Country musics first supergroup comprised of four stalwarts of the genre: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. The Highwaymen were active for a decade spanning 1985 to 1995 recording three major label albums including a debut number one single, title track Highwaymen. This 3 CD and DVD set takes in their legendary live show at Nassau Coliseum, New York 1990 across two discs and a third CD of tracks from live appearances at Farm Aid Festivals. The DVD features the full length, previously unreleased concert film recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, transferred from the original reels especially for this collection. (bron: Columbia)
Concertregistraties van Highwaymen bestaande uit Willie Nelson & Wailon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson & Johnny Cash, opgenomen in maart 1990 in Nassau Coliseum te Long Island. \n\nNelson, Cash, Jennings en Kristofferson - 4 van de grootste sterren der countrymuziek. In 1984 maakten ze tot ieder verrassing samen een album: Highwayman. Nooit eerder had er binnen de countrywereld zo'n 'supergroep' bestaan. Na een tweede album gingen de heren zelfs samen op tournee onder de naam Highwaymen (nu met een meervouds-'e' dus). Deze opnamen stammen van die tournee, uit 1990. Tussen de 26 songs zijn hier en daar delen uit interviews te zien, waarin de nodige anekdotes voorbijkomen.
"Released in early 1978, this album was intended as a celebration of the peak of outlaw, as both singers are more or less in command of their talents here. Waylon's original "Lookin' for a Feeling" is sturdy and the album-closing "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" is brilliant, possibly the best song here, even if the heart of the record -- what the album is selling -- is the four duets of Waylon with Willie. One of these, of course, is the monster hit "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," with two others -- "The Year 2003 Minus 25" and "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" -- being laid-back, funny Kris Kristofferson songs that showcase Waylon & Willie's roguish humor and charm. The other, "Pick Up the Tempo" -- like Willie's three solo tracks, a previously released Waylon recording stripped of his vocals and overdubbed by Nelson -- is one of Willie's classics." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)
Biografie en een concert in de Grand Ole Opry, Nashville op 12 augustus 1978
"If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar. Jennings rejected the conventions of Nashville, refusing to record with the industry's legions of studio musicians and insisting that his music never resemble the string-laden, pop-inflected sounds that were coming out of Nashville in the '60s and '70s. "A Man Called Horss" features the hits "My Rough and Rowdy Days" and "If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now (Chapter Five...Nashville)"." (Allmusic)
Drie albums, uit de jaren 1974/75, op 2 CD's, plus 8 bonustracks. Pak 'Honkey Tonk Heroes' erbij en je hebt de toppers uit z'n oevre bijeen. Songs waarin hij z'n country-outlaw-status hooghoudt, met relatief veel el. gitaar en hints naar rock.
Over het algemeen mainstream country-materiaal, met hits van eind jaren zestig tot in de jaren negentig. In 1970 scoorde hij met z'n vrouw met 'Suspicous Minds' van Elvis, de CD sluit af met een Elvis-medley uit 1999.
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