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The Highwaymen was an American country music supergroup, composed of four of country music's biggest artists who pioneered the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.
Riders in the Sky included a version on their debut album Three on the Trail released by Rounder Records Group in 1979. [16] An instrumental version by the Shadows reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1980. [17] The Outlaws included a recording on their 1980 album Ghost Riders that omitted the last verse.
Highwayman, consisting of ten tracks, was released as a follow-up to the successful single of the same name and the title track of the album itself."Highwayman", a Jimmy Webb cover, hit the top of the country charts and was followed up by the Top 20 hit "Desperados Waiting for a Train", whose original version was released by Guy Clark.
The album was re-released on November 8, 2005, on Capitol Nashville/EMI with bonus tracks and, in some versions, an extra DVD for the album's 10th anniversary. The DVD includes a music video for "It Is What It Is", as well as a short documentary entitled Live Forever - In the Studio with the Highwaymen.
Riders in the Sky may refer to: "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend", a 1948 country and cowboy-style song; Riders in the Sky (band), named after the song; Riders in the Sky (David and the Giants album), 1983; Riders in the Sky, a 1949 film directed by John English; Nebeští jezdci (Riders in the Sky), a 1968 Czech film
Campbell then played the song again, this time to all four of them, and the quartet had the name for their new supergroup, the Highwaymen, the name of their first album, Highwayman, and the name of their first single. The four thought it was a perfect name for them because they were always on the road and all four had the image of being outlaws ...
on YouTube " American Remains " is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and originally recorded by the Highwaymen ( Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson , and Willie Nelson ) [ 1 ] for their 1990 album Highwayman 2 .
The Highwaymen's first two albums and singles released from them were credited to "Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson". Year Single