autor: *woytek » lipca 11, 2010, 10:17 pm
Trudno sie nad tym nie pochylic...
To na co zwrocilem uwage. Henry Paul KLAMIE piszac, ze zespol od 20 lat nie wydal nowego materialu...
Jak znajde chwile, postaram sie przetlumaczyc...
...always an outlaw...
*woytek
Dear Fans,
I continue to pray for a band that continues to heartlessly tear my life apart and the legacy of my precious husband. They are actually trying to rewrite history....no record in twenty years. The reason for the limited edition is the tally....THEY WON'T SELL MANY. Probably as many as the remake of GGHT and other Hughie songs. Coming out with a record while keeping OAO sidelined because it would infringe on Henry Paul's takeover. I do pray for them and especially for their wives and families, what's in store for them?
Hughie and I spent our life together supporting and protecting the "Outlaws":
I was a medical administrator when Hughie asked me to help him with the Outlaws in early 1994. We had discussed it for years but now the Outlaws were in desperate need. The hesitation was because we wanted to protect our relationship from the nastiness to come. We would swear an oath to make our love drive our work. Respect was the keystone to our future. This was no problem for we had an abundance of love and respect for each other. The road has been rugged but we would thrive together while looking forward. We found solace in each others arms, a place where the world around us would go silent. The next ten years I spent most of my time paying Outlaws debts and taxes. It was tough but we came through it with our heads held high and an opportunity for a new beginning for the Outlaws. We continued to work together through the Skynyrd years and beyond to support, protect and promote the Outlaws.
These were happy and productive years for all. Skynyrd was proud to have an Outlaw on their stage and by the time Hughie left they would add another Outlaw to their line-up for they were all cut from the same cloth, brothers one and all. Hughie couldn't feel more honored about being a part of the Skynyrd family. They had played together quite a bit before the plane crash and Ronnie Van Zant had a hand in the Outlaws success, that wasn't lost on Hughie. Hughie was very proud to be honored by MCA for helping to make the Skynyrd catalog Platinum. During those Skynyrd years we would put out the Outlaws "So Low" CD and the Outlaws would be inducted into the Florida Music Hall Of Fame. Hughie would take time off from Skynyrd to be at the opening of the exhibit which would tour the state for the following year. Arista would re-release the Outlaws Records on CD. The Skynyrd stage would shed a bright light on the Outlaws and Hughie would carry Skynyrd in his heart till his passing.
Hughie was a "Man's Man". I loved that! He was the boss, always. I tried to give him more options when he was told there was only one way to deal with things. He would weigh the facts and make his decision. It was about doing the RIGHT thing for everybody concerned, not what was just best for him. Knowing that made it easy to follow through with his directions and I must admit I was proud of him.
Then, HE WAS GONE! With so much more to do and so much more to give, HE WAS GONE! What would you do?? I have loved Hughie from the age of sixteen, I gave birth to his daughter. After ten years of separation we found each other again (Hughie wrote "Hearts Run Wild" about the experience).We would make sense of our lives, of our faith. Together we learned how to give back to the world what was so graciously given to us, by our Father, our Lord.
Hughie asked me to trademark the "Outlaws" after there was an "Outlaws" show booked with the"Marshall Tucker" band in California in 1999. We hired an attorney to stop that show. Hughie was advised to trademark "Outlaws", he would give me the job for Outlawlessness Productions Inc. to hire the trademark attorney. At the time there was a Rap group that had filed an "Intent to use", trademark "Outlawz"a month before us. We would fight that for ten years till the end of 2009, when we would negotiate the use of "Outlawz" in the Rap genre only and they would cease the use of "Outlaws Records" altogether. Then Henry Paul would pounce. If we hadn't protected the trademark it would have been lost! From 1999 to 2009 Henry Paul showed no objection or interest, now he sees my loss of Hughie as a weakness and as I have stated, "He has pounced". They have again taken over our merchandise and have stopped paying the 4% for use of the Outlaws name saying we have no rights. How is this possible??? They are jumping to put out an Outlaws CD, just to use the name, no heart....no Outlaws, just Henry Paul and his massive ego.
I'm crying out in desperation and loss. This is not what I do. I know everyone has their own problems and I'm sorry to share mine but what else can I do? Why and how do they get away with this? How do they sleep at night? They dishonor themselves and the legacy. In legal documents the current Outlaws members describe themselves also as members of Blackhawk and the Henry Paul Band and make the statement "They don't need the Outlaws". Why can't they take Blackhawk and the Henry Paul Band and leave us be? They have already successfully blurred the line between the three bands. Is it the "BOYS CLUB" against the " WIDOW"?
I ask for your prayers for myself and my family to keep us strong to fight the fight.
God Bless You!
Mary
'...We bow our heads before we eat,
Before we start our day,
Before we fall asleep,
'Cause In God We Trust.
And We Belive...'
B.G.