''Diablo Canyon'' is an album by the American Southern rock band

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, released in 1994.

Hughie Thomasson Hugh Edward "Hughie" Thomasson Jr. (August 13, 1952 – September 9, 2007) was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws. The band found success in the late 1970s and early 1980s with a string of hits. He was ...

was the only original member of the band. "Brother Travis" was written with Ronnie Van Zant.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' praised the "soaring harmonies and searing guitar solos that refuse to fall into cliche," writing that "Thomasson's vocals sound as potent and full of meaning as ever."

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wrote that the album "manages to be an impressively lean and rockin' album—cut directly from the unmistakable Southern rock cloth."

Track listing

#"Diablo Canyon" (Thomasson) – 7:01 #"Dregs Fall to the Wicked" (Cooper, Thomasson, Tsaerios) – 5:10 #"Let the Fingers Do the Walkin'" (Thomasson) – 4:49 #"Steam on the Blacktop" (Kortchmar, Lynch) – 4:49 #"Macon Blues" (Hicks) – 5:48 #"New Frontier" (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson, Howell) – 5:20 #"Brother Travis" (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson, Howell) – 4:58 #"The Wheel" (Hicks) – 5:20 #"Freedom in Flight" (Thomasson) – 4:21 #"Alligator Alley" (Thomasson) – 4:52

Personnel

- lead

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s, lead

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Chris Hicks - lead guitars, lead vocals *Jeff Howell -

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, vocals *B.B. Borden -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Additional Musicians

Gary Rossington Gary Robert Rossington (born December 4, 1951) is an American guitarist. He is the only remaining original member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, in which he plays lead and rhythm guitar. In 2009, he became the last original member to re ...

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

*Billy Powell -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Mickey Mulcahy -

*Mike Varney -

*Willie Morris - background vocals *Mike Mani - Hammond B-3 organ

Production

*Producers: Steve Fontano, Hughie Thomasson, Mickey Mulcahy *Executive Producer: Mike Varney *Engineers: Steve Fontano, Gregg Schnitzer, Wally Walton *Assistant engineer: Terry Weeks *Mixing: Steve Fontano, Hughie Thomasson *Mastering: George Horn

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diablo Canyon (Album) Outlaws (band) albums 1994 albums