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If you like rock, southern rock and a small bit of country balled up into one band, the Outlaws are for you. By far this is one of the top 5 live albums. This live album has all of their great hits from their fantastic 1st 3 albums. The Outlaws were simple the best southern rock band. Skynyrd was raw and gritty, the outlaws were precice, had "Eagle" type harmonies, and the double and triple guitar work is unbelievable. The audio recording makes you feel like the you are in the 1st row of the show. The live "Green Grass & High Tides" blows any version of "Freebird " away.
One of the best live albums of all time. The Outlaws always were a better live band then their cds made them sound like. Much heavier and harder sounding live. Not that Im complaining they are one of my favorite all time bands live or album.
A good CD with a later incarnation of the band but, with 3 original members. I say farewell to Hughie and Billy by listening to this great CD.It 's a testimony to their talent.
This is the Outlaws best album. The more I listen to it, to more I enjoy it- from the great percusion to the truly amazing guitars. I have a hard time with some of the folksy, California country music vibe of some of the studio albums- but thats not a problem with this live recording. If you only buy one Outlaw album- this is the one to get.
The front cover says it all - yes, this band really did have FOUR guitarists. Don't worry if you can't get the latter, as this album is by far the better of the two. When it works well, the results are stunning. So far as I'm aware, this 1978 offering is one of two live Outlaws CDs, the other being the (now hard-to-find) 'Hittin the Road Live' (1993). The reason most people would buy this CD is, of course, for the finale, a mind-blowing 21-minute live version of "Green Grass and High Tides", a track which is surely a strong contender for "best-ever guitar-driven rock track". Though necessarily slightly less polished than the studio version, the live recording much more than makes up for this by the fresh atmosphere and excitement which it brings to this truly awesome epic.
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