When The Outlaws released Hurry Sundown in 1977, they were already deep in the muscle memory of the Southern rock circuit, opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Rolling Stones, burning through sets built on “Green Grass & High Tides” and “There Goes Another Love Song” with the triple-guitar machinery at full reach. The Hurry Sundown Tour arrives at Daryl’s House in Pawling on Thursday, March 18, taking its name from that third album and giving the band’s most storied material an occasion to breathe again, this time in a room that seats 300 people.
About the Show
The Outlaws formed in Tampa in 1972, and their first three albums, The Outlaws, Lady In Waiting, and Hurry Sundown, earned gold and platinum certifications on Arista Records, where the band was the first act signed by Clive Davis. They earned the nickname “The Florida Guitar Army,” a phrase that captures the essential physics of the thing: a triple-guitar approach and three-part harmonies that AllMusic described as blending “the rootsy guitar interplay of acts like the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd with the smoother harmonies and songcraft of the Eagles.” Their 1975 debut introduced “Green Grass & High Tides” and “There Goes Another Love Song” — songs that have outlasted decades of personnel changes and the deaths of co-founding members Frank O’Keefe and Billy Jones (both 1995) and Hughie Thomasson (2007).
Founding member Henry Paul resumed leadership in 2008 and has guided the band since. The current lineup includes keyboardist Dave Robbins, also a co-founding member of country act Blackhawk; bassist Randy Threet; co-lead guitarist Jimmy Dormire; drummer Mike Bailey; and vocalist and guitarist Jeff Aulich. Shows on the Hurry Sundown Tour are described as “blazing 2+ hour tributes” drawing from those first three classic albums alongside newer material from It’s About Pride (2012) and Dixie Highway (2020). The March 18 stop in Pawling opens a Northeast leg that continues through Lynn, MA; Jim Thorpe, PA; Leesburg, VA; Fairfield, CT; and Huntington, NY.
Venue & Logistics
Daryl’s House is a 300-capacity club on Route 22 in Pawling, far enough out on the Hudson Valley circuit that it functions almost as a destination, and its reputation as a listening room is what draws acts of this caliber to a town this small. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.; the show begins at 8:00 p.m. All ages.
Tickets
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