Soldiers Of Fortune

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Special Limited Deluxe Collector s Edition / Fully remastered sound shaped from 24 BIT digital technology / Classic Southern rock featuring Hughie Thomasson and Henry Paul / 12 page full colour booklet 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, photos and band involvement. THE SOUTH S GONNA do it again sang Charlie Daniels in 1974 pontificating on the future of all those south of the Mason Dixon line. The point he was alluding to is that you can take the man out of the South but you can t take the South out of the man. It was a maxim that all the great Southern rock bands of the1970s stuck by even when fads, trends and personal circumstances laid waste to their confederate flag flying dreams. The Outlaws were a case in point. By 1982 the band had left behind their glory years, operating mostly out of a sense of duty. And they chose to hang up their stetsons and kick off their muddy cowboy boots was no surprise. Fortunately in 1985 the band reunited around the core components of Hughie Thomason and Henry Paul to sign with Pasha Records, a label exploding with the success of a revitalised Quiet Riot. Produced by Randy Bishop and recorded in Los Angeles, Soldiers Of Fortune explores the heart of the Southern rock style, injecting it with a well-executed dose of contemporary hard rock bravado. The songs here are mainly rough and tough barn burners, working the same musical path as Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet with the twin lead guitars working overtime. Hell Yeah!