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| 4.0 excellent | aemaeth | September 2nd 10 |
The Outlaws are one of the best relatively unknown bands of their era. While overshadowed by the Southern Rock giants that are Lynyrd Skynyrd and labeled as just a knock off of them, the Outlaws' amazing talent greatly went unnoticed. But on 'Bring it Back Alive' all that talent and then some is set on display for all to see. The guitar threat, known as the "Florida guitar army", of Hughie Thomasson, Freddie Salem, and Bill Jones (Harvey Arnold splits his time between the guitar and the bass here) rip up the stage for the entire 72min set, culminating in the Free Bird homage that is 'Green Grass and High Tides' which I have to say is BETTER than any version of the former I have ever heard. The other amazing part of this album is the double drumming by Monte Yoho and David Dix. While on most of the songs their percussion is highly interwoven, on 'Green Grass and High Tides' they too are allowed to shine with each getting their own solo, which fit very well into the other song. While I seem to be focus on simply the end song, do not be mistaken that it is the only one worth while on this album. 'There Goes Another Love Song', 'Free Born Man', 'Stick Around for Some Rock n' Roll', 'I Hope You Don't Mind' stand out as other amazing cuts on this album. So, in my opinion, if you like Skynyrd you will like this band, but I recommend THIS album which show cases all their talent, as their studio versions have all had the balls cut off of them and lack any form of rock and roll.
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| 2.5 average | powrnap | February 6th 14 |
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