The Outlaws’ former guitarist Freddie Salem has died, his former bandmates have confirmed.
In an announcement posted on social media, the Florida southern rock group wrote: “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that now we have to inform Outlaws followers in regards to the passing of our former guitarist Freddie Salem.
“Freddie handed from issues resulting from most cancers and can be remembered for his outgoing character and fervour for music.
“He first appeared with the Outlaws on the [1978] album ‘Playin’ To Win’ after which remained within the band for the next 4 albums [1979’s ‘In The Eye Of The Storm’, 1980’s ‘Ghost Riders’, 1982’s ‘Los Hombres Malo’ and 1986’s ‘Soldiers Of Fortune’].”
The Outlaws went on to explain Salem as “an electrical performer and beloved musician and he can be missed”. He was 70 years previous.
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It’s with a heavy coronary heart that now we have to inform Outlaws followers in regards to the passing of our former guitarist Freddie Salem….
Posted by Outlaws on Monday, September 23, 2024
The late guitarist and vocalist left The Outlaws in 1983 after the group had been dropped by Arista Data. He had initially stepped in to exchange unique member Henry Paul, who departed the line-up in 1977.
Nevertheless, Paul stays a present member of The Outlaws following quite a few stints within the band. He’s joined by Dave Robbins, Randy Threet, Jeff Aulich, Jimmy Dormire and Mike Bailey.
Moreover, Salem seems on The Outlaws’ 1978 stay album ‘Convey It Again Alive’.
The gathering accommodates one track he wrote, ‘I Hope You Don’t Thoughts’, and concludes with an prolonged 20-minute model of The Outlaw’s signature monitor ‘Inexperienced Grass And Excessive Tides’. The album earned a spot within the Prime 30 on the Billboard 200 and went gold.
Salem – who was born in Akron, Ohio on Could 15, 1954 – wrote quite a few different Outlaws tracks resembling ‘Don’t Cease’, ‘White Horses’, ‘Lengthy Gone’ and ‘Satan’s Street’. He recorded a solo album too, ‘Cat Dance’, underneath the moniker Freddie Salem And The Wild Cats.
Elsewhere, he loved a prolonged profession as a session guitarist and producer.
The information of his passing was additionally shared on the Fb web page of his present venture, Freddie Salem & Lonewolf. “This morning, the Heavens parted for the arrival of a legend,” it learn. “Rock on excessive, Freddie Salem. Till we meet once more.”
The Outlaws – who had been fashioned in Tampa, Florida in 1967 – have beforehand supported the likes of The Rolling Stones and The Who.
