{"id":33451,"date":"2026-03-18T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=33451"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:49:55","slug":"the-last-outlaw-my-50-years-in-southern-rock-country-by-henry-paul-w-gary-hertz-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/the-last-outlaw-my-50-years-in-southern-rock-country-by-henry-paul-w-gary-hertz-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Last Outlaw:  My 50 Years In Southern Rock &amp; Country&#8221; By Henry Paul w\/Gary Hertz Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33451\" class=\"elementor elementor-33451\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e1b19c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2e1b19c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce93831\" data-id=\"ce93831\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1503c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d1503c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The Last Outlaw:\u00a0 My 50 Years In Southern Rock &amp; Country&#8221; by Henry Paul (The Outlaws, The Henry Paul Band, Blackhawk) w\/Gary Hertz, was released in 2025.<\/p><p>This is a fantastic book.<\/p><p>Henry talks about growing up, ultimately forming The Outlaws, and later The Henry Paul Band and Blackhawk, and many stories involving those bands.<\/p><p>My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.<\/p><p>Again, a fantastic book and I cannot recommend this enough, especially for fans of Henry and his music.<\/p><p>And his music is very good.\u00a0 Especially Outlaws, The Henry Paul Band, and his one solo album called Henry Paul.\u00a0 BlackHawk is good also, but I&#8217;m just not a big country music fan.<\/p><p>This book ROCKS!!<\/p><p>And thanks Henry for signing it (courtesy of TalkShopLive)!!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dd8a23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"0dd8a23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9575d61\" data-id=\"9575d61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b1709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82b1709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-597cf1ab3ab17b7b57cd1cc7ad18d166-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"519\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"519\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Henry Paul Book 2025\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tngg-3-columns\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"17232\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"597cf1ab3ab17b7b57cd1cc7ad18d166\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-img\"\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/cache\/46939196-6fa1-41cc-a8fe-d855f51da02f.jpg-nggid0517232-ngg0dyn-300x300x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tngg-3-columns\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"17231\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"597cf1ab3ab17b7b57cd1cc7ad18d166\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-img\"\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/cache\/e1612b39-0fca-4eb9-8557-54d9a52669a3.jpg-nggid0517231-ngg0dyn-300x300x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tngg-3-columns\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"17230\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"597cf1ab3ab17b7b57cd1cc7ad18d166\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-img\"\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/henry-paul-book-2025\/cache\/bee2d885-c19f-4e98-b261-3b4e6c4e3e67.jpg-nggid0517230-ngg0dyn-300x300x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1773869957\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"300\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Last Outlaw:\u00a0 My 50 Years In Southern Rock &amp; Country&#8221; by Henry Paul (The Outlaws, The Henry Paul Band, Blackhawk) w\/Gary Hertz, was released in 2025. This is a fantastic book. Henry talks about growing up, ultimately forming The Outlaws, and later The Henry Paul Band and Blackhawk, and many stories involving those bands. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer. Again, a fantastic book and I cannot recommend this enough, especially for fans of Henry and his music. And his music is very good.\u00a0 Especially Outlaws, The Henry Paul Band, and his one solo album called Henry Paul.\u00a0 BlackHawk is good also, but I&#8217;m just not a big country music fan. This book ROCKS!! And thanks Henry for signing it (courtesy of TalkShopLive)!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-book-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33451"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37951,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33451\/revisions\/37951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}