Tribute to the Myrtle Beach Pavilion by Gregg Outlaw

Feeling like this is great for making new memories with the family

you've made.

So put it in, close your eyes, and remember that first taste of freedom,that first year you were finally tall enough to ride the coaster,that first kiss and the best friends you ever made that would fade from your life but not your memory.

The Songs

Miss P (as the Pavilion is known by some) is an upbeat rocker that makes that proclamation so familiar to anyone who has ridden down 501 waiting for that first glimpse of the lights and the coaster : There it is! The rest of the song apologizes to the Pavilion herself

for not coming more often as an adult to show support. All this in a rocking style similar to 38 Special.

Pavilion Lights is a heavier, popcorn Scorpions kind of tune that opens with layered harmonies and a guitar solo that makes you want to "crank it" a little.

Backdrop scolds those too cool musician types that were laboring under the mistaken impression that the oceanfront vacation oasis had sprung up because they were there.

Pink Slip is in the tradition of 8-track era heavy funk and is about drag racing down old 17 highway, working beachware in the daytime and seeing bands at night. It is even produced with some induced "wow and flutter" to be more authentic.

These Rides tells of the full circle. Baby pictures of the artist in his early childhood at the beach with his Dad, morphing through early adulthood with all those firsts, then as a Dad with his own small children. Amazing how the slow southern power ballod feel of this

one blends so well with the Randy Rhoades meets Glenn Tipton guitar sound of the lead break.

Ride of Life(Slow Down) bemoans change that we don't always see as progress, and how, unlike our wish that growing up and the Sleigh Ride would all go faster, now we'd like it all to slow down. Bordering on electric folk, this one takes another opportunity to slip in a tasty solo.

Note to musicians.(Shoulda, woulda, coulda.)

There was a rush to get this out by the beginning of the first Summer the Pavilion was gone.With a badly timed ailment and hospitalization, the decision was made to put this out before some of the scratch vocals were re-tracked. Plenty of opportunity to point and say "I could have done that". One way or another we beleive you will be entertained, freckles, warts and all.

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