When the Highwaymen recorded "Desperados Waiting for a Train," written by visionary songwriter Guy Clark, who died in 2016, the supergroup of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris ...
The Highwaymen's legendary legacy lives on after being named one of the greatest supergroups of all time.
The “supergroup” moniker is tossed around all too freely, but no title better suited the Highwaymen. Made up of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson — all of them ...
The recent passing of Merle Haggard and Guy Clark is a reminder of how many great artists country music produced in the second half of the 20th century, and how few of them remain today. Clark’s ...
In 1958, the Highwaymen formed by a group of freshmen at Wesleyan University, led by singer Dave Fisher, along with Bob Burnett, Chan Daniels, Steve Trott, and Steve Butts, to the Highwaymen. By the ...
Long before music festivals became known for blockbuster lineups, one Fourth of July celebration brought together a collection of artists that would be nearly impossible to recreate today. On July 4, ...
Find out why The Highwaymen were often called "The Mount Rushmore of Country Music." In 1985, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson formed a country supergroup: The ...
Standing next to each other on stage, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson look like – and represent – a living Mount Rushmore of country music. Survivors of a collective ...
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson could be considered the Mount Rushmore of the Outlaw Country movement. All four admired each other’s work. Cash shared an apartment ...
After its first release by songwriter Jimmy Webb in 1977, 'Highwayman' was re-recorded in 1985 by the supergroup of the same name, compromised of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris ...