about. I mean, we tried to be respectful of our band members and former band members. The men, the boys, the guys that I started out with Hughie, Billy and Frank, myself and Monte, I mean those people were The Out- laws to me. We were very respectful and the band that is out there now is the Outlaws and they played very hard for themselves and for their part in the musical legacy of the band. And they were very understanding, sensitive to and successful at creating new Outlaws music that had a familiar tone and a very con- sistent sort of lyrical theme. It is almost a concept record if you listen to the songs to- gether. There’s a thread that runs through all the songs that is very uniquely bonding to one another and connect one another. So, as a songwriter, that’s what I did. We went in and took these songs in and made arrangements on them, played hard, singing ya know, put- ting beautiful harmonies vocals on them and just really trying to make a really memorable moment musically for the Outlaws.
I’m not sure I ever told you, but you are one of my all time favorite singers. I just love your sound. Many Thanks. I do think that my singing has improved consistently over the years. I do think that Dixie Highway is probably my best vocal effort on a record consistently. I’ll be honest with ya, in the back of my mind, the whole time we were cutting this record, It’s about Pride was in the back of my mind and I was thinking “Boy, we really did it!” We did a good thing there and I was constantly think- ing in terms of equaling or better the effort or living up to what that effort represented. I do think that between It’s About Pride and Dixie Highway, those are two of the better Outlaws studio records from the stand point of songs and performance.
I agree
Ya know, the Hughie Thomasson and Billy Jones era had it’s own charm and it’s own magic and it’s own memorable moments.
Yeah. But I just think that it was just think Dixie Highway is a very memorial moment.
Seems like I saw that you are gonna be at this year’s Volunteer Jam, is that right? Yeah, yeah we are scheduled to play.
Yeah, man, I tell ya, I love those things. The Volunteer Jams. Yeah, I know back when those Volunteer Jams early on in their history, they were magical moments.
Yeah, I remember that. I mean, now it’s still -pretty cool but it’s mostly, I don’t know, It’s a lot of Country acts, ya know there’s not really that much jam- min’. But boy it sure was in the day. I remember going to Volunteer Jam in the 70’s and you never knew who was going to be up there playing together. Right. Marshall Tucker, Johnny Lee, Crystal Gale...
Oh yeah, just crazy. Papa John Creech for goodness sakes. I know, I know, I know it. Some of my memo-
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