Recorded 11/10/1978 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ) Visit Wolfgang's www.wolfgangs.... to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. Start your free trial today. Copyright Bill Graham Archives
They were never underrated to me. I have all their albums. Saw them perform live at the Tomorrow Club in Youngstown Ohio in the late 70s. They were so good. The Tomorrow Club was formerly a movie theater. Which means it was a relatively small concert venue. Which means everybody was close to the band. Didn't need no big screen so you could see them. We saw so many good bands there. It was an awesome time. Nobody was friskin' you at the door. Nobody was violent. But we sure smoked that place up...ha ha. And still smokin'' it up.. Keep on rockin'' !!
Saw them open for Boston at Long Beach Arena in 1977. They blew Boston away that night and I went on to see them 7 more times. My all time band. No pretentiousness- just the tightest band I ever saw. Hugie’s shredding and Billy’s blues riffs, along with the harmonies, made them so unique! Only ONE Outlaws- that initial group with Henry Paul was especially awesome!
Can you remember the show ? I saw them at the Garden around then and Billy collapsed from exhaustion. Might have been opening for Aerosmith. I was as wasted as they were ....
I remember going to see those guys back around 1981. They were playing an outdoor gig along with Poco and The Marshall Tucker Band. It was on the Fourth of July at Desoto Speedway in Bradenton Florida. A really memorable concert in many ways!
@@fordrac1ng81 Yes, it was and Molly Hatchet was in the line up that day also. I got the worst sunburn I ever had in my life that day. We were all drinking beer and smoking weed shirtless out in the sun all afternoon, too stupid to realize that wasn't such a good idea lol!
That sounds perfect! Always wanted to see Marshall Tucker. I saw the Outlaws in Kansas City 80~81ish. The opening act was this new band called Molly Hatchet. Good times.
They played the Round up in PHILADELPHIA at J.F.K STADIUM WHAT a show .The first time I saw them was at a small club called my father place in ROSLYN N.Y L.I. in 1980 they ROCK the house down the place was packed and it was a rocken the good old days when tickets were cheap and the music was great. Long LIVE ROCK MY FRIENDS
I saw them a few times. What stuck out for me was July 3, 1979 at Legend Valley, Ohio. Dixie Jam II. On the bill : The Outlaws, The Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet, Pure Prairie League & McGuffey Lane. There were so many people (est were 70,000 to 100,000) crowded into this natural outdoor amphitheater somewhere out in the woods. It had rained the night before & the place looked like a wet muddy swamp. Overcast to start off when they started to open the gates, by the time the Outlaws started to play, the Sun started to peek out, there were so many people (thousands) who had been sick, passing out or falling asleep from too much partying. When the Sun finally came out entirely it baked these same muddy people & then dried them into mud-caked zombie-like creatures when they would stir. To me, it looked like the last days of Pompeii might have looked like. That image stuck with me to this day. But a great day for music if you didn't mind the heat, mud etc. :)
Kind of funny because on that 3 pickup LP, Billy tends to use the middle position which almost gives it a Strat kind of sound due to the pickup combination and you can hear him use it as such in this song.
Saw these guys the first time opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd along with J Giels. They tore it up! They put the Rock in Southern Rock , no doubt about it. Sure miss Hughie and Billie. RIP
I saw the Outlaws back towards the end of the Ghostriders tour. What an awesome show. Just tons of music played with passion and with soul. RIP Hughie Thomason and Billy Jones.
As a guitar player myself, If you watch or saw most Outlaws live performances, you will notice that Hughey plays very close to the the leads on the album, whereas Billy is all over the place and almost never plays the same leads from the album. I never minded when I saw them live (probably all the beer I drank!) but when I watch all the videos, although I realize that it is his prerogative to play any damn thing he likes, I don't like his leads compared to the album versions. They were my favorite band growing up.
@@beatmastert the Bring it Back Alive album contains the best versions of solos that I have heard Billy play. Actually, I normally prefer studio versions of most songs but I think I prefer all of this live album's versions of songs compared to the studio recorded ones.
Couldn't agree more. There was something about that guy, so sad how it ended. The Outlaws are still around with a couple of original members, and they are good. But when Billy left it just was not the same. And then the loss of Hughie.....
👍👍👍Billy Jones was phenomenal. He comes across as someone who is tormented by something to me, however. I believe he took his own life. Very sad because he brought a lot of joy to the people who love the Outlaws.
@@jamesbowen8960 Yes, he did take his own life. Very sad and the details or at least what I heard at the time of his passing were very troubling. Besides his guitar skills and songwriting ability I loved his vocals. He had a very unique sound, never heard another singer that sounded like him. "Holiday" is still one of my favorite songs.
Playing 250 dates a year, which is what they were doin at their peak, is not a good formula for a guy who developed alcoholism. He needed time off the road, but it just progressed.Most alcoholics understand that darkness.."oh it can never get that bad.." oh yes it can and does...over and over again. Morrison, Bonham, Hendrix, Cobain, Staley, Cornell, Bon Scott, Phil Lynott et al ....... .
DAMMIT!!!! WTF HAS HAPPENED TO MUSIC??? Where have all the actual musicians gone man??? Music has gone from amazing, God gifted, talented people to straight down the shitter. Damn record companies.
Saw the Outlaws open up for Charlie Daniels back in either '78-'79 at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago..Damn near 5 hrs of some outrageous southern rock!! What a night..
Never caught Charlie live to my regret but the 'laws twice both times at the Aragon - which fit way more, the Auditorium downtown fancy, ' the'gon was rowdy way more rockin' ;-)
I got into this band in college up in NY in the late 70s when I bought Bring it Back Alive before listening to it. It immediately got a lot of play on my turntable. The 70s is my favorite decade for music and Southern rock is a big reason why.
Such an awesome band and incredible music! Been listening to this since the 70’s and the memory recall I get when I listen to the Outlaws is incredible! Thanks for a wonderful past that I get to relive over and over again through your music!
I read where Billy Jones held the state record in Colorado for the 440M in track and field in the late 60s. He apparently lived in Boulder, CO during his later high school years. Anyone know anything about this?
That was awesome. I was fortunate to see them with The Charlie Daniels Band in I think 1981 cause I was not driving yet, and my brother who drove was, so I had to be about 15. Got to see CDB a bunch in my life and was even fortunate to meet Charlie a bunch of times at my job over the years. What a great Man he was. Treated me like he knew me forever.
@@kennybania8623 Ahh the Allman Bros.... a bunch of boys from Nashville Tennesee who started a band based out of Macon, Georgia in Jacksonville, Florida.
@@kennybania8623 I see you have mandatory ultra conservative "I promise I'm not racist" channel subscriptions. You guys crack me up..... nobody out in the real world actually thinks you are racist. Get outside dood!
Sweetness defined. I was a Junior in HS and moved to California from Indiana. Of course, in Indiana The Outlaws, Skynryd, MTB, Allmans was our cornfield cruising music and our musical bible. I turned these bands on to all my Cali friends who had never heard of these bands and they LOVED the music of ALL these bands. LOL! They said, "Damn... that Southern rock is sweet, sweet, sweet music" To this day....and we are all now 59....it is our f**** favorite music!!!!!
@@rodmunch4879 but I'm going back to Gator country where the wine and the women are free. If we all keep on here, we will be rewrote the whole damn song. Lol Molly Hatchet was as good a southern band as any out there at the time.
Drank 29,863 beers 74-86 aLONE (unsure 86-95?) Whata WAIST?... Had I had THIS to get HIGH on my own supPLY every night, coulda had a nice pink liver/pancreas now as a TEENIOR (55-65)?.. The DOPEamine and seritonin is AFLOWIN!😎
My brother Chuck was their "Road Manager" in 70-71, in Tampa, cause he had our Volkswagen Van to use to get them to their high school gigs and such. He even played the trumpet during some of the gigs. I thought they were just another longhaired band of misfits..., man, was I wrong! Bought all of their albums and paid to see them in person many times.
The first time I saw them was 1979 at the Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York. Holy smokes I was and never stopped loving this band since! RIP to all those brilliant musicians. 🤘🏻
Outlaws will always be my either 1 or 2 favrpite bands So underrated especially for Jist how much TALENT is in these songs these are not easy songs Hughie and Billy were legends
First time I saw the outlaws was a free concert in Central Park opening for stership. Been a fan ever since. Even moved down to Florida from Jersey to be in the middle of all the greatest southern rock bands! I'm still jamm'n 50 years later. Thanks to all of you rock'n mfers.
I saw the Outlaws warm up Skynyrd in 1976 on July 2nd, Hara Arena, Dayton, Oh. Both bands rocked that old shed, and since it was 2 days before the Fourth, the back corner of the floor became the designated place to toss firewarks...and not just fire crackers. Lots of M80s and Cherry Bombs! The smoke of that, along with all the weed made for a very hazy night of Southern Rock at its best!!!
Saw them in 1979 in Jacksonville with the Johnny Van Zant band!!!!! What an incredible show. The Outlaws were the second best Southern Rock band of the era. Only Skynyrd exceeded their finesse.
That's around my count too! Most all the southern rock bands would come around every year and I'd go see em, sometimes going to the next closest show too. 3 bands for $7.50, shirts $5 ahh the good old days! 😁
70s in Miami bicentennial park 1977; it was a cold night I'm Miami was we with 5; Girls 🔥 we bought some Columbian red bud at the center of the concert the guy filled it full .
