Best Of The Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides

Outlaws | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VRZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,215 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > Classic Rock > Southern Rock
  • #26 in Music > Rock > Country Rock

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Hailing from Tampa, Florida, and wielding as many as three lead guitarists at a time, the Outlaws are perhaps one of the least likely bands to be deemed worthy of a major-label retrospective CD. Though supremely competent, the band is completely indistinguishable in both style and substance from earlier and better known acts of southern rock's golden age: Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Green Grass & High Tides culls 16 tracks from the five studio albums the Outlaws recorded between 1975 and 1980, including their two minor hits, "There Goes Another Love Song" and "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky." Recommended for southern-rock diehards only. --Roni Sarig

Product Description

Superb Collection from the Legendary Raucous Country Rockers. The Remastered Package Together all their Best Recordings. Features Liner Notes from Founder Members Henry Paul and Hughie Thomasson. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Outlaws are the greatest Southern rock band ever!!, May 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of The Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides (Audio CD)

The Outlaws put out a greatest hits album back in the eary 1980's that omitted one key element of the band, Henry Paul. This compilation is truely their "greatest hits" CD. From "Waterhole" to "Green Grass and High Tides" the Outlaws show why they were the smoothest sounding southern rock band of all time. Hughie Thomasson is one of the most original and unique guitar players of all time, and will always be my favorite, ahead of other southern greats such as Dicky Betts, Gary Rossington, and Allen Collens . This CD is a must for anyone interested in Southern rock, Country blues, or good ol' Rock and Roll!!!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Review by Roni Sarig, July 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of The Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides (Audio CD)

Ok, everyone is entitled to their humble opine regarding music, but one should be familiar with the gendre before attempting to publish a review on the material. The reason why the Outlaws didn't achieve the fame and fortune of the acts mentioned (Skynyrd, Allman's, MTB) was because they didn't succumb to the pressures to produce "poppy" hit tunes that got consistent airplay. MTB is more country blues/gospel rock, Allmans were blues/jazz/rock and Skynyrd rode on the talents of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. The distiguishable factor of the Outlaws was the widely recognized (in the "southern rock circles) talents of Hughie Thomasson and (the late) Billy Jones who together with help from Henry Paul crafted songs laced with guitar solos that even the great Betts/Allman duo would have envied. This is not "just" an album that "southern rock" die hards would like, it is an album anyone who calls themselves a "music lover", should have.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Harmony At Its Finest, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of The Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides (Audio CD)

The Outlaws had some of the best harmonies ever displayed by a rock and roll band. And their guitar playing was second to none. Hughie Thomasson and Billy Jones could easily compete with the Allmans, Skynyrd and any other Guitar tandem. The song Green Grass and High Tides is one of the greatest songs ever, as is Hurry Sundown and Ghost Riders. My only complaint is not enough Billy Jones' songs such as Cry No More. There were other songs that were unfortunately omitted like Angels Hide, Long Gone, Devils Road, So Afraid, and Song In The Breeze. This album is not only recommended for "die hard fans", but for any rock n roll or country fan. The musicianship and harmonies are definately worth it.