Kristofferson’s last big hit as a recording artist was The Highwayman, a No 1 country single in 1985 by The Highwaymen, an outlaw-country supergroup that also included his long-time friends Waylon Jennings, Nelson and Cash. Cash and his wife, Ju...
The Highwaymen, The Dukes of Hazzard, and “We Are the World” In the 1980s Jennings’s solo music output slowed, but he found success as one of the Highwaymen, a supergroup that included Nelson, Kristofferson, and Cash. They released three studio albums and scored a major hit with the ...
4.The Highwaymen – The Highwaymen –I know I’ve said it before, but this was an extraordinary group of artists. The storytelling is so vivid and dreamlike. The “highwaymen” are never really gone. They always come back in one form or another. 5.Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton ...
This is an excellent 1 1/2 hour documentary that shows the highlights of Gordon's career, with many video clips from the past and engaging contemporaneous interview segments. Highly recommended! US purchasers can order the DVD from my store here or by clicking on the image of the cover. Als...
Dale Evans & Roy RogersHappy Trails (1952) Brother BonesSweet Georgia Brown (1949) CoastersShoppin' For Clothes (1960) Bobby Darin & Clyde McphatterHave Mercy Baby SpidersI Didn'T Want To Do It (1954) HighwaymenCotton Fields (1962) Larry VerneOkeefenokee Two Step (1960) Les Baxter & His...
The Highwaymen were a group composed ofWillie Nelson,Johnny Cash,Waylon JenningsandKris Kristofferson. They launched their debut album in 1985, scoring a hit with the Jimmy Webb song "Highwayman." The album topped the country charts and launched a well-received tour, and while the four recorded...
“I’m the dandy highwaymen you’re too scared to mention! I spend my cash on looking flash and grabbing your attention!” Adam Ant was the great New Wave provocateur of his era, flouncing in pirate drag. He declared war on everything boring about the Eighties, in classics like...
In 1997, Nelson and Johnny Cash taped an episode of VH1's concert-and-conversation seriesStorytellers, which was released the following year as an album. An often-overlooked record,Storytellerscaptured two of the Highwaymen in their element, with just their guitars and their own words. The album...
He continued to produce hits, such as “For the Good Times,” recorded byRay Price and then named song of the year for 1970 by the Academy of Country Music. That same year Cash’s recording of Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” was named song of the year by the Country Mu...
Faith isn't something the man in the song advertises. He doesn't think he's been the best of believers, but then he doesn't feel a lot of commonality to those who preach hatred or feel they know what God knows. This remarkable song actually came from the Highwaymen's 1995 reunion al...