The band known for their triple-guitar rock & roll assault and three-part Country harmonies return to music with their first new studio album since 1994’s DIABLO CANYON.
IT'S ABOUT PRIDE is an album four years in the making and nearly twenty in the waiting. For original OUTLAWS singer/songwriter/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, because we are just as good or
even better than we were. Most of all, they recognize the heart of what it is we still do."
Formed in Tampa in 1972, THE OUTLAWS 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 became worldwide Gold and Platinum landmarks of the Southern Rock era. Known as "The Florida Guitar Army" by their fans, THE OUTLAWS earned a
reputation as an incendiary live act touring with friends The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band and The Charlie Daniels Band as well as Doobie Brothers, The Who, Eagles and The Rolling Stones.
With the tragic deaths of co-founding members Frank O'Keefe and Billy Jones in 1995, and songwriter/vocalist/lead guitarist Hughie Thomasson in 2007, it was feared that THE OUTLAWS' ride had come to an end.
It's About Pride is due out September 25 on Rocket Science Ventures.
If you are in the U.S checkout the following initial tour dates with more to be announced. Of a recent live show, Bill Robinson of Huffingtonpost.com wrote,"...(Henry Paul and Monte Yoho) are doing a valiant job at staying true to the original Outlaws melodies...Besides the lyrical genius of Paul's words and the imagery they convey, these songs' music mixes a beautiful, acoustic guitar opening with raucous, hard driving type leads from there on in."
Fri 7/20
Edwardsville, IL Wildey Theatre
Mon 7/30
Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort and Casino/Showroom
Tue 7/31
Wildwood, NJ Cape May Convention Center
Wed 8/1
Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center
Thu 8/2
Unionville, CT Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
Sat 8/4 Winter
Park, CO Music Fest
Fri 8/17
Vernal, UT Country Explosion
Sat 9/1
Whitefish, MT Depot Park
Thu 9/13 New
Hope, PA Havana New Hope
Fri 9/14 East
Durham, NY Blackthorne Resort
Sat 9/15
Newton, NJ Newton Theatre
Fri 9/28
Pomona, CA Los Angeles County Fair
Sat 10/27 Miami FL Simple Man Cruise
Sat 11/17 Medina, MN Medina
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