Nashville, Tenn. (July 30, 2025) — Last week in Nashville, country group BlackHawk and southern rock band The Outlaws, continued their yearly charitable giving, this time donating a collective $100,000 to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and MusiCares.
Henry Paul, a member of BlackHawk, as well as the sole original active member of The Outlaws, presented a $50,000 check to Vanderbilt on behalf of BlackHawk’s “Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Research Fund.” Van Stephenson, a founding member of BlackHawk, passed away in 2001 of melanoma. Additionally, The Outlaws donated $50,000to MusiCares in memory of the band’s members who have passed away.
“Blackhawk and The Outlaws continue to fund their respective charities Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Research Lab and MusiCares,” explains Paul. “This year’s donations push the Vanderbilt charity commitment well past $500,000 and MusiCares to more than $150,000. The MusiCares donations are made in memory of our former Outlaws band members Hughie Thomasson, Frank O’Keefe and Billy Jones.”
BlackHawk and The Outlaws plan to continue their annual donations for years to come.
About BlackHawk
For more than 30 years, BlackHawk has shared a unique sense of harmony with their voices, their songs and their fans. It’s a harmony that has sold over seven million albums, scored some of the most distinctive country radio hits of the ’90s, and still draws tens of thousands of fans to their electrifying live performances. Today, BlackHawk continues to honor its past as it forges its future, and does it all with a commitment that takes the group’s music – and harmony – to a whole new level.
For more information, visit blackhawklive.com.
About The Outlaws
For The Outlaws, it’s always been about the music. For more than 40 years, the southern rock legends have celebrated triumphs and endured tragedies to remain one of the most influential and best-loved bands of the genre. Today, The Outlaws have returned with new music, new focus and an uncompromising new mission: It’s about a band of brothers bound together by history, harmony and the road. It’s about a group that respects its own legacy while refusing to be defined by its past. But most of all, it’s about pride.
For more information, visit outlawsmusic.com.
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