Sunday, February 26, 2006

The Highwaymen - Highwayman


Before rock & roll gave listeners the Traveling Wilburys, country music spawned the Highwaymen, a super group 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. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide.

http://rapidshare.de/files/9723478/Highwayman.rar

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3 COMMENTS:

Ben on 2:22 pm said...

Track Listings:
1. Highwayman - Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
2. The Last Cowboy Song - Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
3. Jim, I Wore A Tie Today - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
4. Big River - Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
5. Committed To Parkview - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
6. Desperados Waiting For A Train - Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
7. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
8. Welfare Line - Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
9. Against The Wind - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings
10. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson

http://rapidshare.de/files/9723478/Highwayman.rar

Anonymous said...

What a great one.
"I taught the willow how to cry...."
Thanks.

Anonymous said...

i've never listeneted to them before, let me try.. thanks for the post.

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