11747 - OUTLAWS - SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH ... OUTLAWS, PART THREE (2016)

OUTLAWS
''SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH... OUTLAWS, PART THREE''
COMPILATION
2016
177:31
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PART ONE (60:38)
01 - There Goes Another Love Song (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:02 (Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho)
02 - Song In The Breeze (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:03 (Henry Paul)
03 - It Follows From Your Heart (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 05:19 (Billy Jones)
04 - Cry No More (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 04:17 (Billy Jones)
05 - Stay With Me (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:28 (Henry Paul)
06 - Green Grass And High Tides (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 09:46 (Hughie Thomasson)
07 - Breaker-Breaker (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 02:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
08 - Freeborn Man (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 04:48 (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsey)
09 - Stick Around For Rock & Roll (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 06:37 (Hughie Thomasson)
10 - Theme From ''Gunsmoke'' (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:16 (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho)
11 - Hurry Sundown (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:04 (Hughie Thomasson)
12 - You Are The Show (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:51 (Hughie Thomasson)
13 - Falling Rain (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:05 (Freddie Salem)
*****
PART TWO (60:14)
14 - Long Gone (From ''IN THE EYE OF THE STORM'', 1979) 03:45 (Freddie Salem)
15 - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:48 (Stan Jones)
16 - Angels Hide (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:45 (Hughie Thomasson)
17 - Devil's Road (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 04:50 (Freddie Salem)
18 - Goodbye (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:28 (Freddie Salem)
19 - Back From Eternity (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:32 (Hughie Thomasson)
20 - One Last Ride (From ''SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE'', 1986) 04:22 (Randy Bishop, Chuck Glass)
21 - You Are The Show (From ''HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE!'', 1993) 07:05 (Hughie Thomasson)
22 - Dregs Fall To The Wicked (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 05:08 (Cooper, Hughie Thomasson, Tsaerios)
23 - Steam On The Blacktop (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:44 (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)
24 - Brother Travis (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:53 (Manera, Hughie Thomasson, Ronnie Van Zandt)
25 - Alligator Alley (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:48 (Hughie Thomasson)
*****
PART THREE (56:37)
26 - Ghost Town (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Jess Leary, Victoria Shaw)
27 - South Street (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 03:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
28 - Lovers, Gold And Fools (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:14 (Hughie Thomasson)
29 - Mr. Cowboy (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Cliff Cooper, Hughie Thomasson)
30 - Hearts Run Wild (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:50 (Hughie Thomasson)
31 - Lover's Serenade (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:13 (Hughie Thomasson)
32 - Tomorrow's Another Night (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:17 (Anthony Battaglia, Henry Gross, Henry Paul)
33 - It's About Pride (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 07:07 (Billy Crain, Henry Paul)
34 - Last Ghost Town (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 03:31 (Billy Crain)
35 - The Flame (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:26 (Billy Crain, Chris Anderson, Henry Paul)
36 - Trouble Rides A Fast Horse (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:19 (Billy Crain, Billy Montana, Henry Paul)
37 - So Long (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:49 (Henry Paul)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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."

Hurry Sundown
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.

Soldiers of Fortune
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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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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11746 - OUTLAWS - SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH ... OUTLAWS, PART TWO (2016)

OUTLAWS
''SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH... OUTLAWS, PART TWO''
COMPILATION
2016
177:31
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PART ONE (60:38)
01 - There Goes Another Love Song (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:02 (Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho)
02 - Song In The Breeze (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:03 (Henry Paul)
03 - It Follows From Your Heart (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 05:19 (Billy Jones)
04 - Cry No More (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 04:17 (Billy Jones)
05 - Stay With Me (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:28 (Henry Paul)
06 - Green Grass And High Tides (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 09:46 (Hughie Thomasson)
07 - Breaker-Breaker (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 02:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
08 - Freeborn Man (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 04:48 (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsey)
09 - Stick Around For Rock & Roll (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 06:37 (Hughie Thomasson)
10 - Theme From ''Gunsmoke'' (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:16 (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho)
11 - Hurry Sundown (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:04 (Hughie Thomasson)
12 - You Are The Show (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:51 (Hughie Thomasson)
13 - Falling Rain (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:05 (Freddie Salem)
*****
PART TWO (60:14)
14 - Long Gone (From ''IN THE EYE OF THE STORM'', 1979) 03:45 (Freddie Salem)
15 - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:48 (Stan Jones)
16 - Angels Hide (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:45 (Hughie Thomasson)
17 - Devil's Road (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 04:50 (Freddie Salem)
18 - Goodbye (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:28 (Freddie Salem)
19 - Back From Eternity (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:32 (Hughie Thomasson)
20 - One Last Ride (From ''SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE'', 1986) 04:22 (Randy Bishop, Chuck Glass)
21 - You Are The Show (From ''HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE!'', 1993) 07:05 (Hughie Thomasson)
22 - Dregs Fall To The Wicked (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 05:08 (Cooper, Hughie Thomasson, Tsaerios)
23 - Steam On The Blacktop (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:44 (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)
24 - Brother Travis (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:53 (Manera, Hughie Thomasson, Ronnie Van Zandt)
25 - Alligator Alley (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:48 (Hughie Thomasson)
*****
PART THREE (56:37)
26 - Ghost Town (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Jess Leary, Victoria Shaw)
27 - South Street (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 03:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
28 - Lovers, Gold And Fools (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:14 (Hughie Thomasson)
29 - Mr. Cowboy (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Cliff Cooper, Hughie Thomasson)
30 - Hearts Run Wild (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:50 (Hughie Thomasson)
31 - Lover's Serenade (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:13 (Hughie Thomasson)
32 - Tomorrow's Another Night (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:17 (Anthony Battaglia, Henry Gross, Henry Paul)
33 - It's About Pride (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 07:07 (Billy Crain, Henry Paul)
34 - Last Ghost Town (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 03:31 (Billy Crain)
35 - The Flame (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:26 (Billy Crain, Chris Anderson, Henry Paul)
36 - Trouble Rides A Fast Horse (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:19 (Billy Crain, Billy Montana, Henry Paul)
37 - So Long (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:49 (Henry Paul)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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."

Hurry Sundown
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.

Soldiers of Fortune
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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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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11745 - OUTLAWS - SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH ... OUTLAWS, PART ONE (2016)

OUTLAWS
''SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH... OUTLAWS, PART ONE''
COMPILATION
2016
177:31
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PART ONE (60:38)
01 - There Goes Another Love Song (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:02 (Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho)
02 - Song In The Breeze (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:03 (Henry Paul)
03 - It Follows From Your Heart (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 05:19 (Billy Jones)
04 - Cry No More (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 04:17 (Billy Jones)
05 - Stay With Me (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 03:28 (Henry Paul)
06 - Green Grass And High Tides (From ''OUTLAWS'', 1975) 09:46 (Hughie Thomasson)
07 - Breaker-Breaker (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 02:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
08 - Freeborn Man (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 04:48 (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsey)
09 - Stick Around For Rock & Roll (From ''LADY IN WAITING'', 1976) 06:37 (Hughie Thomasson)
10 - Theme From ''Gunsmoke'' (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:16 (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho)
11 - Hurry Sundown (From ''HURRY SUNDOWN'', 1977) 04:04 (Hughie Thomasson)
12 - You Are The Show (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:51 (Hughie Thomasson)
13 - Falling Rain (From ''PLAYIN' TO WIN'', 1979) 04:05 (Freddie Salem)
*****
PART TWO (60:14)
14 - Long Gone (From ''IN THE EYE OF THE STORM'', 1979) 03:45 (Freddie Salem)
15 - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:48 (Stan Jones)
16 - Angels Hide (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 05:45 (Hughie Thomasson)
17 - Devil's Road (From ''GHOST RIDERS'', 1980) 04:50 (Freddie Salem)
18 - Goodbye (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:28 (Freddie Salem)
19 - Back From Eternity (From ''LOS HOMBRES MALOS'', 1982) 04:32 (Hughie Thomasson)
20 - One Last Ride (From ''SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE'', 1986) 04:22 (Randy Bishop, Chuck Glass)
21 - You Are The Show (From ''HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE!'', 1993) 07:05 (Hughie Thomasson)
22 - Dregs Fall To The Wicked (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 05:08 (Cooper, Hughie Thomasson, Tsaerios)
23 - Steam On The Blacktop (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:44 (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)
24 - Brother Travis (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:53 (Manera, Hughie Thomasson, Ronnie Van Zandt)
25 - Alligator Alley (From ''DIABLO CANYON'', 1994) 04:48 (Hughie Thomasson)
*****
PART THREE (56:37)
26 - Ghost Town (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Jess Leary, Victoria Shaw)
27 - South Street (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 03:56 (Hughie Thomasson)
28 - Lovers, Gold And Fools (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:14 (Hughie Thomasson)
29 - Mr. Cowboy (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:25 (Cliff Cooper, Hughie Thomasson)
30 - Hearts Run Wild (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:50 (Hughie Thomasson)
31 - Lover's Serenade (From ''SO LOW'', 1999) 04:13 (Hughie Thomasson)
32 - Tomorrow's Another Night (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:17 (Anthony Battaglia, Henry Gross, Henry Paul)
33 - It's About Pride (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 07:07 (Billy Crain, Henry Paul)
34 - Last Ghost Town (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 03:31 (Billy Crain)
35 - The Flame (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 04:26 (Billy Crain, Chris Anderson, Henry Paul)
36 - Trouble Rides A Fast Horse (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:19 (Billy Crain, Billy Montana, Henry Paul)
37 - So Long (From ''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE'', 2012) 05:49 (Henry Paul)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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."

Hurry Sundown
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.

Soldiers of Fortune
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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11744 - OUTLAWS - IT'S ABOUT PRIDE (2012) (REPOST)

OUTLAWS
''IT'S ABOUT PRIDE''
SEPTEMBER 25 2012
57:21
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1 Tomorrow's Another Night (Henry Paul, Henry Cross, Anthony Battaglia) 4:17
2 Hidin' Out In Tennessee (Henry Paul, Billy Crain) 4:05
3 It's About Pride (Henry Paul, Billy Crain) 7:07
4 Born To Be Bad (Henry Paul, Billy Crain, Chris Anderson) 5:17
5 Last Ghost Town (Billy Crain) 3:31
6 Nothin' Main About Main Street (Henry Paul, Billy Crain, Tom Hambridge) 5:33
7 The Flame (Billy Crain, Henry Paul, Chris Anderson) 4:27
8 Trail Of Tears (Chris Anderson, Roger Mason) 3:45
9 Right Where I Belong (Billy Crain, Henry Paul, Dave Robbins) 4:13
10 Alex's Song (Henry Paul, Billy Crain, Randy Threet) 3:36
11 Trouble Rides A Fast Horse (Henry Paul, Billy Crain, Billy Montana) 5:19
12 So Long (Henry Paul) 5:49
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Henry Paul/Electric Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Monte Yoho/Drums
Billy Crain/Electric Rhythm & Lead Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Harmony Vocals
Chris Anderson/Electric Rhythm & Lead Guitars, Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Randy Threet/Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Dave Robbins/Keyboards, Harmony Vocals
Additional Musician:
Joe Lala/Percussion
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This album is dedicated to the memory of:
Hughie Thomasson
Billy Jones
Frank O’Keefe
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OFFICIAL ABOUT OUTLAWS & IT'S ABOUT PRIDE
For The Outlaws, it was always about the music. For 40 years, the Southern Rock legends celebrated triumphs, endured tragedies and survived legal nightmares to remain one of the most influential and best-loved bands of the genre. Now The Outlaws return with new music, new focus and an uncompromising new mission: It’s about a band of brothers bound together by history, harmony and the road. It’s about a group that respects its own legacy while refusing to be defined by its past. But most of all, it’s about pride.

It’s About Pride is the new album from The Outlaws, a record 4 years in the making and perhaps 20 or more in the waiting. And for original Outlaws vocalist/guitarist Henry Paul, it’s a hard-fought revival whose success can be measured in old fans and new music. “Because The Outlaws have been out of the public eye for so long, it’s almost like starting over,” he explains. “But because of the band’s history, we’re seeing this as a new chapter. We’ve written and recorded this album on our own terms, and we’re out to make a significant impression. What our fans loved then they still love now, but most of all, they recognize the heart and sincerity we put in our music.” For co-founding drummer Monte Yoho, the journey is both bittersweet and jubilant. “I still think about the friends we made when we first came into this industry, how we struggled to define this thing that became known as ‘Southern Rock’,” Yoho says. “This new album embodies all the things we shared musically and personally, as well as the relationships we have with our fans to this day. It’s about where we’ve been, where we’re going, and why we still love to do this.”

History lesson: Formed in Tampa in 1972, The Outlaws – known for their triple-guitar rock attack and three-part country harmonies – became one of the first acts signed by Clive Davis (at the urging of Ronnie Van Zant) to his then-fledgling Arista Records. The band’s first three albums The Outlaws, Lady In Waiting and Hurry Sundown – featuring such rock radio favorites as “There Goes Another Love Song”, “Green Grass & High Tides”, “Knoxville Girl” and “Freeborn Man” – would become worldwide gold and platinum landmarks of the Southern Rock era. Known as ‘The Florida Guitar Army’ by their fans, The Outlaws earned a formidable reputation as an incendiary live act touring with friends The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band and The Charlie Daniels Band as well as The Doobie Brothers, The Who, Eagles and The Rolling Stones. Henry Paul left after the group’s third album to form The Henry Paul Band for Atlantic Records, and later the multi-Platinum country trio Blackhawk. Over the next 20+ years, The Outlaws would experience rampant personnel changes, tonal missteps, ill-fated reunions and bitter trademark battles that left fans – not to mention Paul and Yoho – frustrated and saddened. And with the tragic deaths of co-founding members Frank O’Keefe and Billy Jones in 1995, and especially vocalist/lead guitarist Hughie Thomasson in 2007, it was feared that The Outlaws’ trail had come to an end.

“The Outlaws were the one area of my career where I had regrets,” admits Paul. “More importantly, I think it was the one area in my career where I thought I still have something to prove. I felt compelled to stick my neck out and take a chance of putting this band back together. I knew we would be judged, but I hoped we would be judged on our abilities.” Along with founding members Paul and Yoho, the band features several of Southern Rock’s most respected veterans: Lead guitarist and longtime Outlaw Chris Anderson is well known for his collaborations with artists that include Dickey Betts, Lucinda Williams, Hank Williams Jr., and Skynyrd. Co-lead guitarist Steve Grisham - who joined the band in mid-2013 following the medical leave of guitarist Billy Crain - is a former member of the Soldiers of Fortune era Outlaws, a noted songwriter whose tracks include The Henry Paul Band's Top 40 hit "Keepin' Our Love Alive", and a co-founder of the Southern Rock all-stars, Brothers of the Southland. Keyboardist/vocalist Dave Robbins is a co-founding member of Blackhawk and has written hit songs for artists that include Restless Heart, Kenny Rogers and Eric Clapton. Bassist/vocalist Randy Threet has performed with Pam Tillis, Trisha Yearwood and Blackhawk, and is familiar to TV audiences from USA Network’s ‘Nashville Star’. “From the very beginning, our band had a heart,” Monte Yoho says. “And a lot of people who come out and see this incarnation of the band respond to the exact same things we used to put on that stage in the ‘70s and ‘80s.”

On that stage, the band burns hotter than ever: “The Outlaws helped define Southern Rock for me and for generations of fans,” wrote music journalist Bill Robinson in June 2012 in The Huffington Post. “Seeing them onstage with The Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd or countless others was, for a long time, one of the best experiences I could have. And so it was again when I saw The Outlaws play recently.” The Outlaws’ live shows – more than 150 per year – are blazing 2+ hour tributes to the band’s rich history and fiery rebirth. Classic tracks and fan favorites from the first three albums – as well as The Henry Paul Band’s definitive “Grey Ghost” – share the spotlight with songs from the new disc that are already being embraced by audiences. “I think the new songs go back to those first three classic albums, when the band was proud of its influences from country, blues and jazz,” says Billy Crain. “Plus, Chris Anderson and I have honored and maybe even stepped up the legacy of the ‘guitar army’. Fans are coming away from shows feeling a part of the Outlaws experience.”

But it’s the new album – produced by Michael Bush and Henry Paul – that brings the experience home. The disc opens with “Tomorrow’s Another Night”, a scorching take on the band’s history complete with monster harmonies and a killer hook. “Hidin’ Out In Tennessee” delivers classic Outlaws country/bluegrass energy. “Born To Be Bad” is badass biker boogie and “Last Ghost Town” is kickass guitar rock. “Nothin’ Main About Main Street” is an affecting Springsteen/Seger style look at lost small-town life. “The Flame” – Hughie Thomasson’s nickname – is a potent tribute to the much-loved late Outlaw. Chris Anderson’s “Trail Of Tears” electrifies via bitter history, intense vocals and searing guitars. “Right Where I Belong”, “Alex’s Song” and “Trouble Rides A Fast Horse” could easily be lost tracks from any of the band’s first three albums. The disc’s closer, “So Long”, is a haunting re-recording of Henry’s 1979 classic. “It was the first song on the first Henry Paul Band album, and it’s the final song on this record,” explains Paul. “I wanted it to be a sort of coda to the new music, but I also want it to be a relevant part of the new Outlaws landscape. I think it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever written, and I think we’ve done an admirable job of giving it a new personality.” But the new album’s true centerpiece is its title track, co-written by Henry Paul and Billy Crain. “It’s About Pride” is both tribute and testimony from a band that has lived it all, played it all, and returns to reclaim it all.

“I’m proud to be a part of something that started long ago,” Henry Paul sings reflectively, “a Southern band of brothers bound together by the road/They came from Florida, Georgia, Carolina and Tennessee/With old guitars, tattoos and scars, straight from the heart of Dixie/And our rebel pride.” From its towering chorus to its searing guitar-onslaught finale, “It’s About Pride” is a fierce first-person anthem to the genre, delivered with the poignancy and power of absolute survivors. “It’s a very emotional song,” Paul says. “Depending on my mood and the night, sometimes it’s all I can do to get the words out without crying. It summons up a lot of images of people who are no longer with us, of times we shared standing tall together for the first time. When I first wrote the end of the second verse – ‘The reason ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ means so much to me/Is it’s about pride’ – I knew that people would feel a lot of those same emotions. It’s about an accumulated experience of separation, loss and success.” Almost instantly, the song – and the entire album – is classic Southern Rock and classic Outlaws.

Right now, The Outlaws are headed back on the road, back on the radio and back into the hearts of fans nationwide. “I’m seeing this thing we’ve had for four decades be exposed to whole new audiences,” Monte Yoho says. “We’re having a second life as a band, and it feels better than ever. Best of all, I’m still doing it with some of the same people I’ve known for most of my life.”

“I want people to hear this album and see our show and realize that The Outlaws are back,” says Henry Paul. “Our goal is to unite the fans and bring the band back into the light. In a way, this is like a second chance at my first love. It’s about finishing what we started.” For Henry, Monte, Chris, Steve, Dave and Randy, it’s about a band of brothers who love playing their own style of rock, and who 40 years ago first got the chance to take it from Florida to the world.

For The Outlaws, it’s still about the music. And now more than ever, it’s about pride.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
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."

Hurry Sundown
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.

Soldiers of Fortune
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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10607 - OUTLAWS LIVE LOS ANGELES 1976 (2015)

OUTLAWS
''LIVE LOS ANGELES 1976''
NOVEMBER 6 2015
51:37

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1 Waterhole 02:07 (Billy Jones, Frank O'Keefe, Henry Paul, Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho)
2 Stick Around for Rock & Roll 08:54 (Hughie Thomasson)
3 Song in the Breeze 04:59 (Henry Paul)
4 Lover Boy 04:17 (Hughie Thomasson)
5 Freeborn Man 05:12 (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsay)
6 Cry No More 04:03 (Billy Jones)
7 Knoxville Girl 03:35 (Henry Paul)
8 Green Grass & High Tides 14:10 (Hughie Thomasson)
9 There Goes Another Love Song 04:17 (Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho)

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Billy Jones/Guitar
Frank O'Keefe/Bass Guitar
Henry Paul/Guitar
Hughie Thomasson/Guitar, Vocals
Monte Yoho/Drums

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BIOGRAPHY
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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9657 - BEST OF THE OUTLAWS: GREEN GRASS AND HIGH TIDES (1996)

OUTLAWS
''BEST OF THE OUTLAWS: GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDES''
1996
70:15

1 There Goes Another Love Song (Hughie Thomasson) 03:02
2 Knoxville Girl (Henry Paul) 03:28
3 Song For You (Bill Jones, Hughie Thomasson) 03:29
4 Waterhole (Bill Jones, Henry Paul, Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho) 02:02
5 Green Grass And High Tides (Hughie Thomasson) 09:45
6 Breaker Breaker (Hughie Thomasson) 02:54
7 South Carolina (Henry Paul) 03:01
8 Freeborn Man (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsay) 04:46
9 Prisoner (Bill Jones) 03:54
10 Girl From Ohio (Henry Paul) 04:58
11 Stick Around For Rock & Roll (Hughie Thomasson) 06:34
12 Hurry Sundown (Hughie Thomasson) 04:03
13 Gunsmoke (Henry Paul, Monte Yoho) 04:15
14 You Are the Show (Hughie Thomasson) 04:51
15 Take It Any Way You Want It (Bill Jones, Hughie Thomasson) 03:17
16 (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Stan Jones) 05:49

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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9656 - OUTLAWS - SO LOW (2000)

OUTLAWS
''SO LOW''
2000
47:27

1 Ghost Town 04:26
2 Three Alarm Fire 04:45
3 Only Love Will Do 03:19
4 South Street 03:57
5 Dancin' Shoes 04:30
6 Lovers, Gold And Fools 04:15
7 Mr. Cowboy 04:26
8 Hearts Run Wild 04:51
9 Surrounded By One 04:59
10 Lover's Serenade 04:14
11 A Wish 03:40

Bass – Jeff Howell
Drums, Percussion – B.B. Borden
Fiddle – Randy Smith
Keyboards – Michael Ewbanks
Keyboards, Organ B3 – Steve Myers
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Backing Vocals – Chris Hicks
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar – Hughie Thomasson
Steel Guitar (Lap) – Cowboy Eddie Long

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by discogs.com
This material was actually recorded in 1994.
Although called a Hughie Thomasson album, "So Low" was virtually an Outlaws album, recorded by the same core musicians who performed on their "Hittin' The Road - Live !" & (without Timothy Cabe) "Diablo Canyon" albums from 1993 & 1994 respectively.
Hughie Thomasson was the only original Outlaw in the band for these 2 albums.

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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9655 - OUTLAWS - DIABLO CANYON (1994)

OUTLAWS
''DIABLO CANYON''
1994
51:58

1 Diablo Canyon (Thomasson) 06:58
2 Dregs Fall To The Wicked (Cooper, Thomasson, Tsaerios) 05:08
3 Let The Fingers Do The Walkin' (Thomasson) 04:46
4 Steam On The Blacktop (Kortchmar, Lynch) 04:44
5 Macon Blues (Hicks) 05:45
6 New Frontier (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson) 05:17
7 Brother Travis (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson) 04:53
8 The Wheel (Hicks) 05:16
9 Freedom In Flight (Thomasson) 04:18
10 Alligator Alley (Thomasson) 04:48

Hughie Thomasson - Lead Guitars, Lead Vocals
Chris Hicks - Guitars, Lead Vocals
Jeff Howell - Bass Guitar, Vocals
B.B.Borden - Drums, Percussion
Add Musicians:
Gary Rossington - Lead Guitar On 7, Slide Guitar Solo On 5
Billy Powell - Piano On 5, 7
Mickey Mulcahy - Guitar On 4
Mike Varney - Third Guitar Solo (24 Bars) On 5
Willie Morris - Backing Vocals
Mike Mani - B3 Organ On 8

REVIEW/AMG
by Greg Prato
Perhaps more so than any other point in music history, Southern rock was the furthest off the map circa the early to mid-'90s, as several other popular rock styles were dominating the charts and airwaves (namely, alternative and grunge). But it was at this precise time that the Outlaws opted to release their first studio album in nearly ten years, 1994's Diablo Canyon. And to their credit, they didn't reappear with detuned guitar riffs, Doc Marten boots, and flannel shirts. Instead, they stuck closely to the sonic path of their prior albums. And despite the long layoff between studio sets, Diablo Canyon manages to be an impressively lean and rockin' album -- cut directly from the unmistakable Southern rock cloth. Heck, pick just about any song here ("Dregs Fall to the Wicked," "Steam on the Blacktop," "New Frontier," etc.), and you've got a perfect accompanying soundtrack to a long distance ride on your Harley.

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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9654 - OUTLAWS - HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE! (1993)

OUTLAWS
''HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE!''
NOVEMBER 1993
63:17

1 Hittin' The Road (Thomasson) 04:50
2 There Goes Another Love Song (Thomasson, Yoho) 04:02
3 Hurry Sundown (Thomasson) 04:15
4 Waterhole (Jones, Paul, Thomasson, Yoho) 02:47
5 Hitman Blues (Traditional) 08:41
6 Evil, Wicked, Mean And Nasty (Salem, Thomasson) 08:03
7 You Are The Show (Thomasson) 07:05
8 Superficial Love (Hicks) 04:54
9 Ghost Riders In The Sky (Jones) 06:16
10 Green Grass And High Tides (Thomasson) 12:19

B.B. Borden - drums
Jeff Howell - bass guitar, vocals
Hughie Thomasson - guitar, vocals
Chris Hicks - guitar

REVIEW
by Greg Prato
Like quite a few classic rock outfits that built their career on a signature live album in the grand old '70s, every subsequent live release issued will be compared to their signature live set from the decade that brought us Afros, bell bottoms, and Star Wars. And while the Outlaws' 1978 release, Bring It Back Alive, is one of the decade's most underrated live efforts (but did manage to introduce the group to a whole new set of fans), their 1993 in-concert offering, Hittin' the Road, is surprisingly not too shabby in its own right. The playing remains inspired throughout (as does the energy level) -- which can often prove problematic at times with live releases by certain veteran rockers, who seem appear to stay set on cruise control. But the Outlaws dodge the "blah bullet" throughout, especially on the album-opening title track, "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky," and the set-closing jamfest, "Green Grass & High Tides." While most fans will deem Bring It Back Alive to be the Outlaws' definitive concert statement, 'Hittin' the Road' proved that there was still plenty left in the tank from these old codgers.

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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9653 - OUTLAWS - SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE (1986)

OUTLAWS
''SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE''
SEPTEMBER 1986
42:14

1 One Last Ride (Randy Bishop, Chuck Glass) 04:22
2 Soldiers Of Fortune (Randy Bishop, L.C.Cohen, Henry Paul, Hughie Thomasson, Alan Walden) 03:31
3 The Night Cries (Randy Bishop, Cohen, Paul Thomasson) 04:33
4 The Outlaw (Duane Evans, Steve Grisham, Paul) 03:48
5 Cold Harbor (Glass, Paul) 04:22
6 Whatcha Don't Do (Paul, John Townsend) 03:48
7 Just The Way I Like It (Spencer Proffer, Billy Thorpe) 04:00
8 Saved By The Bell (Randy Bishop, John Butcher) 03:55
9 Lady Luck (Evans, Grisham, Paul) 03:51
10 Racin' For The Red Light (Bishop, Freddie Salem, Thomasson) 05:59

Henry Paul - guitar, vocals, background vocals
Hughie Thomasson - guitar, vocals, background vocals
Steve Grisham - guitar, vocals, background vocals
Chuck Glass - bass, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
David Dix - percussion, drums
Additional musicians[edit]
Randy Bishop - keyboards, programming, backing vocals
Jon Butcher, Bart Bishop, John Townsend, Stacey Lyn Shaffer - backing vocals
Buster McNeil - guitar, backing vocals
Jimmy Glenn - drums

REVIEW/AMG
by Thom Jurek
Soldiers of Fortune was the last record by the Outlaws that could actually be called an "Outlaws" album. The disc was issued in 1986, three years after the band left Arista, in the wake of huge chart and sales successes a few years earlier by .38 Special, which wed FM radio pop, that '80s keyboard sound, and Southern rock in a winning formula. Given that and the way this record sounds, the title of the album is perhaps more telling of the band's motivation than it is an aesthetic choice. Guitarist Henry Paul returned to the Florida band's fold for this outing, restoring the three-guitar front line that leader Hughie Thomasson favored. But for all the restraint presented here, it hardly mattered. Drum programs abound, as do synthesizers, but nonetheless there is something very compelling about this record. Its feel is utterly nocturnal. It's slick, polished, and holds only a ghostly resemblance to the Outlaws of old. There are no roaring jams and no wrangling, knife-edged guitars -- only those spooky, out-of-the-murky-soil melodies that were the band's trademark. There are beautiful songs here, like the opening "One Last Ride," with its shimmering warm synth lines and elasticized guitars and vocals by Jon Butcher. The title track was crafted to hit the same mark that .38 Special's "Caught Up in You" and "Hang On Loosely" were, with its nearly chanted choruses, smooth guitar riffs with just a hint of Southern rock sting, and a hook to die for. "The Night Cries," for all of its Southern flair, still could have been written and produced by Lindsey Buckingham. "Cold Harbor" reflects Paul's gift for writing narrative pop songs and weaving beautiful acoustic guitars through his tomes. "Saved By the Bell" is another tune sculpted in the "Soldiers of Fortune" mold. Only "Just the Way I Like It," "Lady Luck," and (to a lesser extent) "The Outlaw" revel in an '80s form of Southern boogie rock, but even these are textured gloriously. Sonically, this album sounds dated, but musically it's the true space oddity in the Outlaws' catalog, and deserves both a listen and a berth just for that.

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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9652 - OUTLAWS - LOS HOMBRES MALO (1982)

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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9651 - OUTLAWS - GHOST RIDERS (1980) (REPOST)

OUTLAWS
''GHOST RIDERS''
1980
39:36

1 (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Stan Jones) 05:49
2 White Horses (Salem) 03:54
3 Angels Hide (Thomasson) 05:45
4 Devil's Road (Salem) 04:51
5 I Can't Stop Loving You (Nicholls) 04:20
6 Wishing Wells (Thomasson) 03:33
7 Sunshine (Duke, Jones) 05:38
8 Freedom Walk (Jones) 05:44

Rick Cua - bass, guitar, vocals
David Dix - percussion, drums
Billy Jones - guitar, vocals
Mike Duke - keyboards, vocals
Freddie Salem - guitar, vocals
Hughie Thomasson - guitar, vocals

REVIEW/AMG
by Bret Adams
The Outlaws' early penchant for country rock is non-existent on 1980's Ghost Riders, a hard-rocking album with the thunderous three-guitar attack of Hughie Thomasson, Freddie Salem, and Billy Jones. The songwriting ranks somewhere between average and above-average, but that's not the focus here; the guitar army is the main attraction. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" is a fantastic cover of the Stan Jones-penned song, which was a huge hit originally for Vaughn Monroe in 1949. The Outlaws hit the Top 40 with that piece, but the edited single is no match for the blistering gallop of the six-minute album version. Thomasson's acoustic guitar work -- both arppegiated lines and full-tilt rhythm strumming -- is the perfect counterpoint for the lead electric guitars. Bassist Rick Cua and drummer David Dix provide a rumbling, no-nonsense foundation for the six-string histrionics. "White Horses" is best described as a guitar-based Southern rock ballad. The dynamic guitar work on "Angels Hide" includes everything from in-your-face solos to carefully woven interplay. The full-throttle hard rock of "Devil's Road" relies on the monstrous crunch created by unleashed guitar and bass riffing. Pleasant acoustic guitar strumming supports the ballad "I Can't Stop Loving You." The peppy chorus and vocal harmonies stand out on "Sunshine," but once again, when the guitars take over, everything else is left in the dust. "Freedom Walk" closes the album with an all-out guitar assault. Ghost Riders -- which has a very cool Gibson Les Paul-in-outer-space cover painting similar in style to Boston's Boston and Don't Look Back sleeves -- was reissued on CD by the Canadian company The Collector's Pipeline in 1993.

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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9650 - OUTLAWS - IN THE EYE OF THE STORM (1979)

OUTLAWS
''IN THE EYE OF THE STORM''
OCTOBER 1979
33:37

1 Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home) (Rhodes) 03:29
2 Long Gone (Salem) 03:45
3 It's All Right (Thomasson) 03:06
4 Miracle Man (Elvis Costello) 04:08
5 Comin' Home (Jones) 03:24
6 Blueswater (Jones) 04:54
7 (Come On) Dance With Me (Arnold, Jones, Thomasson) 03:40
8 Too Long Without Her (Thomasson) 02:38
9 I'll Be Leaving Soon (Jones) 04:29

Harvey Dalton Arnold - bass, vocals
David Dix - percussion, drums
Billy Jones - guitar, vocals
Freddie Salem - guitar, vocals
Hughie Thomasson - guitar, vocals
Monte Yoho - drums

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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9649 - OUTLAWS - PLAYIN' TO WIN (1978)

OUTLAWS
''PLAYIN' TO WIN''
OCTOBER 1978
34:28

1 Take It Anyway You Want It (Jones, Thomasson) 03:18
2 Cry Some More (Jones, Thomasson) 03:40
3 You Are The Show (Thomasson) 04:51
4 You Can Have It (Arnold) 03:05
5 If Dreams Came True (Jones, Lange) 02:44
6 A Real Good Feelin' (Jones) 04:27
7 Love At First Sight (Thomasson) 02:46
8 Falling Rain (Salem) 04:06
9 Dirty City (Sutherland) 05:26

Harvey Dalton Arnold - bass, guitar, vocals
David Dix - percussion, conga, drums
Mike Duke - keyboards
Billy Jones - electric guitar, vocals
Freddie Salem - guitar, vocals, slide guitar
Hughie Thomasson - acoustic guitar, banjo, guitar, pedal steel, electric guitar, vocals
Monte Yoho - percussion, drums

ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Playin' to Win is the fourth album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1978. The album is the first not to feature guitar player and singer Henry Paul, who had acted as the second frontman behind Hughie Thomasson. The album was not as well received as the band's previous three albums, yet it still featured the original lineup, which would remain until the departure of guitarist Billy Jones.

REVIEW/AMG
by Bret Adams
The Outlaws' 1978 album Playin' to Win marked a significant change in musical direction almost certainly due, in large part, to up-and-coming producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The Florida-based Southern rockers had just come off the live album Bring It Back Alive early that year, and concert albums quite often preface a change in a band's style. Lange made Playin' to Win a much slicker sounding record than The Outlaws' first three studio albums. This was also the first studio album without vocalist/guitarist Henry Paul, who was directly responsible for the traditional country elements in The Outlaws' original sound. He'd been replaced by Freddie Salem on Bring It Back Alive. The majority of the songs were still largely contributed by vocalists/guitarists Hughie Thomasson and Billy Jones, and the guitar and vocal harmonies are still intact, but Lange's production smoothes some of the edges too much, robbing The Outlaws of a bit of their rough-hewn charm. "Take It Anyway You Want It" immediately announces The Outlaws' new, lightly polished sound. "Cry Some More" verges on bouncy pop at times, but the guitar work provides some bite. The anthem "You Are the Show" is bookended by moody guitar parts. Jones' "If Dreams Came True" is gentle and lush, and the soft percussion work is fascinating. "A Real Good Feelin'" is easygoing country/pop, and Thomasson adds pedal steel fills. Salem's dramatic ballad "Falling Rain" proves he's a fully integrated into the band. Playin' to Win ends with an excellent cover of the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver's "Dirty City." It starts off slyly funky and turns into a guitar workout jam.

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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