OUTLAWS
''LOS HOMBRES MALO''
MARCH 1982
39:31
1 Don't Stop (Salem) 05:01
2 Foxtail Lilly (Thomasson) 04:33
3 Rebel Girl (Peterik, Smith) 04:29
4 Goodbye (Salem) 04:28
5 Back From Eternity (Thomasson) 04:32
6 Won't Come Out Of The Rain (Cua, Cua, DeRollo, Lyons) 03:59
7 Running (Russo) 04:23
8 Easy Does It (Cua, DeRollo) 03:30
9 All Roads (Hagar, Peterik) 04:32
Carol Bristow - vocals, background vocals
Rick Cua - Bass Guitar, Vocals
David Dix - Drums, Percussion
Dave Lane - fiddle, violin
Gary Lyons - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
Lu Moss - Vocals, background vocals
Freddie Salem - Guitar, Vocals
Hughie Thomasson - Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW/AMG
by Bret Adams
Unfortunately, the popularity of Southern rock was starting to fade by the early 1980s, the success of 38 Special being a rare exception. The Outlaws released Los Hombres Malo (Spanish for "The Bad Men") in 1982, and it was the Florida band's last studio album for Arista. By this time, the band had been whittled down to a quartet, so it lost its classic three-guitar attack. Vocalist/guitarist Hughie Thomasson, vocalist/guitarist Freddie Salem, bass guitarist/vocalist Rick Cua, and drummer David Dix still put up a decent fight on Los Hombres Malo, but cracks in the armor were beginning to show. The hard rock edge Salem brought to the Outlaws is still evident on "Don't Stop," the rumbling leadoff track. Thomasson's "Foxtail Lilly" is another example of a buoyantly melodic tune with a fierce outro jam -- something of an Outlaws trademark. "Rebel Girl" is easygoing, album-oriented rock (AOR). Salem's "Goodbye" is clean and pop-oriented, but the Outlaws' country/cowboy roots and image appear in the form of Jesse James-oriented lyrics and Thomasson's banjo licks. "Back From Eternity" relies heavily on tempo changes, distinctive guitar parts, and Cua's bass melody. Country-pop is the best description of "Won't Come out of the Rain." Los Hombres Malo has respectable moments, but the clear sign the Outlaws were headed for trouble is the use of several outside songwriters such as Jim Peterik and Sammy Hagar. Only two reasons cause this practice: The record company wants hit singles, or the band is running out of gas creatively, sometimes a combination of both. The Outlaws broke up after Los Hombres Malo but reunited -- with original vocalist/guitarist Henry Paul back on board -- and released Soldiers of Fortune four years later.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Jason Ankeny
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.
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''LOS HOMBRES MALO''
MARCH 1982
39:31
1 Don't Stop (Salem) 05:01
2 Foxtail Lilly (Thomasson) 04:33
3 Rebel Girl (Peterik, Smith) 04:29
4 Goodbye (Salem) 04:28
5 Back From Eternity (Thomasson) 04:32
6 Won't Come Out Of The Rain (Cua, Cua, DeRollo, Lyons) 03:59
7 Running (Russo) 04:23
8 Easy Does It (Cua, DeRollo) 03:30
9 All Roads (Hagar, Peterik) 04:32
Carol Bristow - vocals, background vocals
Rick Cua - Bass Guitar, Vocals
David Dix - Drums, Percussion
Dave Lane - fiddle, violin
Gary Lyons - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
Lu Moss - Vocals, background vocals
Freddie Salem - Guitar, Vocals
Hughie Thomasson - Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW/AMG
by Bret Adams
Unfortunately, the popularity of Southern rock was starting to fade by the early 1980s, the success of 38 Special being a rare exception. The Outlaws released Los Hombres Malo (Spanish for "The Bad Men") in 1982, and it was the Florida band's last studio album for Arista. By this time, the band had been whittled down to a quartet, so it lost its classic three-guitar attack. Vocalist/guitarist Hughie Thomasson, vocalist/guitarist Freddie Salem, bass guitarist/vocalist Rick Cua, and drummer David Dix still put up a decent fight on Los Hombres Malo, but cracks in the armor were beginning to show. The hard rock edge Salem brought to the Outlaws is still evident on "Don't Stop," the rumbling leadoff track. Thomasson's "Foxtail Lilly" is another example of a buoyantly melodic tune with a fierce outro jam -- something of an Outlaws trademark. "Rebel Girl" is easygoing, album-oriented rock (AOR). Salem's "Goodbye" is clean and pop-oriented, but the Outlaws' country/cowboy roots and image appear in the form of Jesse James-oriented lyrics and Thomasson's banjo licks. "Back From Eternity" relies heavily on tempo changes, distinctive guitar parts, and Cua's bass melody. Country-pop is the best description of "Won't Come out of the Rain." Los Hombres Malo has respectable moments, but the clear sign the Outlaws were headed for trouble is the use of several outside songwriters such as Jim Peterik and Sammy Hagar. Only two reasons cause this practice: The record company wants hit singles, or the band is running out of gas creatively, sometimes a combination of both. The Outlaws broke up after Los Hombres Malo but reunited -- with original vocalist/guitarist Henry Paul back on board -- and released Soldiers of Fortune four years later.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Jason Ankeny
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.
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