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THE OUTLAWS
30 Th Anniversary Reunion ( Report Live in Wilmington 21 MAY 2005 )

As we knew it for some months, now it is official and it is a real good news for Southern Rock, that The Outlaws, this famous seventies band, is born again. It is hard to believe that Hughie Thomasson, Henry Paul, David Dix, Monte Yoho are again together in the same band, and have been joined today by the gifted Chris Anderson (Guitar), Dave Robbins (keyboards), and Randy Threet (bass guitar). It is a real dream, isn’t it ? The band has started its 30th Anniversary Tour at the beginning of May, and as we heard about it, it seems that the Outlaws are always still alive and well !
We’d have enjoyed presenting you some pictures of this reunion tour, but it seems that there are very few information for the moment, and maybe it is because of the release of a new live album or dvd soon…
(we can wait !!) Thanks to a fan for his help, we could listen to a bootleg recording, so we got the opportunity to imagine how are the Outlaws today. And we have not been disappointed ! The most surprising is maybe the fact that we feel like we are back in time at the end of the seventies. We could already imagine that when we looked at the set-list that is really settled in the past, but the most impressive is to listen to the way the Outlaws play such old songs today. The interpretation is the same, choruses are the same, Hughie (after eight years with Skynyrd) and Henry (with Blackhawk) always sing in the same wonderful way. The way they play that old songs is very close to the original versions, as we can listen to those famous songs such as Waterhole, There Goes Another Love Song, and obviously the great Green Grass and High Tides and its famous guitar finish that every Outlaws fan know. Today the band is playing more shows on tour, and we hope they soon give us a great souvenir of these concerts, because I’m afraid we won’t seen them on stage in Europe soon !

John Molet

The Outlaws 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour ( Set list 2005 )
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Keep Prayin''
Freeborn Man
You are The Show
So Long (HPB)
Waterhole
Breaker Breaker
Knoxville Girl
Prisoner
Gunsmoke
Stick Around For R&R
South Carolina
Hurry Sundown
There Goes Another Love Song
Grey Ghost (HPB)
Green Grass & High Tides