THE OUTLAWS – Legacy Live (2016)
“Legacy Live” is the testimony of legends THE OUTLAWS 40th Anniversary recorded during the band’s celebration tour last year.
Along with Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Atlanta Rhythm Section. etc, The Outlaws have mainstays on the Southern Rock scene and in may ways helped to shape the genre’s sound. They even flirted with AOR in the ’80s.
Despite the loss of original guitarist/vocalist Hughie Thomasson who passed away a number of years ago, The Outlaws have continued to soldier on led by talented co-founder Henry Paul (lead vocals, guitar) and Monte Yoho (drums), and rounded out here on this new live set by Steve Grisham (lead guitar), Chris Anderson (lead guitar), Randy Threet (bass), and Dave Robbins (keyboards).
“Legacy Live” contains a wealth of classics from their lengthy discography as well as selections from their 2012 comeback album It’s About Pride.
Expect plenty of musical fireworks and the bands penchant for lush vocal layers across these 20 tracks.
The band’s three pronged guitar attack is in fine form throughout, with Paul generally taking rhythm duties on electric & acoustic, leaving plenty of space for Grisham and Anderson to fire off boatloads of white hot lead guitar work.
Many Outlaws signature tunes are here, including “There Goes Another Love Song”, “Hurry Sundown”, the unforgettable “Holiday”, catchy tracks like “Gunsmoke”, “Song in the Breeze”, “Knoxville Girl”, “Girl From Ohio”, “Freeborn Man”, and “South Carolina”, as well as the mandatatory extended guitar jammers “Ghost Riders” and “Green Grass & High Tides Forever”.
Paul’s excellent “Grey Ghost” is here as well, the title track off his classic Henry Paul Band debut (featured here on the blog in remastered form), 11+ minutes of gorgeous vocal harmonies and sizzling lead guitar work, as is “So Long”, another unforgettable song off that memorable debut.
With all the members contributing backing vocals, I can’t stress enough how impressive the vocal arrangements are executed here, each tune lush with soaring vocal harmonies that are just as jaw dropping as the dual lead guitar attack. Paul himself is stupendous, his lead vocals still strong after all these years.
The Outlaws last album It’s About Pride is well represented as well, the band featuring the title cut, “Born to Be Bad”, “Trail of Tears”, and “Hiding Out in Tennessee” in the set, each tune slotting alongside the classics quite nicely.
The Outlaws’ classic rock machine has been rolling for well over four decades, and they “Legacy Live” is a sensational live set chock full of sizzling guitar jams and memorable vocal arrangements, showcasing the best material from their early years as well as the more recent output.
Not to be missed!
CD 1:
01 – Intro
02 – There Goes Another Love Song
03 – Hurry Sundown
04 – Hidin’ Out In Tennessee
05 – Freeborn Man
06 – Born To Be Bad
07 – Song In The Breeze
08 – Girl From Ohio
09 – Holiday
10 – Gunsmoke
11 – Grey Ghost
CD 2:
01 – South Carolina
02 – So Long
03 – Prisoner
04 – Cold Harbor
05 – Trail Of Tears
06 – It’s About Pride
07 – Waterhole
08 – Knoxville Girl
09 – Green Grass And High Tides
10 – (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
Henry Paul (lead vocals, guitar)
Monte Yoho (drums)
Steve Grisham (guitar)
Chris Anderson (guitar)
Randy Threet (bass)
Dave Robbins (keyboards)
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