Remembering a Rock Icon

Fred­die Salem, the renowned gui­tarist for the Amer­i­can rock band The Out­laws, has died at the age of 70. His for­mer band­mates con­firmed that Salem passed away from “com­pli­ca­tions due to cancer.”

A Musical Legacy

Salem first joined The Out­laws in 1978, replac­ing the orig­i­nal gui­tarist Hen­ry Paul. He went on to record four albums with the band and write sev­er­al of their biggest hits, includ­ing “White Hors­es,” “Long Gone,” “Dev­il’s Road,” and “Don’t Stop.” Salem’s elec­tric gui­tar skills and pas­sion for music were inte­gral to The Out­laws’ sig­na­ture sound.

Tributes from Bandmates

The Out­laws paid trib­ute to their for­mer gui­tarist, describ­ing Salem as an “elec­tric per­former and beloved musi­cian” whose “out­go­ing per­son­al­i­ty and pas­sion for music” made him a cher­ished part of the band. His fel­low musi­cians also recalled the “incom­pa­ra­ble” expe­ri­ence of tour­ing with the leg­endary Rolling Stones along­side The Outlaws.

A Life in Music

In addi­tion to his work with The Out­laws, Salem record­ed a solo album called “Cat Dance” and was a suc­cess­ful ses­sion musi­cian, record­ing with the band The Godz in the 1980s. He was wide­ly respect­ed for his musi­cal tal­ent and con­tri­bu­tions to the Amer­i­can rock scene.

Fred­die Salem’s pass­ing marks the end of an era for The Out­laws and the broad­er rock music com­mu­ni­ty. His lega­cy as a skilled gui­tarist and beloved band­mate will ensure that his mem­o­ry lives on through the indeli­ble music he helped create.