Name Hughie Thomasson | Years active 1967-2007 Role Guitarist | |
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Birth name Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. Born August 13, 1952Buchanan, Virginia, United States ( 1952-08-13 ) Music groups The Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd (1996 – 2005) Albums Once an Outlaw, All Time Greatest Hits, 20th Century Masters, Christmas Time Again, The Essential Lynyrd Sk Similar People Billy Jones, Henry Paul, Rickey Medlocke, Leon Wilkeson, Ean Evans | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Instruments Guitar, vocals, banjo | ||
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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 and as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Biography
Thomasson wrote many of the songs for the Outlaws, including most of their more popular songs like "Hurry Sundown", "There Goes Another Love Song," and "Green Grass and High Tides". Although other band members (especially Henry Paul in the early-1970s lineup) contributed songs and sang lead vocals as well, Hughie was, in many ways, the real heart and soul of the Outlaws. After Outlaws disbanded, Thomasson joined Lynyrd Skynyrd, leaving that band in 2005 to reform Outlaws. Before his death, he contributed to writing of many of Lynyrd Skynyrd's songs on their 2009 album God & Guns, including the single "Still Unbroken."
Thomasson died in his sleep on September 9, 2007 of a heart attack in his home in Brooksville, Florida. He was 55 years old.
