HIGHWAYMEN
''HIGHWAYMAN''
1985
33:43
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1/Highwayman/Jimmy Webb
2/The Last Cowboy Song/Ed Bruce / Ron Peterson
3/Jim, I Wore a Tie Today/Cindy Walker
4/Big River/Johnny Cash
5/Committed to ParkviewJohnny Cash
6/Desperados Waiting for a Train/Guy Clark
7/Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)/Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman
8/Welfare Line/Paul Kennerley
9/Against the Wind/Bob Seger
10/The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over/Steve Goodman / John Prine
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Johnny Cash /Vocals, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
J.R. Cobb /Guitar
Gene Crisman /Drums
Paul Davis /Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bobby Emmons /Keyboards
Waylon Jennings /Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Kris Kristofferson /Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mike Leech /Bass
Chips Moman /Guitar, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Willie Nelson /Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Mickey Raphael /Harmonica, Harp
Johnny Rodriguez /Vocals (Background)
Marty Stuart /Guitar, Mandolin
Jimmy Tittle /Bass
Bobby Wood /Keyboards
Reggie Young /Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
These old friends have appeared together in various combinations, but never as effectively as on the epic title song here, written by Jimmy Webb. And the rest of the record, including Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for a Train" and Woody Guthrie's "Deportee," lives up to the leadoff hit.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Steve Huey
Before rock & roll gave listeners the Traveling Wilburys, country music spawned the Highwaymen, a supergroup of mythic proportions that featured living legends Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. The foursome had worked together in various combinations over the years, but teamed up under the Highwaymen umbrella in 1985. Their first single together, "Highwayman," topped the country charts that year and spawned an album of the same name on Columbia. The album also proved mightily popular, hitting number one on the country listings and producing a Top 20 follow-up single in a cover of Guy Clark's "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train." Afterward, the members returned to their individual careers for a few years, but reconvened in 1990 to record a sequel, Highwayman 2. It reached number four on the country album charts and spun off the minor hit "Silver Stallion," but didn't cause quite the same stir overall as its predecessor. Another layoff followed, and when the Highwaymen returned for a third outing in 1995, they inked a new deal with Liberty/Capitol. The Road Goes on Forever was produced by Don Was, but proved a distinct commercial disappointment, and the group did not record again prior to Jennings' death in 2002. An archival collection of concert recordings by the Highwaymen, Live: American Outlaws, was released in 2016.
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''HIGHWAYMAN''
1985
33:43
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1/Highwayman/Jimmy Webb
2/The Last Cowboy Song/Ed Bruce / Ron Peterson
3/Jim, I Wore a Tie Today/Cindy Walker
4/Big River/Johnny Cash
5/Committed to ParkviewJohnny Cash
6/Desperados Waiting for a Train/Guy Clark
7/Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)/Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman
8/Welfare Line/Paul Kennerley
9/Against the Wind/Bob Seger
10/The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over/Steve Goodman / John Prine
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Johnny Cash /Vocals, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
J.R. Cobb /Guitar
Gene Crisman /Drums
Paul Davis /Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bobby Emmons /Keyboards
Waylon Jennings /Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Kris Kristofferson /Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mike Leech /Bass
Chips Moman /Guitar, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Willie Nelson /Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Mickey Raphael /Harmonica, Harp
Johnny Rodriguez /Vocals (Background)
Marty Stuart /Guitar, Mandolin
Jimmy Tittle /Bass
Bobby Wood /Keyboards
Reggie Young /Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
These old friends have appeared together in various combinations, but never as effectively as on the epic title song here, written by Jimmy Webb. And the rest of the record, including Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for a Train" and Woody Guthrie's "Deportee," lives up to the leadoff hit.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Steve Huey
Before rock & roll gave listeners the Traveling Wilburys, country music spawned the Highwaymen, a supergroup of mythic proportions that featured living legends Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. The foursome had worked together in various combinations over the years, but teamed up under the Highwaymen umbrella in 1985. Their first single together, "Highwayman," topped the country charts that year and spawned an album of the same name on Columbia. The album also proved mightily popular, hitting number one on the country listings and producing a Top 20 follow-up single in a cover of Guy Clark's "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train." Afterward, the members returned to their individual careers for a few years, but reconvened in 1990 to record a sequel, Highwayman 2. It reached number four on the country album charts and spun off the minor hit "Silver Stallion," but didn't cause quite the same stir overall as its predecessor. Another layoff followed, and when the Highwaymen returned for a third outing in 1995, they inked a new deal with Liberty/Capitol. The Road Goes on Forever was produced by Don Was, but proved a distinct commercial disappointment, and the group did not record again prior to Jennings' death in 2002. An archival collection of concert recordings by the Highwaymen, Live: American Outlaws, was released in 2016.
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