Quite simply the greatest Southern rock band ever. Hughie and his band belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is what rock guitar is all about. Just listen to the licks....listen to the drive, the emotion, the power and the soul. This is what rock was meant to be.

As a man born in Florida in 1960 I can’t watch this without getting teary eyed. When I was an impressionable young teen was when all this greatness was first coming out. Now to see it some 40 sum odd years later still sounding so timeless, it’s pretty intense…

One of the greatest guitarist ever ! The Outlaws never got the due credit they so deserved .

This is what makes Southern Rock the best. Guitars, keyboards and drums. No electronic phony baloney. Pure music..

God blessed us with Hughie, Billy, Monty and a band from Tampa called the “Outlaws”! Thank you Lord!

I remember being a young stud runnin' round Tampa Bay back in the late 70s loud and proud to be from the home of the Florida Guitar Army..... over 40 years later and nothing has changed!

Saw them about 10 times in the 70's. They were as good as Skynyrd in my opinion.

Huey died a few months after this. I was so bummed. I got to meet him after a show in 1993 at in front of a crowd of about 30 people. He signed our hats and gave us a tour of his bus. I wasn’t prepared for a hero of mine to be so down to earth. I didn’t even care about the other band members, to me Huey WAS the band.

I feel sorry for the 48 people that thumb down this song....no taste in music.

thats my cousin omg miss him so much :'( in memory of Hughie

So great to see Huey and Chris playing together. If only it could have lasted longer.

Amazing Guitarist Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. R.I.P. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

"The Outlaws down in Tampa town it's a mighty fine place to be. They got green grass and they got high tides and it sure looks good to me." Molly Hatchet

The Outlaws were the openers at my first show. My mother took me to see them with ELO at Mershon Auditorium at the Ohio State University in, I believe 1977 or 78. I would have been about 7 years old. My mother passed suddenly on February 17th of this year. She nurtured my love of music from my youth onward. All four of us children continued to see shows, of all genres, with her right up until her death. RIP my rock and roll Mama!

People it doesn't get any better than this ! The one and only Guitar Army !

Man! these songs shaped my life since high school, The Outlaws, Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, The Allman Brothers, Blackfoot, The Marshall Tucker Band, they added spice and flavors to my life.

R.I.P Hughie Thomasson God Blessed us all to hear your wonderful music and you will be deeply missed.

Texas mexicanos love the Outlaws and Southern Rock

RIP HUGHIE Truly the master of the telecaster!!!!

Hughie was so great, been 8 years, still can't accept he's gone.

RIP Huey, it is just not the same without you man. I hope you Billy and Frank are all jamming together in that big gig in the sky!

30-40 years on, still brings a tear to my eye!

I lived in Tampa in the mid 70's. The Outlaws were still just a local band, playing at local bar on the outskirts of town named The Depot. They played there a lot. There was another place that you could walk to from the Depot called the Performing Arts Center (aka PAC Club) and they had another band playing on the same night as the Outlaws were . One night I was walkin back and forth thorughout the night to see both bands. The other band was from Jacksonville and they were called "Mudcrutch" - later to be renamed; Tom Petty and the Torpedo's. Huey married a friend of mine from high school - but it didn't last.

I saw the Outlaws at the old Cape Cod Coliseum in Yarmouth, Ma back in 1978, it was incredible. Hughie had great vocals. He played for Skynard as well. Long live 70's Southern Rock. Now it's called today's Country Music. The Outlaws, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker would all be huge Country Bands now.

yep I might be old ,But I got to see all the kool bands

Nothing like Hughie and these boys..NOTHING!!!

Hughie had played not too much before this was filmed at a show I was doing at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Fl. to do a charity show for someone very special dying from cancer. It was an event that I know has never been forgotten to the entire jam-packed venue. And Hughie was at his best. There are very few people in this world with the compassion that Hughie showed, and he honored us all as The Outlaws honored The Outlaws! I will leave it at that. But I'm glad this film is here as it's the least that can be done to honor such a great man as Hughie !

Hughie was so great! He was The Outlaws

Love and miss them...those times

I Love You Hughie! I am playing 'South Carolina' right now with my Strat in Honor of you, and Billy!

The Last time i talked with Hughie was in 2004 at the Reno Hilton,backstage, he was in Skynyrd then.I told him that I really miss the Outlaws, he said he wanted to get back and do that again. He was so nice and Gracious.I bought a 30th anniversary Epiphone Skynyrd Les Paul that night. Skynyrd band signed it backstage, Hughie signed it Friday the 13th, as It was that day.When they came onstage I kept looking at Hughie and yelling his name at him, I was in the first row, Me and him kept looking at each other during the show,and I kept yelling his name,I Know I PISSED OFF some of the Skynyrd Band.Oh well, RIP Hughie my friend. You Will Never Be Forgotten. I Miss You, Gary

Always loved the Outlaws. 🎸 The Guitar Army.

Greatest ever ....green grass and high tides forever Hughie!!!!

These guys were great. I saw them several times.

Hughie is awesome. I started listening to the Outlaws in 1975. They where my favorite band in high school in the late 70's. They sound great right here.

Two great songs by a fantastic band!

Hurry Sundown gives me chills

Fender & Les Paul combo never sounded so good, a couple of really great pickers bring it all to life.

I grew up in the Midwest in the 70's...my kids were born in late 80's early 90's. Saw the OUTLAWS many times back in the day. The best concert of my life was taking my kids to enjoy Hughie and the boys at the House of Blues in Orlando, May 14, 2005. His family and granddaughter was there too. It was a night I will never forget. RIP bro!

Beautiful ...miss Billies Leads... Outlaws Forever! RIP HT & BJ

I'm a newcomer to this band but I like what I hear!

Billy Jones' solo-nailed exactly.☺

Those were the good ol days Tampa Fl

It was sometime in the late 70's i was 13 or 14 hanging out at a ball field. When an older kid said to me, hey kid hand me that spray paint can and hold this ladder steady.......When he was done it read "The Outlaws" The rest is history!

Miss you, Hughie.

I agree!! It's a shame that Hughie passed back in 2009!! He was one of the nicest guys I ever met!! Henry Paul was with him as were a few originals!! I fed them all filet mignon after the show! They were all so nice!! GOD BLESS you Hughie and R.I.P.

My favorite Band of all time, used to listen to them constantly in the 70's and 80's as a young man.

Great stuff. Even in this much later incarnation, the Outlaws always sounded much better in small venues like this. They used to play free street dances in front of the student union all the time when I was at University of South Florida in the mid 70s and the first time I saw them I was just blow away. Never seen a guitar player as good as Hughie, and even here, a few months before his death, he still sounded great.

Hughie is pure class - sorely missed...

Without question.....one of the most AWESOME videos of a performance of the 'Reformed Outlaws / H. T.' that exists. Greatest drumming duo ever......period. The legendary Outlaws died, though, at the untimely passing from this earth of Hughie E. Thomasson in 2007. Never, ever will this band achieve similiar achievement without him!

Two definitive Outlaws songs, back when I was listening to them, Wet Willie, Marshall Tucker and Lynard Skynard every other song. When I wasn't listening to the Allman Brothers.

RIP Hughie. You were awesome.

Back in 78 I was in High School and loved this band. I had an OUTLAWS t-shirt that I wore into dust. Drove halfway across the country on two cassette tapes. The last time I saw the band, Huey was taking hits of oxygen in between songs. I think they played with Foghat at a bar in the lot. It was awesome. I didn't hear about his passing until a couple years after. Man, my heart sank.

I never had the pleasure to meet Hughie and Billy. The early Outlaws music spoke to my heart as a Georgia boy. I hope God will one day give me a chance to thank them for the gift they’ve been giving me for the past 44 yrs. Miss them bad. Just can’t imagine Billy being so distraught that he would take his life. God bless them both. The REAL Outlaws!

true southern rock...luv itttt.

Man HT had a great voice. What a band!

I was backstage in 1981 at the Round-up in Philly with 38 Special and I took some great photos of the OUTLAWS.Years later,apprx. 2005,Lynyrd Skynyrd was playing at Fox news in New York, where I work.I told Hughey I had a picture of the OUTLAWS from 1981.He gave me his card and I mailed him a copy.I never heard from him, but Im sure he looked at the picture and laughed.Great musician and a great man.R.I.P.

Hughie T. sure could still play guitar in this last year of his life. What a gift it is to be able to see Hughie playing right until the end just as well as he played when he was a much younger man. This 2007 show is very impressive. Hughie looked so happy. And I barely know anything about The Outlaws but I am appreciating their contributions to southern rock and roll, or however one would describe the Outlaws.

Saw Outlaws in Rochester NY at the International JazzFest, and they sounded fantastic, I am so grateful after so much loss to hear them live. I was blown away. Long live and power to you .......*whistles*!!!!

Saw them when they opened for Bad Company, what a show!!!!

What a great band! Indianapolis Indiana reporting!

Hughie deserves to be in the R&R Hall of Fame. Was a real nice guy, too. Spent a few hours with him the Outlaws waaaaay back in the early 80's.

I truly love this Southern rock band! R.I.P. Hughie! Thanks for the memories cause you rocked them all!

We are so blessed to have this whole generation of guitarist n musicians..trucks..allmans...hanes..hughi T..vanzants..susan tedeschi..ect ect...wow they hit the the notes n bend em n hold em..so magnificently it gives me goose bumps...love it...god bless them all

I've seen them five times in concert in the 70's and 80's. At the Southern Rock Jam in Philly in 1981 as soon as they said the lyrics "Ghost Riders in the sky: the sky opened up with a rain storm then when the song was over the rain stopped. What a show!!!

But thank you guys so much for keeping the spirit of the Outlaws going.

Thank you very much. I love the outlaws. Knew them very well.

They were so great and the finally with all of them at front stage with a guitar was unreplaceable the ultimate when they did ghost rider was my deceased sisters favorite god bless her soul

right on! Hughie enjoyed ALL stages of his career, some more than others...What he ALWAYS enjoyed and never took for granted was US, his loyal devoted fans...i think he always felt he was "just" (LOL) a player and WE were the show...so sad he is gone!

damn i just never get tired of listen to that band...been listening to them most my life too..

this band brings back so many memories from a whole life time ago....good to go back!!! rock on hughie ....entertaining the folks in heaven....no doubt!!

Saw them in Champaign IL in a small club, mid-'80s. Their PA kept blowing power because stupid venues are not set up for good bands these days ( DJ's rule..PUKE!)Anyway, they did half their set acoustic. The did Green Grass and High Tides acoustic! I would not have thought it possible, but seeing was believing. I was blown away. RIP, Hughie Thomasson, Billy Jones, Frank O'Keefe. The original Outlaws KICKED BUTT. So did later incarnations, but as always the first was the best. The great die young.

I kept looking at Hughie and yelling his name as Skynyrd played, I think I PISSED OFF SOME OF THE SKYNYRD BOYS, OH WELL, IT had to be done. RIP Hughie my friend you will never be forgotten, Thank You for your Music, THERE IS ONE HELL OF A PARTY GOIN ON IN ROCK AND ROLL HEAVIN..............

Saw outlaws ,met them in fla.&Asheville,forreal rockers

These guys were incredible.

Best raw southern rock band!

Love it! RIP Huey.

Saw the Outlaws live in the early 80's. Billy was a guitar machine.

No Question Best Southern Rock N Roll Band.

The Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd, two of the best jammin bands ever! Long live Southern Rock! The Deacon.

Great songs and a great band.

Saw them at Kent State 40 years ago-never forget the two drummers! They were great!!

Monte and Dave always seem so happy playing together. Its infectious.

Oh, so very, very nice. Excellent. Richard

R.I.P. H.T. From Crystal River Florida

I had no idea Huey had passed away. I hate to see that. I seen you all when I was only maybe 7 or 8, at a Dance Hall Bar in Pulaski, Va. called, The Ponderosa. It was and still is an old barn with the dance hall upstairs, but now it's a shooting range because of da** people not wanting beer and good times around any more. I would go with my mom to see you every time you played. I play this song on my drum set. LOVE IT. You all impacted on my life with all your songs. Thank you for the memories.

This here is real, timeless rock and roll. Awesome performance, love the double drums!

Saw them in 1975 at Pontiac Silverdome opening up followed by Ted Nugent, Foghat, then Aerosmith headlining. Always wish I saw them when Hughie was still alive. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

This Hughie is a shadow of his former self. That's only a slight because he was so extraordinarily talented in his prime. I can't think of the Outlaws without Hughie and Billy center stage.

Boys came from Louisiana . Arkansas and Mississippi. Found thier way to Memphis and Rock N Roll was started. In the 60's into 70's it moved to the Carolinas to Georgia and Florida. Now? Its gone!!!! I have no real complaint. We made our mark on the world and what a fine signature we left. Oh how I love the SOUTH and our wys are absolutely seen here. Thanks for uploading this great live video!!

Awesome band and song. Live music is the test of talent and they hit it.

This was awesome, and Hughey passed a little over 1 month after this performance. May he rest in peace....

Bring it back alive is one of the greatest albums of all time!

RIP Hughey!! You were the best!!

saw them at pine crest a couple of times the best party of the summer hands down PEACE

RIP Huey.....You made the Outlaws Great....Mr. Chris Hicks southside of Dooly Co south of Unadilla Angel City we Respect ya'll and the music you made and make famous.....DBD

Nice video, thanks for sharing. Billy Jones was one of my favorites in the day but Chris Anderson is a great player in his own right. I remember seeing him when he was a kid with Dru Lumbar and Grinderswitch. The good old days ...

I lived close to TAMPA in the 60's. Saw The Outlaws, Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers numerous times. Southern Rock was BORN with these guys.

Absolutely amazing

Perfect! I've always loved this tune and my band frequently played it on stage.