The Highwaymen (country supergroup)




For the folk band, see The Highwaymen (folk band).
































The Highwaymen
Also known as Nelson, Jennings, Cash, Kristofferson
Origin U.S.A.
Genres


  • Country

  • outlaw country

  • country rock
Years active
1985–1995
Labels


  • Columbia

  • Liberty
Associated acts Jimmy Webb
Past members

  • Johnny Cash

  • Waylon Jennings

  • Kris Kristofferson

  • Willie Nelson

The Highwaymen was an American country music supergroup, composed of four of the genre's biggest artists, 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.




Contents






  • 1 Albums


    • 1.1 Highwayman


    • 1.2 Highwayman 2


    • 1.3 The Road Goes on Forever




  • 2 Discography


    • 2.1 Studio albums


    • 2.2 Compilation albums


    • 2.3 Singles




  • 3 Videography


    • 3.1 Music videos


    • 3.2 Video albums




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Albums



Highwayman


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



Highwayman 2


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 Road Goes on Forever


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". A tenth-anniversary edition of The Road Goes on Forever appeared in 2005, with several bonus tracks added as well as, in some versions, a DVD containing the video for "It Is What It Is" and a documentary entitled Live Forever – In the Studio with the Highwaymen.


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; Jennings died in 2002 and Cash died in 2003.


"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."[1]



Discography



Studio albums



















































Title
 Album details
 Peak chart positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)

US Country
[2]
US
[3]
CAN Country
[4]
AUS
DEN
NOR

Highwayman

  • Release date: May 1985

  • Label: Columbia Records


 1
 92
 —
 20
 —
 —


  • AUS: Platinum


  • US: Platinum[5]


  • CAN: Gold

Highwayman 2

  • Release date: February 9, 1990

  • Label: Columbia Records


 4
 79
 —
 9
 —
 —

  • AUS: Gold

The Road Goes On Forever

(now listed as Highwaymen)

  • Release date: April 4, 1995

  • Label: Liberty Records


 42
 —
 10
 46
 8
 11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart


Compilation albums
























































Title
 Album details
 Peak positions
 Sales

US Country
[2]
AUS
[6]

The Highwaymen Ride Again
(Import Only - Greece & Netherlands)

  • Release date: June 11, 1995

  • Label: Columbia Records


 — —

Highwayman Super Hits

  • Release date: March 2, 1999

  • Label: Columbia Records


 — —

Country Legends

  • Release date: 2005

  • Label: DeLuxe Holland


 — —

The Essential Highwaymen

  • Release date: October 26, 2010

  • Label: Columbia Records


 — —

Live: American Outlaws

  • Release date: May 20, 2016

  • Label: Legacy Recordings


 16 89
  • US: 12,500[7]

The Very Best of the Highwaymen

  • Release date: May 20, 2016

  • Label: Legacy Recordings


 22 —
  • US: 20,800[8]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart


Singles









































































Year
 Single
 Peak chart positions
 Album

US Country
[9]
CAN Country
[10]
CAN AC
[11]
AUS
1985
 "Highwayman"
 1
 1
 19
 98
Highwayman
"Desperados Waiting for a Train"
 15
 20
 —
 —
1990
 "Silver Stallion"
 25
 21
 —
 —
Highwayman 2
"Born and Raised in Black and White"
 —A
 —
 —
 —
"American Remains"[12]
 —
 —
 —
 —
1995
 "It Is What It Is"
 —
 —
 —
 —
The Road Goes on Forever
2005
 "If He Came Back Again"
 —
 —
 —
 —
The Road Goes on Forever (re-issue)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes:



  • A "Born and Raised in Black and White" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 1 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[13]


Videography



Music videos




























Year
 Title
 Director
1985
 "Highwayman"
 Peter Israelson
1990
 "Silver Stallion"
 Jon Small
1995
 "It Is What It Is"
 Lowe/Don Was
2016
 "Good Hearted Woman"[14]
 Jon Small


Video albums




  • Highwaymen Live! (filmed in 1990 at the Nassau Coliseum, released in 1991 on VHS)


  • On the Road Again (filmed in 1992 in Aberdeen, Scotland, released in 2003 on DVD)


  • The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws (A re-release of the full 1990 Nassau Coliseum concert, remastered from the original 16mm film and released in 2016 on DVD and Blu-ray)[15]



References





  1. ^ Bell, Max: "Q&A: Kris Kristofferson"; Classic Rock #148, August 2010, p34


  2. ^ ab "The Highwaymen Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "The Highwaymen Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2010.


  4. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Albums". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.


  5. ^ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – December 26, 2010: The Highwaymen certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.


  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (June 11, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Jimmy Barnes 'Soul Searchin' Is His 11th No 1 Album". Noise11. Retrieved June 11, 2016.


  7. ^ Bjorke, Matt (July 25, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: July 25, 2016, 2016". Roughstock.


  8. ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 12, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: December 12, 2016". Roughstock.


  9. ^ "The Highwaymen Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2010.


  10. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.


  11. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Adult Contemporary". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.


  12. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. September 29, 1990.


  13. ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. June 30, 1990.


  14. ^ Stephens, Samantha (May 3, 2016). "World Premiere: The Highwaymen's "Good Hearted Woman"". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 5, 2016.


  15. ^ "The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws Blu-ray". blu-ray.com.






External links



  • The Highwaymen at AllMusic













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