Showing posts with label The Outlaws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Outlaws. Show all posts

5/14/2021

The Outlaws Legend Harvey Dalton Arnold To Perform At Freight Train Blues 2021

LIVESTREAM MUSIC SERIES HONORING PIEDMONT BLUESWOMAN ELIZABETH ‘LIBBA’ COTTEN

PERFORMANCES BY AMYTHYST KIAH, JOHNNY RAY DANIELS, THE HAMILTONES, ALEXA ROSE, AND HARVEY DALTON ARNOLD

The Outlaws Legend Harvey Dalton Arnold will be performing at the Freight Train Blues Music Series on June 11, 2021. WUNC, the Town of Carrboro, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Soul Bag, and Artarie will present a livestream version of the annual Freight Train Blues Music Series, featuring concerts by “artist on the rise” (NPR Music) Amythyst Kiah, “enchanting new Appalachian voice [that] sounds like the soul child of Bob Dylan and Dolly Parton” Alexa Rose, sacred soul guitar master Johnny Ray Daniels, GRAMMY-nominated trio The Hamiltones, and Harvey Dalton Arnold, of southern rock legends The Outlaws each Friday at 6:30pm Eastern weekly starting on May 14.

The series, which typically takes place at Carrboro Town Commons, was filmed at The Fruit in Durham, NC and will be broadcasted on Facebook and YouTube is hosted by Hillsborough, N.C.-based nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation, whose mission is to tend the roots of American music. The series will also be streamed on Soul Bag and Artarie.

Each installment of the series will open with a rare archival performance from one of North Carolina’s Piedmont blues masters. These legends have either been showcased at previous Freight Train Blues performances or performed in Carrboro over the years.

Freight Train Blues celebrates the life and legacy of Piedmont blues legend Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born in 1893 in Carrboro, NC. Some of her best known compositions, like the now-standard “Freight Train” and “Shake Sugaree,” have been canonized into the repertoires of American popular culture, with the latter interpreted by the Grateful Dead. Her enduring legacy was featured earlier this year in a piece from Good Morning America, who said she was “a master storyteller.”

Freight Train Blues honors Elizabeth Cotten’s contributions to American roots music by highlighting the cultural significance, diversity, and vitality of her North Carolina community and its connections to artists across the nation.

Harvey Dalton Arnold is a North Carolina bred southern gentleman who took to the musical road in his teens. While playing bass for a band in Florida, he received an offer to audition for the now legendary southern rock group The Outlaws on a Saturday night. By the following Saturday, he already had a stadium gig under his belt opening for Johnny Winter and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He toured extensively and participated on classic albums with The Outlaws from 1976 through 1980. Always having a love for the blues, Harvey’s first solo release was a blues album. His brand new effort “Stories To Live Up To” on Music Maker Recordings is a collection of songs and stories that showcase his writing and influences. Opening performance: an archival video of outsider lounge music by Captain Luke and Cool John Ferguson.

Livestream each concert via the links below:
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/MusicMakerReliefFoundation/live/
YouTube Live: https://bit.ly/2Z1lSRE

For more information: https://musicmaker.org/freight-train-blues-2021/

Harvey Dalton Arnold Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

4/06/2020

The Outlaws Legend Harvey Dalton Arnold Releases New Album "Stories To Live Up To"


“Standing up or laying down, I won't be here when the sun goes down,” says the 66 year old Southern Rock legend Harvey Dalton Arnold on “When the Sun Goes Down” from his new release Stories to Live Up To released on Music Maker Recordings.

For the guitar cowboy who quit high school and left his home in rural Eastern North Carolina to hit the road playing rock and roll at 17, Stories to Live Up To is a retrospective album, examining the emotions and choices that have defined Arnold's life. His decision to hit the road eventually led him to become the bassist and vocalist for iconic Southern Rock band The Outlaws during the peak of their fame. Arnold's tenure with The Outlaws came at the peak of an American art form that spoke to a generation.

Says Harvey, “Stories To Live Up To is a bunch of songs that I've written with the intent of kind of painting a picture or telling a story. I've been playing and writing mostly in the blues vein that I love so much, and I believe that this album is a fresh adventure for me.”

On his new record, his second released by Music Maker, Harvey doesn't just look back, he wails through the everyday experiences that make an opera out of every man’s life - the perils and the joy of love, cheating, loss and longing. Accompanying Arnold in the studio is a crew of musicians with a righteous set of their own rock and roll bonafides. On bass Zev Katz (Paul Simon, James Brown, Carole King, Eric Clapton, on drums Charley Drayton (The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Miles Davis), on Piano, Rhodes, B3 Organ, and Keyboards Rob Arthur (Jimmy McGriff, Peter Frampton, Joan Osborne), and Zak Alister on Rhythm Guitar.

Says Harvey, “The album was recorded at Cowboy Technical Services Studio with Tim Hatfield, the owner engineering. We were all in one small room with no isolation, and we mostly played live, including my guitar solos and vocals. The record is not perfect, but its very human and has a spontaneous soul about it... I'm very proud of it and it was my most satisfying, fun recording experience ever. I look forward to supporting this CD with a video and live gigs in the future and my heart goes out to my friends in NYC as they and all try to survive the virus pandemic.”



Track Listing: 
1. Stay Here With Me
2. Early Bird
3. What’s On Your Mind
4. Poor Boy
5. When the Sun Goes Down
6. Lone Outlaw
7. Gotta See Ya
8. Put Me Back
9. Catfish Blues

More about Music Maker Relief Foundation: Music Maker Relief Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1994 that supports the soul of America’s blues, gospel, and folk music through partnerships with senior, traditional artists. Music Maker ensures our cultural heritage is passed on to the next generation though live performances, exhibitions, documentation and youth engagement. They have received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Humanities Council.

For more information on the Music Maker Relief Foundation: Cornelius Lewis, 1-919-643-2456 (US),  corn@musicmaker.org

To purchase:
Physical: https://musicmaker.org/product/harveydaltonarnold-storiestoliveupto/
Digital:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/6pIgMkaHlBbok8dYphSKWi?si=g71-sDJ9Rsug1GKqd8tHRA
bandcamp – http://bit.ly/2NBDygc
iTunes – https://apple.co/2G1IMhk

For more information on Harvey Dalton Arnold:
www.facebook.com/bluesboy58/
www.musicmaker.org/artists/harvey-dalton-arnold/

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158 (US), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

12/08/2014

Concert Review: The Outlaws and Blackhawk

There Goes Another Love Song…The Outlaws and Blackhawk Rock The Colonial
Pittsfield, Mass.
December 4th 2014

It didn’t feel like the winter in Pittsfield Massachusetts last night with country rockers Blackhawk and the Outlaws warming up the Colonial Theater. My word they were good! Let me rephrase that, great!
I was not familiar with Blackhawk but understood going in it was the same band playing different songs from each band’s catalog. 

The Outlaws is a band with a storied past and Blackhawk has some history behind them now with 9 albums out. I picked up a copy of their Greatest Hits & More autographed CD at the show because I was just so impressed with their set and engaging country rock sounds. The only two original members in the Outlaws are Henry Paul (guitar and lead vocals) and Monte Yoho (drums) however the present lineup plays each group’s music with a sense of pride and professionalism that was greatly appreciated by this listener.

The current members of both bands are as follows:
    Monte Yoho – drums, percussion (1969, 1970–1979, 2005–present)
    Henry Paul – guitars, vocals (1972–1977, 1983–1986, 2005–2006, 2008–present)
    Steve Grisham – guitars, vocals (1983–1986, 2013–present)
    Chris Anderson – guitars, vocals (1986–1989, 2005–present)
    Dave Robbins – keyboards, backing vocals (2005–2006, 2010–present)
    Randy Threet – bass, vocals (2005–present)

I saw the Outlaws in Tangelwood in their heyday back in the 70s and distinctly remember seeing two drummers and three or four guitar players creating a wall of sound that was incredible. New flash; they still have what it takes to deliver all of that great music live!

Blackhawk kicked things off. As I looked around I saw some empty seats, something I not used to seeing at The Colonial. I supposed it’s the time of year, the cold weather and people putting their hard earned cash into Xmas gifts. Tickets to this show would have been appreciated as an early gift by any music lover believe me!
I was quite impressed with the Blackhawk sound, which is very much country with flourishes of rock interspersed. I have never been a big country fan to be honest but I was last night. This is a band with a ton of talent at every position in the band. 

The jams with all the guitars and each member with the ability to sing make them very strong presenting every song in their repertoire. “Goodbye” started things off for Blackhawk and most memorable were “Rain” and “Just About Right,” which featured some extended jams that were absolutely jaw dropping. Some of the words to “Rain” I believe were very thought provoking like “I can’t see a single storm cloud in the sky but I can sure smell the rain.” The human condition is the main topic of their songs so everything hits home just right.

After a 15 minute break the Outlaws came out opening with “Love Song.” This is one of their more famous tracks amongst many. I was especially impressed with their latest material from their studio recording It’s All About Pride. They treated the audience to the title track and “Born To Be Bad,” which was a killer rocker that brought the house down. I cannot tell you how many times people got to their feet to acknowledge this great band with standing ovations. This response was well deserved to be sure.

I was little surprised to hear their most famous song, “Green Grass and High Tides Forever” to close out the set. I was thinking what they will do for an encore now, if there is one. Well they gave us their encore with an old favorite “Ghost Riders.”

What I got out of this night besides incredibly entertaining music was that this band of brothers have their heart and soul into their music and give the audience everything they have every night. I really appreciated the heartfelt message coming from Henry Paul regarding members that have passed over the years and how they intend on carrying on the history of the band’s music for quite some time

If you ever have a chance to catch them do so, they will give you a performance that will be lodged in your memory for the rest of your days.

Rock on gents! You closed out my concert coverage for the year with some fireworks and pure joy, thank you!

Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-Write A  Music Reviews, Prog Rock Music Talk, New Age Music Reviews & Rate The Tracks Founder

Blackhawk Set:
Goodbye
Yesterday
Every Once In A While
Love Like This
Almost A Memory
Strong Enough
Down From The Mountain
Ships of Heaven
Rain
Just About Right
Big Guitar

Outlaws Set:
Love Song
Hurry Sundown
It’s All About Pride
Freeborn Man
Born To Be Bad
Song In The Breeze
Grey Ghost
Trail of Tears
Waterhole
Knoxville Girl
Green Grass
Encore:
Ghost Riders