The hard-rocking 'Stick Around for Rock & Roll' is a rowdy guitar jam. 'Prisoner' is a sensitive Jones song with occasional jazz-pop tendencies. Paul's country-inflected 'Girl From Ohio' is rife with gorgeous harmonies. The tough country-rock, rockabilly-flavored number 'Freeborn Man' was, unbelievably, co-written by Paul Revere and the Raiders vocalist Mark Lindsey and guitarist Keith Allison the guitar solos provide the punch, but O'Keefe's walking bassline adds a nice, loping rhythm.
Jones' 'Ain't So Bad' is mid-tempo pop/rock with ironic lyrics about life and death, especially since he committed suicide two decades later in 1995 around the time of O'Keefe's death. The tempo changes and distinctly different guitar tones on 'South Carolina' add extra dimensions to what would otherwise be straightforward, up-tempo country. 'Breaker-Breaker' is bright, easygoing country-rock lyrically, it piggybacked on the mid-'70s CB radio craze. And don't forget the splendid three-part vocal harmonies either. Rothchild to create a textured album that managed to fuse intricate guitar arrangements and frame them within Thomasson's rock & roll, Paul's pure country, and Jones' intensely personal songwriting styles. Although Lady in Waiting doesn't have all-time knockouts like 'There Goes Another Love Song' or 'Green Grass & High Tides,' it does include a handful of Outlaws classics, including the minor hit 'Breaker-Breaker' and 'Stick Around for Rock & Roll.' Vocalists/guitarists Hughie Thomasson, Henry Paul, and Billy Jones bass guitarist Frank O'Keefe (who was fired after this album) and drummer Monte Yoho collaborated once more with producer Paul A. It's not easy following up a creatively and commercially successful debut album, but Florida-based Southern rockers the Outlaws did just fine with their sophomore effort, 1976's Lady in Waiting, the follow-up to their 1975 self-titled, gold-selling release.
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