Marshall Tucker Band-Live from Spartansburg SC





Just releasesd May 28th 2013. My first listen to this was today.

As a fan I just had to get this live recording and what a treat it is. Along with Paul Riddle, Jerry Eubanks, Charlie Daniels you get the great guitar work of Hughie Thomasson and Chris Hicks in a show to induct the band into the South Carolina Hall of Fame where Marshall Tucker belongs. The recording is very good and the performance is high energy. It's not the same as having Toy and Tommy in the mix, and that will never happen again, but it is a really good live record to add to the many Tucker live recordings I already have. Thank you Charlie for playing with the band that night and having the late Hughie Thomasson playing with them is just so special. The landscape of my favorite southern rock bands has really changed, though not completely over with and it's nice to have something like this waiting at my door when I got home. Long live this pioneers of Souther Rock. R.I.P. Tommy and Toy, George McCorkle and Hughie Thomasson you have left us with such wonderful music and concerts that have touched our lives forever!!!!

Here is the track list, If you have the Live on Long Island CD, the set list is similar, but oesnt include Charles and Hughie and Chris

Tracklist:
1. Heard It In A Love Song
2. This Ol’ Cowboy
3. Long Hard Ride
4. Desert Skies
5. Searchin’ For A Rainbow
6. Fire On The Mountain
7. 24 Hours At A Time
8. In My Own Way
9. Ramblin’
10. Askin’ Too Much Of You
11. Can’t You See

Outlaws-Demos, Outakes and Jewel

Demos, Outtakes and Jewels

Have enjoyed this CD all weekend and hearing it feels like Hughie is still with us making new music. Just like hearing from an old friend. Thank you Thomasson family for releasing this music! Hughie is one of my favorite musician and he is sorely missed, and this release is wonderful. Can't stop listening.

Most demo releases sound so raw and unfinished that it's hard to listen. These songs are almost like an Outlaws/Hughie unplugged cd even though still electric. A bit more relaxed and stripped down but still captures the essence of the songs. Please release more!

Anybody out there know anything about the unreleased recording of "Full Circle"? Stumbled across it on Youtube and can't believe it's not available for sale. Love this tune!! I have tried tracking it down, since the Youtube version sounds fully mixed and complete. I heard it was to be on the "Once an Outlaw" CD that hasn't been released, but I saw a traks listing for OAO and it wasn't shown. Can anybody tell me where to buy a copy or download of "Full Circle" or Once an Outlaw"? Thanks so much.
DEMOS, OUT-TAKES, AND JEWELS is a great set of demos by the Outlaws from the 70s and 80s, "unplugged" but still electric. You get to hear many songs that later became successful for the Outlaws, as well as the unreleased "Dreamrunner" and a version of "Green Grass And High Tides" that sounds the way it was intended to before a producer cut the song down. Hearing this album makes me wonder when I'll be able to have a copy of the 2005 recording "Full Circle" to wake up to for work. It was supposed to be on ONCE AN OUTLAW but wasn't listed. However, it's great that we have this set, PITTSBURGH 1977, and ANTHOLOGY (LIVE & RARE) 1973-1981 to enjoy now.

Hughie Thomasson

Hughie Thomasson

Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. (August 13, 1952 - September 9, 2007) was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws and as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

He wrote most of the songs for the Outlaws, including "Hurry Sundown", "There Goes Another Love Song," and "Green Grass and High Tides". After Outlaws disbanded, Thomasson joined Lynyrd Skynyrd, leaving that band in 2005 to reform Outlaws. Before his death he contributed to writing of many of Lynyrd Skynyrd's songs on their 2009 album God & Guns, including the single "Still Unbroken."

Thomasson died in his sleep on September 9, 2007 of a heart attack in his home in Brooksville, Florida. He was 55 years old.  Hughie Thomasson went out to dinner with his wife Mary on Sunday (Sept. 9), went home, got comfortable in his favorite chair to watch football and then passed away from a heart attack during a nap. He was 55 and lived in Brooksville, Fla., near Tampa.

Born Hugh Edward Thomasson Jr., Hughie Thomasson joined a fledging Tampa-area bar band named the Outlaws in the late '60s. With David Dix on drums, Thomasson quickly made a name for himself as a no-nonsense guitar master. The group disbanded, but Thomasson reformed the Outlaws in 1972 with guitarist Henry Paul, drummer Monte Yoho and bassist Frank O'Keefe. (Paul later enjoyed a successful country career as a member of BlackHawk.) Guitarist Billy Jones joined in 1973.

Known as the Florida Guitar Army for their triple-lead guitar attack, the Outlaws were the first group signed by former Columbia Records head Clive Davis when he formed Arista Records. He flew to Columbus, Ga., in 1974 to see the Outlaws perform with Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Columbus Civic Center and went to the Ramada Inn after the show and made an offer.

Their 1975 debut album, The Outlaws, quickly sold gold, and they were signed as the opening act on the Doobie Brothers' Stampede tour. The band went on to record 13 albums in all, with such hits as "Green Grass and High Tides" and "Hurry Sundown," both of which Thomasson wrote. His signature Fender Stratocaster guitar sound and vocals came to define the group.

The Outlaws disbanded in the mid-'90s when Thomasson joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. He added his distinctive guitar sound to Skynyrd's robust lineup and co-wrote many of the band's later songs. In 2005, Thomasson left Skynyrd and reformed the Outlaws with drummers Yoho and Dix, bassist Randy Threet and guitarist Chris Anderson.

They toured extensively this year and performed with the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band and Dickey Betts and also played a festival in Amsterdam with Aerosmith. The Outlaws' last concert took place Saturday (Sept. 8) at a casino in Nevada, and they had 15 concert dates scheduled through mid-December of this year. A final, completed album, tentatively titled Once an Outlaw, which Thomasson produced, has not yet been scheduled for release. Thomasson had also planned to re-release his solo album, So Low, under the new title, Lone Outlaw.