The Outlaws

Southern rock device the Outlaws were shaped in Tampa, Florida, in 1972 by singers/guitarists Hughie Thomasson and Henry Paul, bassist Frank O’Keefe, and drummer Monte Yoho. Using the 1973 addition of guitarist Billy Jones, the lineup was finish, and after a season of intense touring the music group became the first react agreed upon to Arista under Clive Davis; the Outlaws’ self-titled 1975 record spotlighted their Eagles-influenced harmonies and Allman Brothers-like electric guitar attack, yielding the very best 40 strike “There Will go Another Love Tune.” In the wake of 1977’s Costs Szymczyk-produced Rush Sundown, both Paul and O’Keefe exited, with guitarist Freddie Salem, bassist Harvey Dalton Arnold, and second drummer David Dix putting your signature on on for the 1978 concert established Bring It Back again Alive as well as the studio room work Playin’ to Gain. The lineup shuffles continuing when Arnold announced his departure pursuing 1979’s In the attention of the Surprise, with bassist Rick Cua recruited for another year’s Ghost Riders in the Sky, which netted a high 40 entry using its name monitor, a rendition from the Vaughn Monroe preferred. Yoho still left to rejoin Henry Paul immediately after, and with the next leave of Jones, just Thomasson continued to be from the initial Outlaws roster — and in addition, the group disbanded upon completing 1982’s Los Hombres Malo. A 12 months later on, Thomasson and Paul created a fresh Outlaws lineup, adding guitarist Chris Hicks, bassist Barry Borden, and drummer Jeff Howell; after issuing 1986’s Troops of Lot of money, Paul once again quit the music group, with the rest of the quartet coming back in 1993 with Hittin’ the street. While Paul resurfaced in 1994 in the chart-topping modern country music group BlackHawk, Thomasson later on toured using the re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd while carrying on to business lead the Outlaws, liberating So Lower in 2000. Unfortunately, Jones and O’Keefe passed away within three weeks of 1 another in early 1995. In 2005, initial users Thomasson, Paul, Yoho, and David Dix reunited as the Outlaws, rounding out the lineup with three users of BlackHawk, guitarist Chris Anderson, bassist Randy Threet, and keyboardist Dave Robbins. Paul and Robbins departed a 12 months later to focus once again on BlackHawk, while Thomasson, the just original person in the Outlaws to create it through all the band’s configurations, held things going, apparently finishing a fresh studio room recording, Once an Outlaw, before his loss of life from a coronary attack in 2007. In 2012, a fresh edition from the Outlaws released a studio room recording, It’s About Satisfaction. Focused on Hughie Thomasson, Billy Jones, and Frank O’Keefe, the recording presented Henry Paul, Monte Yoho, Chris Anderson, Randy Threet, and Dave Robbins from your Once an Outlaw lineup, alongside fresh users Billy Crain (acoustic guitar) and Joe Lala (percussion). In 2013, Billy Crain remaining the music group because of medical complications, and Joe Lala passed away in 2014 after a bout with lung cancers. Steve Grisham, who used the Outlaws from 1983 to 1986, rejoined the group as guitarist. A fresh concert album out of this edition from the music group, entitled Legacy Live, found its way to 2016.