Green Grass and High Tides

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"Green Grass and High Tides" is a song by American Southern rock band Outlaws. It is the tenth and final track on the band's debut album, Outlaws. The song is one of their best known, and has received extensive play on album-oriented radio stations, although it was never released as a single and is considered to be underrated by Henry Paul. The song is notable for having two extended guitar solos that stretch the song to nearly 10 minutes. Outlaws founding member Hughie Thomasson said: I wrote that song in St. Augustine, Florida. We went to a cookout on the beach and everybody forgot to bring their guitars. I was standing by the ocean and there was a breeze and the words kept coming to me. It’s about all the rock stars I liked that died had come back and were playing a show just for me. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. And eventually more of course. Henry Paul told Songfacts that this song is not about marijuana, but about deceased rock and roll luminaries, and the title...

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