THE HIGHWAYMEN
''THE VERY BEST OF THE HIGHWAYMEN''
MAY 20 2016
58:22
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01 - Highwayman 03:02 (Jimmy Webb)
02 - Silver Stallion 03:12 (Lee Clayton)
03 - Desperados Waiting for a Train 04:36 (Guy Clark)
04 - City of New Orleans (Live) (1990 Version) 05:07 (Steve Goodman)
05 - Big River (Live) 03:22 (Johnny Cash)
06 - The Last Cowboy Song 03:09 (Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson)
07 - Live Forever 02:47 (Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver)
08 - Born and Raised in Black and White 04:00 (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis)
09 - One Too Many Mornings 02:33 (Bob Dylan)
10 - The Road Goes On Forever 04:42 (Robert Earl Keen Jr.
11 - American Remains 04:07 (Rivers Rutherford)
12 - Against the Wind 03:49 (Bob Seger)
13 - Living Legend 03:58 (Kris Kristofferson)
14 - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) 03:45 (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman)
15 - Welfare Line 02:35 (Paul Kennerley)
16 - The King Is Gone (So Are You) Live (1990 Version) 03:30 (Roger Ferris)
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Al Anderson/Guitar
Kenny Aronoff/Drums
Johnny Cash/Guitar, Vocals
Gene Chrisman/Drums
Johnny Christopher/Guitar
J.R. Cobb/Guitar
Paul Davis/Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bobby Emmons/Keyboards
Mark Goldenberg/Guitar
Waylon Jennings/Guitar, Vocals
Kris Kristofferson/Guitar, Vocals
Shawn Lane/Guitar
Mike Leech/Bass
Chips Moman/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Willie Nelson/Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Raphael/Harmonica
Michael Rhodes/Bass
Johnny Rodriguez/Guitar
Marty Stuart/Guitar, Mandolin
Benmont Tench/Hammond B3
Danny Timms/Keyboards, Piano
Jimmy Tittle/Bass
Robbie Turner/Guitar (Steel)
Robby Turner/Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
Bobby Wood/Keyboards
Reggie Young/Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
For a band that only released three albums, the Highwaymen have a lot of compilations -- at least four full-fledged CDs prior to this 2016 set, which was released in conjunction with the triple-disc package Live: American Outlaws. The Very Best of the Highwaymen covers familiar ground, adding three selections -- "City of New Orleans," "Big River," and "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" -- from Live: American Outlaws, along with the "One Too Many Mornings" from Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings' 1986 Heroes, now featuring harmonies by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Outside of this, the 16-track collection contains six selections from their first (and best) album from 1985, four tracks from 1990's Highwayman 2 and a couple of cuts from 1995's The Road Goes on Forever. It's a good cross-section of their material and sequenced nicely, making for the best single-disc overview of the supergroup's recordings.
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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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''THE VERY BEST OF THE HIGHWAYMEN''
MAY 20 2016
58:22
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01 - Highwayman 03:02 (Jimmy Webb)
02 - Silver Stallion 03:12 (Lee Clayton)
03 - Desperados Waiting for a Train 04:36 (Guy Clark)
04 - City of New Orleans (Live) (1990 Version) 05:07 (Steve Goodman)
05 - Big River (Live) 03:22 (Johnny Cash)
06 - The Last Cowboy Song 03:09 (Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson)
07 - Live Forever 02:47 (Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver)
08 - Born and Raised in Black and White 04:00 (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis)
09 - One Too Many Mornings 02:33 (Bob Dylan)
10 - The Road Goes On Forever 04:42 (Robert Earl Keen Jr.
11 - American Remains 04:07 (Rivers Rutherford)
12 - Against the Wind 03:49 (Bob Seger)
13 - Living Legend 03:58 (Kris Kristofferson)
14 - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) 03:45 (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman)
15 - Welfare Line 02:35 (Paul Kennerley)
16 - The King Is Gone (So Are You) Live (1990 Version) 03:30 (Roger Ferris)
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Al Anderson/Guitar
Kenny Aronoff/Drums
Johnny Cash/Guitar, Vocals
Gene Chrisman/Drums
Johnny Christopher/Guitar
J.R. Cobb/Guitar
Paul Davis/Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bobby Emmons/Keyboards
Mark Goldenberg/Guitar
Waylon Jennings/Guitar, Vocals
Kris Kristofferson/Guitar, Vocals
Shawn Lane/Guitar
Mike Leech/Bass
Chips Moman/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Willie Nelson/Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Raphael/Harmonica
Michael Rhodes/Bass
Johnny Rodriguez/Guitar
Marty Stuart/Guitar, Mandolin
Benmont Tench/Hammond B3
Danny Timms/Keyboards, Piano
Jimmy Tittle/Bass
Robbie Turner/Guitar (Steel)
Robby Turner/Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
Bobby Wood/Keyboards
Reggie Young/Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
For a band that only released three albums, the Highwaymen have a lot of compilations -- at least four full-fledged CDs prior to this 2016 set, which was released in conjunction with the triple-disc package Live: American Outlaws. The Very Best of the Highwaymen covers familiar ground, adding three selections -- "City of New Orleans," "Big River," and "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" -- from Live: American Outlaws, along with the "One Too Many Mornings" from Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings' 1986 Heroes, now featuring harmonies by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Outside of this, the 16-track collection contains six selections from their first (and best) album from 1985, four tracks from 1990's Highwayman 2 and a couple of cuts from 1995's The Road Goes on Forever. It's a good cross-section of their material and sequenced nicely, making for the best single-disc overview of the supergroup's recordings.
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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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