Role Musician Name Monte Yoho | Years active 1967—present Instruments Drums, | |
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Music groups The Outlaws (Since 1969), BlackHawk Albums Outlaws, Best of The Outlaws: Green Gr, Hurry Sundown, Greatest Hits of The Outlaws, Playin' to Win Similar People Henry Paul, Billy Jones, Hughie Thomasson, Billy Crain, Dave Robbins | ||
Monte yoho the outlaws beier 1 5 steel snare 6 5 x 14 born to be bad
Monte Yoho (born March 26, 1952) is an American southern rock and country musician. He is best known as being a member of Outlaws and Blackhawk.
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- Monte yoho the outlaws beier 1 5 steel snare 6 5 x 14 born to be bad
- Outlaws interview 2010 monte yoho
- Early life
- The Outlaws
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- References
Outlaws interview 2010 monte yoho
Early life
Yoho was born on March 26, 1952 in Lakeland, Florida. In 1965, when he was 13 years old, Yoho learned how to play the drums. Also in junior high school, he met future bandmate Hughie Thomasson and the two became close friends. Yoho and Thomasson later attended A.P. Leto High School in Tampa, Florida. In addition, Yoho was hired as a session musician in the late 1960s by the Darby, Florida-based band The Bellamy Brothers.
In 1969, Yoho met Billy Jones while hitchhiking back from the Atlanta Pop Festival. He had heard of Jones as a musician also living in the Tampa Bay area. While in the car, they discussed forming a band upon return to Tampa. The result was The Dave Graham Group, with Jones and Dave Graham on guitar, Roy Holly on bass, and Yoho on drums. The quartet frequently collaborated with Thomasson-led band known as The Outlaws.
The Outlaws
After several lineup changes and a breakup, Thomasson decided to reform The Outlaws in 1972. Thomasson became the lead vocalist and one of the three guitarists, Tampa folk singer Henry Paul joined as another guitarist, and Frank O'Keefe was the bassist. Jones was originally to play drums for the newest incarnation of the band. However, Thomasson was impressed by the Allman Brothers Band's usage of two lead guitarists and convinced Jones to occupy the third guitar slot. Yoho thus became the band's drummer.
The Outlaws developed a loyal following as they performed in many bars and clubs in the Tampa Bay area. While playing on a hillside for 2,000 college students in 1974, Charlie Brusco "discovered" the band and agreed to be their manager.