
9 There Goes Another Love Song (H. Thomasson, Monte Yoho) 4:16
DISC THREE: LIVE 1977-1981 (59:08)
STANLEY THEATER - PITTSBURGH, PA, MARCH 1977
1. South Carolina (Henry Paul) 3:10
2. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 4:33
3. Song in the Breeze (Henry Paul) 4:47
CAPITOL THEATER - PASSAIC, NJ, MAY 1977
4. Cold and Lonesome (Harvey Dalton Arnold) 3:34
5. Holiday (W. Jones) 4:39
6. Hurry Sundown (Hughie Thomasson) 4:09
7. Lover Boy (Hughie Thomasson) 3:47
8. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 4:02
PITTSBURGH ARENA - PITTSBURGH, PA, NOVEMBER 1981
9. Angels Hide (Hughie Thomasson) 6:14
10. Blueswater (W. Jones) 4:59
11. Keep Prayin' (Frank O'Keefe) 2:46
12. You Are the Show (Hughie Thomasson) 5:15
13. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (S. Jones) 7:06
DISC FOUR: STUDIO DEMOS (64:37)
"OUTLAWS" SESSIONS
1. Song for You (Hughie Thomasson) 3:57
2. It Follows from the Heart (W. Jones) 4:18
“LADY IN WAITING" SESSIONS
3. Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, M. Lindsay) 5:48
“HURRY SUNDOWN" SESSIONS
4. Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 3:56
5. Holiday (W. Jones) 3:57
6. Hurry Sundown (Hughie Thomasson) 4:12
7. Cold and Lonesome (Harvey Dalton Arnold) 3:48
8. Night Wines (W. Jones) 4:05
9. Heavenly Blues (Henry Paul) 3:23
UNRELEASED DEMOS 1973-1977
10. Never See Your Face (Henry Paul) 2:55
11. Windy City Blues 7:32
12. Nighttime's Passing Dream (Henry Paul) 3:25
13. True Love at First Sight (Hughie Thomasson) 2:17
14. Where Does It Go from There (W. Jones) 3:22
15. Goodbye Tupelo (Hughie Thomasson) 2:35
16. Alone with You Again (Hughie Thomasson) 2:26
17. Two Time Blues 2:36
Frank O'Keefe/Bass Guitar On 1-1 To 2-9, 4-1 To 4-3, 4-10 To 4-17),
Harvey Dalton Arnold/Bass Guitar On 3-1 To 3-8, 4-4 To 4-9
Rick Cua/Bass Guitar On 3-9 To 3-13
David Dix/Drums On 3-9 To 3-13),
Monte Yoho/Drums
Billy Jones/Guitar,
Freddie Salem/Guitar On 3-9 To 3-13),
Hughie Thomasson/Guitar, Vocals
Henry Paul/Rhythm Guitar & Vocals On 1-1 To 3-8, 4-1 To 4-17
Billy Jones/Vocals
Harvey Dalton Arnold/Vocals On 3-1 To 3-8
NOTES
by www.discogs.com
This box set of live recordings and rare studio outtakes contains more than four hours of music from the definitive Southern Rock-Country.
Formed in Tampa Florida in the late sixties, Outlaws’ big signature sound became fully realized in the early 1970s and the band was the first signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis. The self-titled 1975 debut album from the "Florida guitar army" reached #13 on the Billboard album chart, and featured “There Goes Another Love Song” and their classic “Green Grass And High Tides.” Their re-make of “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” from GHOST RIDERS was a Top 40 hit single. ANTHOLOGY features the infamous triple guitar assault of Hughie Thomasson (who went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd), Henry Paul (Blackhawk), and Billy Jones, bridged a unique gap between country, rock, and even metal. Frank O’Keefe was on bass, and Monte Yoho on drums.
REVIEW
By Bret Adams
Southern rock will continue to live and breathe in some fashion, especially as reminders of the genre's glory years -- such as the Outlaws' 2012 four-CD set Anthology (Live and Rare) 1973-1981 -- are issued. There's a treasure trove of material here, with over four hours of previously unreleased material from the Tampa, Florida-based band. the Outlaws could stand on the edge of straight-up country yet turn on a dime and blast out walloping bulldozer-on-steroids hard rock, maintaining memorable melodies and hooks along the way on signature songs like "There Goes Another Love Song," "Green Grass and High Tides," "Hurry Sundown," and the cover of "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky."
The original lineup included an amazing triple-threat frontline with lead vocalists/guitarists Hughie Thomasson, Henry Paul, and Bill Jones, often referred to as the "Florida Guitar Army." Bass guitarist Frank O'Keefe and drummer Monte Yoho provided the bottom thump, with O'Keefe's work (as well as that of future replacements Harvey Dalton Arnold and Rick Cua) standing out as especially integral to the arrangements. (Latter-era vocalist/guitarist Freddie Salem and drummer David Dix are to be commended as well.)
Most of the live material comes from the band's first three albums: 1975's Outlaws, 1976's Lady in Waiting, and 1977's Hurry Sundown. Multiple versions of several songs are collected including "There Goes Another Love Song," "Stick Around for Rock and Roll," "Knoxville Girl," "Freeborn Man," "Song in the Breeze," "Gunsmoke," and "Green Grass and High Tides," among others. One stand-out rarity is the cover of Jackson Browne's "Red Neck Friend." Disc one includes performances from 1975 shows in Denver, Colorado; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio, and the Record Plant recording studio in Sausalito, California.
Disc two features 1976 performances at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. Disc three captures 1977 performances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Passaic, New Jersey; as well as 1981 tracks also from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Disc four is the most interesting for longtime fans because it includes studio demos recorded between 1973 and 1977. Nine demos from the Outlaws, Lady in Waiting, and Hurry Sundown sessions are followed by eight previously unreleased ones. "Never See Your Face" is bouncy country rock, "Windy City Blues" is a smoldering and surprisingly effective 7-and-a-half-minute jam, "Nighttime's Passing Dream" is melodic and easygoing, and "Goodbye Tupelo" is very nearly pure country.
An informative essay is included in the liner notes, but specific details on the origins and sources of this material -- Radio broadcasts? Soundboard recordings? Venues? Precise dates? Lineups? -- are incomplete. Despite occasional shrillness, the overall sound quality of these recordings is excellent. The studio demos sound like nearly completed recordings; they aren't like some demos that get released and sound like they were primitively recorded at the bottom of a muddy river. Anthology (Live and Rare) 1973-1981 is a sure-fire reminder of the Outlaws' powerful music and their unique contribution to Southern rock.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny, AMG
Southern rock unit the Outlaws were formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1972 by singers/guitarists Hughie Thomasson and Henry Paul, bassist Frank O'Keefe, and drummer Monte Yoho. With the 1973 addition of guitarist Billy Jones, the lineup was complete, and after a year of intense touring the band became the first act signed to Arista under Clive Davis; the Outlaws' self-titled 1975 album spotlighted their Eagles-influenced harmonies and Allman Brothers-like guitar attack, yielding the Top 40 hit "There Goes Another Love Song."
In the wake of 1977's Bill Szymczyk-produced Hurry Sundown, both Paul and O'Keefe exited, with guitarist Freddie Salem, bassist Harvey Dalton Arnold, and second drummer David Dix signing on for the 1978 concert set Bring It Back Alive and the studio effort Playin' to Win. The lineup shuffles continued when Arnold announced his departure following 1979's In the Eye of the Storm, with bassist Rick Cua recruited for the next year's Ghost Riders in the Sky, which netted a Top 40 entry with its title track, a rendition of the Vaughn Monroe favorite. Yoho left to rejoin Henry Paul soon after, and with the subsequent exit of Jones, only Thomasson remained from the original Outlaws roster -- not surprisingly, the group disbanded upon completing 1982's Los Hombres Malo.
A year later Thomasson and Paul formed a new Outlaws lineup, adding guitarist Chris Hicks, bassist Barry Borden, and drummer Jeff Howell; after issuing 1986's Soldiers of Fortune, Paul again quit the band, with the remaining quartet returning in 1993 with Hittin' the Road. While Paul resurfaced in 1994 in the chart-topping contemporary country band Blackhawk, Thomasson later toured with the re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd while continuing to lead the Outlaws, releasing So Low in 2000.
Sadly, Jones and O'Keefe died within three weeks of one another in early 1995. In 2005, original members Thomasson, Paul, Yoho, and David Dix reunited as the Outlaws, rounding out the lineup with three members of Blackhawk, guitarist Chris Anderson, bassist Randy Threet, and keyboardist Dave Robbins. Paul and Robbins departed a year later to concentrate again on Blackhawk, while Thomasson, the only original member of the Outlaws to make it through all of the band's configurations, kept things going, reportedly finishing a new studio album, Once an Outlaw, before his death from a heart attack in 2007.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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