THE HIGHWAYMEN - 4 Albums

The Highwaymen were an American country music supergroup, composed of four of country music's biggest artists who pioneered the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Between 1985 and 1995, the group recorded three major label albums as The Highwaymen: two on Columbia Records and one for Liberty Records. Their Columbia works produced three chart singles, including the number one "Highwayman" in 1985.

Between 1996 and 1999, Nelson, Kristofferson, Cash, and Jennings provided the voice and dramatization for the Louis L'Amour Collection, a four-CD box set of seven Louis L'Amour stories published by the HighBridge Company, although the four were not credited as "The Highwaymen" in this work.

Besides the four formal members of the group, one other vocal artist appeared on a Highwaymen recording: Johnny Rodriguez, who provided Spanish vocal on "Deportee", a Woody Guthrie composition, from the album Highwayman.

The four starred in one movie together: the 1986 film Stagecoach.

Formed in 1985, the group did not have an official name when they released their first two albums on Columbia Records. The first album, Highwayman, was credited to "Nelson, Jennings, Cash, Kristofferson". The single "Highwayman", a Jimmy Webb composition, became a #1 country hit. Their cover of Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for a Train" reached the Top 20. The album was produced by Chips Moman.

In 1990, the 4 members reunited for a second effort, titled Highwayman 2, which reached #4 on the country album chart. The Lee Clayton-penned song "Silver Stallion" was the first single and made the country Top 40. The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. Highwayman 2 was produced, once again, by Moman. Six of the songs were written or co-written by members of the group.

The group's final release (now listed as "Highwaymen") prior to Jennings's death in 2002 was 1995's Don Was-produced album The Road Goes on Forever, (a Robert Earl Keen cover), with the single, "It Is What It Is".

The band continued to tour into the late 1990s, before Jennings and Cash both started to decline in health, which prevented them from maintaining a full touring schedule. All four continued to perform as solo artists, with Jennings briefly joining Old Dogs.

"Those tours and the records we made were a great time," recalled Kristofferson in 2010. "I just wish I was more aware of how lucky I was to share a stage with those people. I had no idea that two of them would be done so soon. Hell, I was up there and I had all my heroes with me. These are guys whose ashtrays I used to clean. I'm kinda amazed I wasn't more amazed."

01 - [1985] Highwayman

01 - Highwayman
02 - The Last Cowboy Song
03 - Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
04 - Big River
05 - Committed To Parkview
06 - Desperados Waiting For A Train
07 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
08 - Welfare Line
09 - Against The Wind
10 - The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over

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02 - [1990] Highwayman 2

01 - Silver Stallion
02 - Born And Raised In Black And White
03 - Two Stories Wide
04 - We're All In Your Corner
05 - American Remains
06 - Anthem '84
07 - Angels Love Bad Men
08 - Songs That Make A Difference
09 - Living Legend
10 - Texas

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03 - [1995] The Road Goes On Forever

01 - The Devil's Right Hand
02 - Live Forever
03 - Everyone Gets Crazy
04 - It Is What It Is
05 - I Do Believe
06 - The End Of Understanding
07 - True Love Travels A Gravel Road
08 - Death And Hell
09 - Waiting For A Long Time
10 - Here Comes That Rainbow Again
11 - The Road Goes On Forever

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04 - [2016] Live: American Outlaws (3CD)

Disc 1

Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990

01 - Mystery Train (Live)
02 - Highwayman (Live)
03 - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Live)
04 - Good Hearted Woman (Live)
05 - Trouble Man (Live)
06 - Amanda (Live)
07 - There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (Live)
08 - Ring Of Fire (Live)
09 - Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
10 - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Live)
11 - Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live)
12 - Help Me Make It Through The Night (Live)
13 - The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Live)
14 - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (Live)
15 - City Of New Orleans (Live)
16 - Always On My Mind (Live)
17 - Me And Bobby McGee (Live)

Disc 2

Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990

01 - Silver Stallion (Live)
02 - The Last Cowboy Song (Live)
03 - Two Stories Wide (Live)
04 - Living Legend (Live)
05 - The Pilgrim- Chapter 33 (Live)
06 - They Killed Him (Live)
07 - I Still Miss Someone (Live)
08 - Ragged Old Flag (Live)
09 - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Live)
10 - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Live)
11 - Night Life (Live)
12 - The King Is Gone (So Are You) (Live)
13 - Desperados Waiting for A Train (Live)
14 - Big River (Live)
15 - A Boy Named Sue (Live)
16 - Why Me (Live)
17 - Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) (Live)
18 - On The Road Again (Live)

Disc 3

Live At Farm Aid V, Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas, March 14, 1992

01 - Mystery Train (Live)
02 - Highwayman (Live)
03 - The King Is Gone (So Are You) (Live)
04 - I've Always Been Crazy (Live)
05 - The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Live)
06 - City Of New Orleans (Live)

Live At Farm Aid VI, Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa, April 24, 1993

07 - Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
08 - Intro - Highwayman (Live)
09 - Shipwrecked In The Eighties (Live)
10 - Desperados Waiting For A Train (Live)

Bonus Track (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take With Additional Vocals)

11 - One Too Many Mornings

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