THE OUTSKIRTS OF YOUR HEART
After the Lazy Cowgirls packed it in, Pat Todd formed another band, taking its name from one of their classic albums, Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders. Their first release is a 2-CD album on their own label (Rankoutsider Records) called The Outskirts of Your Heart (2007). Mark Deming again, for Allmusic: “In 2004, the Lazy Cowgirls, long one of the best-kept secrets in American rock & roll, finally called it quits after nearly 25 years of inspiring music, but lead singer and principal songwriter Pat Todd clearly isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. Todd has formed a new band, the Rankoutsiders, who follow a similar path to the latter-era Cowgirls – fast and loud old-school punk on one hand, and hard but heartfelt honky tonk on the other. However, unlike the Lazy Cowgirls, the Rankoutsiders can handle the quieter country material with the same sure hand as the louder, frantic rock stuff; and Todd’s first album with the band, The Outskirts of Your Heart, is his most impressive melding to date of his two great (musical) loves.”
The band’s website, www.pattodd.net/ notes that Hound Gawd! Records reissued The Outskirts of Your Heart in January 2017. Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders has released three more albums since this one. Other than the two live albums and their debut, Allmusic rankings are four stars or higher on all of the Lazy Cowgirls and Rankoutsiders albums.
(March 2017)
