THE OUTCASTS
Mostly it is just Linda Pierre King and her guitar, but that is a full-blown band backing her on “Hard-Lovin’ Babe”. They are named the Outcasts, and the people at Collectables Records hinted that they were the famed Texas garage rock band called the Outcasts that won the statewide Battle of the Bands in 1966 (the peak year for the garage rock genre) and whose records include classics like “I’m in Pittsburgh (and it’s Raining)” and “1523 Blair”. As might be imagined, the Outcasts wasn’t exactly a rare name for a rock band; and the experts at Ugly Things magazine know of at least 10 bands by this name that made records in the 1960’s. Whoever is backing King is definitely not the famous Outcasts – former bandmember Denny Turner disavows the recordings on his website – so they are a mystery for now. One other song on the CD also features these Outcasts, the final track “My Boot Heels are Travelin’” – this is an original song, though the title is clearly based on a lyric from Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”.
(April 2012)
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YouTubehas several songs by Linda Pierre King, including her best, “Hard-Lovin’ Babe” that was recorded with some band called the Outcasts, but not the Outcasts that I talked about above that included Galen Niles. This song can be heard here, as taken from the new CD that has a somewhat cleaner sound than my copy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CF_BWyxfNg .
(April 2014)
