The Highwaymen Live American Outlaws
The Highwaymen
Legacy, 2016
If you like Country music, you know the kind chock full of cowboys, whiskey, heartache and real loss, this is about all you’ll need for a spell. Three CD’s and a concert DVD of The Highwaymen captured live in 1990, when all four of Image may be NSFW.
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these legends in their own right, were at the top of their game.
The Highwaymen, for all ya’ll who are a might too young to recall, were Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson. You’ll be hard pressed to find a stand out star or a slouch in the bunch. These four keep each other on their toes and it’s hard to nail down a single stand-out track as the next is as good, or better, than the last.
And the sheer number of hits on this disc is impressive. Time was you’d hear a collection this complete advertised as “not available in any stores!” Each artist gets his turn at bat performing some of their best known material. “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and on, and on, and on.
On disc Three we’re treated to performances from Farm Aid V, and VI. A version of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings,” recorded by Cash and Jennings on the pair’s 1986 duets album,Heroes. Is here performed by Nelson and Kristofferson, sharing lead vocals on the sole studio recording in the collection. Watching the DVD reveals what one already suspects from the discs, they are having a great time on stage.
If contemporary country music leaves you underwhelmed by it’s never ending cycle of mediocrity, and it should, look back. To heroes that were screw-ups, malcontents, and entirely disreputable. Look back and see how well this suits you.
