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- Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides (Remastered) · 1975
- The Outlaws · 1975
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- Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides (Remastered) · 1977
- The Outlaws · 1975
- Lady In Waiting (Remastered) · 1976
- Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides (Remastered) · 1975
- Hurry Sundown (Remastered) · 1977
- Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides (Remastered) · 1978
- Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides (Remastered) · 1975
Essential Albums
- The Outlaws' 1975 debut album has things in common with lots of Southern country rock traditionalists, including the song smoothness and guitar picking of The Marshall Tucker Band and the rock-radio songwriting aplomb of Lynryd Skynryd. (Both “Green Grass and High Tides” and the great “There Goes Another Love Song” still heavily populate classic rock radio.) But there are things here that give the band a true sonic identity: for one thing, no Southern rock band could’ve penned the beautifully pensive “It Follows from Your Heart,” nor did any share the same penchant for tricky sunny Southern California harmonies of the Poco/Eagles variety. “Knoxville Girl” stands alone as a winning blend of rowdy bluegrass and dueling rock ’n’ roll guitars. But some comparisons are fun: “Stay with Me” could’ve been a great New Riders of the Purple Sage song, and The Grateful Dead could’ve hit the singles chart hard with “Keep Prayin’.” The best song here is “Song for You,” a singable heartbreaker about unintentionally letting down the one you love; its sentiment of personal responsibility is rare for the era and genre.
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About The Outlaws
Southern rock stalwarts the Outlaws are one of the leading lights to come out of the genre in the mid- to late '70s, mixing the rootsy guitar interplay of acts like the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd with the smoother harmonies and songcraft of the Eagles. The group became a success with the release of their self-titled debut in 1975, which featured the upbeat hit single "There Goes Another Love Song" and the extended guitar feature "Green Grass & High Tides," two of the most popular songs in their catalog. The Outlaws went into a period of instability after numerous personnel changes, and they split up after the release of 1986's Soldiers of Fortune, but they became active again as a recording and touring unit following 2012's It's About Pride.
- FROM
- Tampa, FL, United States
- FORMED
- 1972
- GENRE
- Rock