One of the original Outlaws, Tompall came to Nashville with his brothers to join Marty Robbins as a backing vocalists. They eventually went out on their own, but Tompall quit the brother act and went solo, identifying with the artistic freedoms that Willie and Waylon and others were striving for. Very much the neglected outlaw these days, his classic ABC recordings (issued complete here among others on two CDs) belong in the collection of anyone who likes the Seventies outlaw sound. His reinterpretations of country and rock oldies are especially worth listening for