THE OUTLAWS
THE EARLY YEARS 
(1966-1977)
So you think you know all about The Florida Guitar Army??

Welcome to Tampa-Home of the Florida Guitar Army!

This is not your "copied from the liner notes"  Outlaws site..
Get out your beverage of choice, crank up Green Grass and High Tides or your personal favorite
Outlaws tunes and find out what the liner notes and press releases didn't tell ya or maybe
didn't want ya to know.  Meet the early members  who never made it to the albums or album covers,
the roadies, the friends.  Find out where the former members of the Outlaws are now and
what they are doing today.  Browse never before seen photos contributed by fans and former
band members. Sometimes we even rope one or two into a live chat session...
Please note the dates this site covers....if they aren't on the players list,
they aren't covered on this site. This site is for the EARLY history of the band. There are discussions of later members on the message boards.

 


Earliest found publicity photo to date circa 1967
L to R: David Dix, Frank Guidry, Herb Pino, 
Frank O'Keefe and Hughie Thomasson
From the scrapbook of Evelyn Rivenbark Hughes.
More great photos from this scrapbook are found throughout the website


Slightly later formation of the band showing 
Monte Yoho and Billy Jones as members. 
Clockwise from center front: Herb Pino, Frank O'Keefe,
Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho and Billy Jones
Contributed by both Herb Pino and Monte Yoho


The Outlaws at Sulfur Springs Arcade, Tampa FL
First PR photo of the recording Outlaws
L to R: Hughie Thomasson, Frank O'Keefe, Henry Paul, Billy Jones, Monte Yoho
Taken and contributed by John Gellman
Note that shortly after this photo was taken, the city of Tampa chose to demolish the 
historic Sulfur Springs Arcade to build a parking lot which sits empty most of the time.

PLEASE NOTE: REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE FOR 
REDISTRIBUTION ELSEWHERE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY COPYRIGHT LAWS. 
PEOPLE ARE BEING NICE ENOUGH TO LET YOU SHARE THEM HERE. 
DO NOT DISRESPECT THE BAND MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS 
AND THEIR FRIENDS BY STEALING THEIR MEMORIES.

 
Outlaws Members, Friends and Fans have ridden through here since Thanksgiving of 2000.  We are thankful every day that the Outlaws came to be.


Hughie Thomasson
1952-2007

Hughie Thomasson, lead guitarist for the Outlaws, passed away at his home in Brooksville FL on Sunday September 9, 2007 of an apparent heart attack
With him goes the essense of the Outlaws sound and energy. In this time we ask everyone to Keep Prayin' for the Thomasson family.
In an era when bands seem to have forgotten what LEAD GUITAR is, Hughie gave us all a reminder. He was a master of his art and will be greatly missed by all who ever heard him play.

THE OUTLAWS NOW


photo by John Gellman. Used by permission
l to r: Chris Anderson (lead guitar, vocals) Monte Yoho (drums)
Hughie Thomasson (lead guitar, vocals) David Dix (drums) Randy Threet (bass)

Photos of the April 9, 2006 Outlaws show at Crystal River Harley Davidson in Homasassa FL now up at click here


PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Do you have a great Outlaws photo (old or new) you'd like to share with the fans? Selected photos will be featured here and later moved to the photo albums, so if you have one, send it on over (put Photo of the Week in the subject line).

Our photo album is back online now thanks to the generousity of John Gellman
who paid the yearly fee charged by the photo server. THANKS JOHN!


Both the photo albums and the mailing list charge us for their services. Our mailing list gives us 500 members free, then we have to pay. The list is at 450 now - not quite over quota but close.
If you enjoy this site and are able to contributing a buck or two toward maintaining our photo server and mailing list space, you may do so using PAYPAL.   The email address to use to send your donation is

rootboun@tampabay.rr.com
All donations will go additional space for more great Outlaws stuff to be posted.
 


 

MESSAGE BOARDS

Our message boards offer multiple topic boards not only for the various incarnations of the Outlaws, but also areas for discussion of the Henry Paul Band, BlackHawk and other bands in which various former Outlaws have been involved.  While the website focus is on the early, we realize that many of the fans out there have followed the players through a maze of musical efforts and are pleased to offer them an opportunity to discuss these changes through our board.  The message board has sections open to the public and others only open by membership. Membership is free to all those willing to abide by the rules. Membership can be requested via email-please include the username you wish to post under when requesting your password.



 


 

GUEST BOOK

Check out The Early Years Guestbook
Free Guestbooks by Bravenet.com

LIVE CHAT ROOM
We've got a great chat room and schedule chats from time to time in which both fans AND former band members participate.  The room is alway open for fans to meet and chat but we can only guarantee it to be occupied during scheduled chats.

NEXT SCHEDULED CHAT
Monday September 10 9pm Eastern
In Memory of Hughie Thomasson
A time for his fans to come together.

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Response is not guaranteed but I'll do my best.

THIS IS NOT AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR LETTERS TO BAND MEMBERS- messages for band members may be posted in the guest book or on the message forum.  I do not supply song lyrics, guitar tabs, email addresses of band members or information on purchasing their albums or cd's other than what may be found within the contents of other sections of this website. Information on most of these things may be found
by using a good search engine.

Thanks to the folks at  for keeping track of who comes in..wonder if they are collecting a secret cover charge at the door??