The Outlaws-Dixie Highway (2020)

After more than 50 years in the business, in 2020 the southern rock band The Outlaws reunited to record a new album titled "Dixie Highway", a name taken from the famous highway that connects Chicago and Miami in the United States. Of the legendary lineup that in the 1970s gave us immortal southern rock classics like "Green Grass and High Tide", "There Goes Another Love Song", "Breaker-Breaker", "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky", and "I Can't Stop Loving You", only guitarist and singer Henry Paul remains. The current lineup is completed by Monte Yoho (drums), Dale Oliver (guitar), Randy Threet (bass and vocals), Dave Robbins (keyboards), Steve Grisham (guitar and vocals), and Jaran Sorenson (percussion). On their seventeenth album, the Florida-based band once again showcases the typical ingredients of Southern American roots rock: driving rhythms, powerful, sharp guitars, melodies brimming with country rock sounds, and exhilarating guitar improvisations. Tracks like the incendiary "Southern Rock Will Never Die", "Slow Down", "Dixie Highway", "Endless Ride", and the heartfelt tribute to departed members, "Heavenly Blues", make up a work that demonstrates the immense power that American roots rock continues to wield throughout the Southern states.