the Outlaws - Freeborn Man (1977)

[transam1977poncho]

rockin that florida rock!!

[aerocommanderbuff62]

R.I.P Hughie as far as im concerned, you and Allen collins was the best guitar players that ever walked the south !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[notmefuckingname]

this is better as a bluegrass tune

[StoweTexas]

I was listening to "Bring It Back Alive" just the other day. . .

I miss the days of guitars past. . .

[MIKEALLUNGE]

SKYNYRD WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST VERSITILE SOUTHREN ROCK BAND THERE EVER WAS

[yuotube19]

Grew up on the Outlaws then moved to Tampa in '82 and got to see them all the time. Guitar Army Baby!!

[GARDNERKSGUY]

This song was not written by Jimmy Martin as many believe, Jimmy was the first to make a hit of it. The song was written by Mark Lindsay and Keith Allison of the 60's band Paul Revere and the Raiders with Freddy Weller performing 5-string banjo.

[ShadoVTwin]

I'm still playing this today. Yazoo Boogie band

[shyakmango]

THIS BANd must be reborn on this earth

[cruckdriver]

Sorry Harvey, you can't sing that song like Henry.

[JLDB1987]

I remember being 15, watching them open at Long Beach arena for Boston the year their first album came out and was huge, and I knew about GGAHT, but that was about it. They came on- this was the original unit with Henry Paul- and they delivered an absolutely spellbinding, musically tight and crisp set that just blew Boston away. the intensity and skill of the performance was so real. I've been a lifelong fan since.

Boston had a good light show, as I remember, with lots of smoke ....LOL!

[marshareed]

@JLDB1987 - lol - i was at that same concert - what a great memory! couldn't find the car afterwards, so had to wait till most people left - how funny!

[JLDB1987]

@marshareed And Starcastle opened the show. KInd of a Yes type band. Wierd how I can't remember what I had for lunch, but something like this from '75 is crystal clear! Doh! Sure miss Hughie and Bill's licks. they were the best.

[OysterLava]

I like the way they had some structure behind their jams, although they did carry on a little too long sometimes.

[lynchburglen]

Harvey Dalton Arnold on the left handed bass and vocals.... Met Harvey in the late seventies after leaving the Outlaws at a small club called the "Bull's Eye" playing in the "Harvey Dalton Arnold Band". Super nice guy.

[ironjawz61]

4 of my greatest music memories of the 70's are:

Molly Hatchet

The Outlaws

Lynyrd Skynyrd

and of course...

The Allman Brothers Band.

The Blues, Southern Rock Style!!!

[meouter1]

@ironjawz61 say fellow southern rocker great line-up but what up? Don't like Marshall Tucker talkin bout tight timin live early M.T. with Toy and Tommy Caldwell smokes the stacks off amost every band you mentioned except The Outlaws.

[Hypocamparis]

i have a double album from this xD. This band is so rockin

[rebreb2006]

Billy never received the credit he was due. He was as good as any of them.

[1historyguy]

Great guitar work on this for sure. Both leads are so melodic and expressive-always have loved this one. Great vid-thanks for posting.

[MarkMrBluesH]

RIP Hughie and Billy Jones. Awesome

[dlm9293]

i hope the one person who disliked this did so by accident

[jdtreadway]

All 3 front guys have passed on. God must've needed a good southern Rock band cause this one got hit hard.

[RoBabe1]

I really miss both Hugh & Billy. Unstoppable when they were together!

[Nashvilleagain]

. . . this was awsome ! We support the Outlaws in Germany , Osnabrück in ca.1992. Never forget Hughie ! ! !

[Mrquaqua1]

The OUTLAWS are the people who introduced me to this song, and I will always think of it as THEIR song.

But I just found it in a Bluegrass songbook, and it said it was written by

Paul Revere and Raiders! Wow that is wild, that is like Sting writting

the song Johnny Cash sung so well "I Hung My Head", or like Creedence Clearwater Revival writting about "the Bayou" while living in the Bay Area of California! Crazy....great songs all of them.

[chmoodle]

@Mrquaqua1 was written by Jimmy Martin

[mattygeetarross]

@Mrquaqua1 This song was actually written by bluegrass great Jimmy Martin!!

I JUST found this, never knew the outlaws covered it!!

[Mrquaqua1]

The OUTLAWS are the people who introduced me to this song, and I will always think of it as THEIR song, but will have to check Jimmy Martin, but also check out Bela Fleck and Tony Rice and their version.

[Mrquaqua1]

Yeah, to each his own, ya'll should keep an open mind!

[MountainGyspy]

Everybody has their own version of things ya know? This is just one more "version". No one said you had to listen to it, did they?

[Banjerman07]

Oh my Fucking god. Jimmy Martin is rollin over in his grave right now.

[MountainGyspy]

Not bad.....but I like the traditional bluegrass version better. Mountain Sprout does a good version too!

[JesusLikesBreed]

hey,this song is very similar to Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Swamp Music",or im just retarded?

[rkeime1]

this song predates swamp music if you think its a ripoff of it.i was done by paul revere and the raiders in mid 60's

[dougmad]

Nice edit job on Freddie Salem at 4:04... Hughie and Billy are awesome. Harvey Dalton Arnold on bass.

[kingofdaherbz]

KILLING IT

[gsanner63]

if u watched this video u may be a redneck & thank god 4 it! the south will rise again!

[stoofbuis]

too bad it's all over now

[eatfreaky]

I was jamming this tune in my head when I was 15....here I am 46 still humming and singing freeborn man...even in the presence of my wife.  She hates this song. hehehehe My top 10 tune of all time

[Ar85naud]

@eatfreaky I am 15 and i am jamming this song in my head almost everytime.

That's shit to be born in the 90's,most of the guys of my age i know are just good to use their computers or do an office job.

[Guinnie]

that version suks skippy ballz

[RoBabe1]

Guinnie - You're an idiot!! The quality of the video is poor - but this version of Freeborn Man ROCKS! If you'd ever seen this line-up (Hughie, Billy, Harvey, Freddie, Monte & Dave) live you would know why this version of "the Florida guitar army" broke and held attendance records the entire time they were together!! Harvey Arnold on lead vocals here. Worst mistake these guys ever made was letting their greed and songwriting egos force Harvey out. I know - because I was there!

[Guinnie]

sorry if i offended you but it is not true to the song

You need to hear a better version before you make your final verdict

[RoBabe1]

Please give me your idea of a better version that you believe is "true to the song". I've agreed that the quality of the video stinks; but I stand by my comments on the band. You've heard the "Bring it Back Live" album with these same players and the same song? If anyone out there has more to add to you tube with this Outlaws line-up, please share!

[2007kaikane]

Guinnie...The original version WAS the shit!!!3 Guitars...Tampa Mafia...Did you live in those days???If not.....What credentials do you have to even wigggle your soon to be broken fingers on a keyboard???Crawling/Trailerpar­k trash/Moron...Feister2020

[beatmastert]

@RoBabe1 I agree with you RoBabe, this was their best line-up.

[2007kaikane]

YOU ARE AN IDIOT...GET IT...Show respect!! Gators love skippy ballz asshole.....I am an OUTLAW....Get it.....APOLOGIZE and I wont hunt you down IDIOT!!Friends of Feister2020

[Guinnie]

tastesless Moron crawl back in your trailer if you can remember where it is

[2007kaikane]

I am truly amazed @ the level of DIS-respect you are attempting to impose!!! Allow me to address them...Tasteless?...I am a Master in Southern Rock culture and Thailands Hilltribe music coalition...Moron?...Moronic for even given you the Repect of an answer...Crawl/Trailer??I sail aboard a SWAN not a Junk....do you even comprehend WHO you Dis-respected...ONCE AGAIN IDIOT!!! What would my Braddah Hughie say from the land faraway...APOLOGIZE!!!!Fiester­2020

[Guinnie]

Just try and listen to The New South's proper bluegrass version of this old song Go ahead listen to it Blows this Freebird style crap right out of the water but hey to each their own You are a nut Adios

[slycordinator]

While I've listened to The New South version of the song and it's really good, referring to this as being the "proper" style for the song seems to ignore that the original was done by Paul Revere & The Raiders; definitely not bluegrass southerners.

But to each their own of course.

[wellcraft28]

Every mile of railroad....

The best from Tampa-town...

Thanks bro.....

[tjterris]

go harvey!

[bbstc]

I saw them in Atlanta in the early 70's at the Electric Ballroom. It would blow you away. We were only about 20 ft from the stage. You couldn't hear for 2 blocks when we left.

[LnrdSkynyrd]

Outlaws were so much better with Henry Paul. I love them, but the live album that they put out after Henry left was awful, the sound quality stunk.

[derekwesleyarnold]

You're right about the sound quality - thanks to the management cutting cost corners - BUT - this IS the best version of the OUTLAWS there ever was or will be!

[littlebighank]

@LnrdSkynyrd THANK YOU!!!! I cant stand that live album, and let me tell ya, it has nothing to do with the sound quality. The first national line-up was the best. Hughie, Frank, Billy, Henry, and Monte.

[beatmastert]

@littlebighank I love the Live album. It's their best in my opinion.

[MostWantedDragon]

W00000000000 >:D

[steven09566]

catman605, It was probably editing that cut freddie salems lead off bro. The first time I saw The Outlaws was when Freddie first joined the band. Was weird without Henry Paul. They got very loud after Henry left!!

[jommakoz]

always loved the outlaws weeeeheew!

[ptldjk]

Fantastic musicianship and the vocals are fitting for the type of music.

[Sunnyhappyday]

Went through the 8 track and cassette of this album! STILL LOVE IT!

[ladyl34dfoot]

i went through two copies of it on vinyl; am on my third, and am cherishing it very carefully. looking for it on cd so i can save the vinyl.

saw them twice on the same night, at the same hall. front row, center section, center seat for both shows, though i wound up back stage for the second show, courtesy of pat travers. yee haa!!!!

[texwasabi]

Wore out my 8 track to this album....class of '77

[hookfooot]

Hi guys,

This is a great song and it is a testament to its strength that it has been covered so many times that it is considered a bluegrass staple. However,to inform all as I did my friend 30 some odd years ago in the record business this was written by Mark Lindsay and Keith Allison of Paul Revere And The Raiders. The original is on their Lp Alias Pink Puzz. Check their version out. It is great.

[catman605]

I wonder why Freddies lead riff was cut at appx. 04:05?

[catman605]

In my opinion this was their best lineup. Billy took the Outlaws with him.

[johnnykov]

@catman605 Disagree! Henry Paul fronting them with Hughie, Billy, Frank and Monte. Harvey Dalton Arnold can't come close to Henry's vocals and southern twang!

[HokieTiger81]

The 2007 tour started in Greenville, SC with a line-up that included The Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws and The Charlie Daniels' Band. All three were excellent. I was most surprised how well the Outlaws sounded that night. If you closed your eyes, you thought it was 1979 once again. So good to see a mix of ages at the BiLo Center that evening. By the way- the show ended with all three bands jamming and playing "The South's Gonna Do It Again". Southern Rock!

[gretch53]

First saw these guys in Saratoga NY mid 70's before my son was born. He's 27 now and has been a big Outlaws for years. Timeless music.

[tinian33]

Amazing rendition of Freeborn Man!

[bmorrison05843]

Thats Harvey Dalton Arnold on bass singing. It's a damn shame that he wasnt asked to be part of the reunion tour. I saw them on the Volunteer Jam tour in Laconia NH just months before Hughie passed. Glad to see the Outlaws riding high again, but the "Reunion Band" could have been more credible. No disrespect to the current line-up...they rocked like hell.

[ohiogirl999]

They also played in a bar in Nanuet .If you were coming from Pearl River it was on the left side 1 block before the mall. Grew up in River Vale N.J. Marshall Tucker also played at R.C.C. and there were at St Joseph H.S.

[soheyman]

They (Hughie and Billy) are gone now, but easily will never be forgotten. Outlaws and Youtube are awesome !

[ORYBoomer009]

OMG...Hughie is gone! He has passed into eternity. I feel pretty sad right now. What a loss for the music world. I loved his and The Outlaws music. I was planning on seeing them in Reno later this month. God bless you Hughie....

[damulder]

Thanks for the great memories, RIP Hughie (1952-2007)

[omeathkathy]

Saw the Outlaws well over 20 times in the 70's best was a raging blizzard in New York, Nanuet Star Theatre. We managed to get there, only about 10 other loyal fans ventured out in the storm, best show I ever saw them at. They let a few of us girls sit on the stage and I have some truely amazing photos from that night I will cherish forever.Best times of my teenage years were going to see the Florida Guitar Army. RIP Billy Jones you are missed....

[HarleyHummer]

Im from Suffern and an Outlaws fan. When did they play in Nanuet? The one that used to be by Nanuet mall, right?

[omeathkathy]

I saw the Outlaws a few times in the Nanuet area in 1976-1978. I believe it was called the Nanuet Star Theatre. Also saw them at Rockland Community College. I didn't realize that Hughie just passed on.... Another huge loss to the rock world.

[HarleyHummer]

I went to RCC from 1976-1979, I only remember Linda Ronstadt appearing there. Are you from Rockland? Im Suffern HS class of 1976, I didnt know he died either

[omeathkathy]

No, I was raised in Ardsley New york. Saw the outlaws as much as I could when they were in the area. What did hughie die from?

[HarleyHummer]

He died from a heart attack 3 weeks ago, he was born in 1952. I saw the Henry Paul Band somewhere over in westchester in 1980

[sigmadr41]

Pretty good version considering it was originally a bluegrass song

[johannesgrimm]

Skynyrd or Outlaws? I say Outlaws.

[stefanos51]

Me TOO brother!!! The finest southern rock i've ever heard in my life!

[johnnykov]

I say Outlaws but only the outlaws with Henry, Hughie, and Billy

[MiniMay99]

@johannesgrimm I like Skynyrd, but I always liked The Outlaws better. I love the vocal harmonies & the guitar harmonies. Great live too!

[b24warbaby]

Nice.

How did you come across these video ..

Considering your posting from Europe.

TIA.

[longnails99]

Wow... that severely kicked ass. I can't believe that Chris could stand so still while he rocks out like that!

[billyboy57]

That's Billy Jones

[latdownforce]

Look how young Harvey looks! Nice to see some shots of Billy. It's good to see you guys break out the hard to find stuff

[meg58]

Speachless-the only word to describe.

What an incredible band-so few knew.

[bammramm]

Nice to see Harvey sing and play the left-handed bass.

thanks damulder

[bammramm]

Great to see Harvey sing and play the left-handed bass.

Great song/thanks damulder