Outlaws Guitarist Freddie Salem Dead at 70

Former Outlaws guitarist Freddie Salem has died on the age of 70 after reportedly battling liver most cancers.

The information was confirmed by a publish on the Fb web page of his most up-to-date mission, Freddie Salem and Lonewolf: “This morning, the heavens parted for the arrival of a legend. Rock on excessive, Freddie Salem. Till we meet once more.”

In accordance with his current collaborator Den Zon, Salem was recognized with liver most cancers a yr in the past however stored his situation personal.

Salem was born on Could 15, 1954. After a short stint within the Chambers Brothers Band, he joined the Outlaws in 1977 and appeared on the group’s subsequent 4 albums: 1978’s Playin’ to Win, 1979’s Within the Eye of the Storm, 1980’s Ghost Riders and 1982’s Los Hombres Malo. He will also be heard on the 1978 stay album Bringin’ It Again Alive.

“I positively introduced a more durable rock edge to the band,” Salem informed Street to Jacksonville. “On the time, I imagine they have been prepared for the change. I by no means forgot that [singer and guitarist] Billy [Jones] and [guitarist] Hughie [Thomasson] have been the nucleus of the Outlaws. We couldn’t change that however simply improve it with a extra aggressive strategy. It paid off.”

After releasing the solo album Cat Dance in 1982, Salem left the Outlaws in 1983. “Issues had unraveled after seven years of touring and recording,” he defined. “Our document label had dropped the band, Billy, Harvey [and] Monte have been gone and issues deteriorated from there. I didn’t need to see the band go backwards.”

Salem went on to construct a protracted resume as a session musician and producer, along with being a venue proprietor and supervisor. When requested by Street to Jacksonville what recommendation he would give a younger guitarist, he mentioned, “Go to medical or regulation faculty. It is a [tough] highway on the market. I see it every day.”

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