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Outlaws, 1975
Written by Hughie Thomasson
I had to consider a while before putting this song on here, because of its absurd length (which it reaches by including not one but two indulgent Southern-rock guitar noodling solos). But then I thought, well, it's a classic, a very famous song, and I don't know about it. And Thomasson's unique voice is quite engaging. The title, an inverse of the famous Roling Stones greatest hits compilation, refers to rock legends gone too soon: "All my stars of love who died / Came from somewhere beyond the scene you see / These lovely people played just for me." The line about "castles made of stone" might be a reference to Hendrix, another inverse to his gone-too-soon song about castles made of sand.
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