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The Outskirts Of Your Heart by Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders
fave it Punk | Roots Rock
- sampleJust Another Stupid Guy
- sampleAlive As Yesterday
- sampleNovember 11th
- sampleNo Place Like Home
- sampleYour Heart, Your Soul, & Your Ass
- sampleWhere Is She Now
- sample2 Year Ride
- sampleIs My Last Chance Gone
- sampleAll Night Rain / Restless Times
- sampleAs The Years Go Rollin' By
- sampleBad Memories, Poison, & Regret
- sampleHell's Half Acre
- sampleYou Can Yearn Right On
- sampleWhy Don't You Marry Me
- sampleThanks For The Misery
- sampleThought I Saw My Future In A Little Gray Dress
- sampleIt Was A Stupid Dream Anyway
- sampleOne Long Breakdown
- sampleNow That The Sinnin' Is Over
- sampleDon't Cry Baby, You Ain't Gettin' Old
- sampleKendall County Blues
- sampleMy Next Time On The Highway
- sampleI Wonder Why
- sampleGive Me Back My Heart
- sampleGo On- It Don't Mean Nothin' Anymore
- sample'77 Tradesman (The Open Road)
- sampleWave Goodbye To Me
- sampleChristmas Day
3 years in the making, the debut DOUBLE CD from former Lazy Cowgirl frontman Pat Todd, is finally here. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders have been described as "Exile" era Stones meets the Ramones, with plenty of swagger to spare...
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Editorial review
In 2004, the Lazy Cowgirls, long one of the best-kept secrets in American rock & roll, finally called it quits after nearly 25 years of inspiring music, but lead singer and principal songwriter Pat Todd clearly isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. Todd has formed a new band, the Rankoutsiders, who follow a similar path to the latter-era Cowgirls -- fast and loud old-school punk on one hand, and hard but heartfelt honky tonk on the other. However, unlike the Lazy Cowgirls, the Rankoutsiders can handle the quieter country material with the same sure hand as the louder, frantic rock stuff, and Todd's first album with the band, The Outskirts of Your Heart, is his most impressive melding to date of his two great (musical) loves. The Outskirts of Your Heart is an ambitious two-disc set, with the first CD primarily devoted to raw, four-on-the-floor rock and the second featuring Todd's acoustic-oriented music, but there's plenty of crosstalk between the two -- "I Wonder Why" has enough swagger to fuel a major city even without drums, and "November 11th" generates a high, lonesome mood despite the Marshall amps. This album features Todd's strongest lineup of musicians since the Ragged Soul-era Cowgirls -- guitarists Nick Alexander and Tony Hannaford, bassist Rick Johnson, and drummer Bob Deagle are tight, grooving, and emphatic regardless of volume -- but the star of this show is Pat Todd, and he's in stellar form here. Lots of rockers talk about passion and commitment, but for Todd those aren't words, they're as necessary to life as water and oxygen, and he has no fear in letting the deepest and most painful secrets of love, life, and survival take the center stage in his songs. Todd can sing with roughhouse fury or smoky sweetness depending on the song, but there isn't a moment on any of these 28 songs where he puts less than a hundred percent of his soul on plastic, and he's rarely had as powerful and diverse a vehicle for his music as he's given himself on The Outskirts of Your Heart. This is a superior work from an estimable and underappreciated talent, and if you love rock & roll that comes from the heart, the soul, and the gut, you owe it to yourself to hear this album. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
“Pat Todd is a true American Original. His voice is capable of delivering the most heartfelt melodies and yet retain the toughness of his spirit. Raw, real and passionate - that's what I think of when I hear the name, Pat Todd. The Rank Outsiders project continues his tradition of delivering the goods to the people who need 'em! And boy do we need Mr. Todd and his Rank Outsiders, now more than ever. “
- Eddie Spaghetti, Supersuckers
"Payin' dues gives you more than the blues. It also gives you timeless Rock and Roll. Pat Todd has been busting his ass for years, living his life to make music and the school of hard knocks has graduated him magnum cum laud with a thesis of love found, love lost, sins lived and a life redeemed. Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders The Outskirts of Your Heart is the Carmina Burana of the 21st century.
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