NewsThe Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws / four-disc deluxe set
Columbia/Legacy set to stand and deliver a four-disc deluxe compilation of vintage live performances by country music’s first supergroup, The Highwaymen, showcasing the talents of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.
The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws is a 3CD+blu-ray box set (3CD+DVD also available) that features two audio discs recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, March 14, 1990, and a previously unreleased full-length film of this memorable gig, which was transferred from the original film reels especially for this collection.
The Nassau Coliseum concert occurred in the middle of an 11-year collaboration, during which time the quartet released three studio albums, Highwayman, Highwayman 2 and The Road Goes On Forever). The group didn’t actually have a name when they released Highwayman, reflecting the organic, alchemic nature of the project. As Waylon Jennings wrote in his autobiography: “I don’t think there are any other four people like us … There’s not one of us who hasn’t come face to face with his own mortality, and many’s the time we’ve gone through our struggles and survivals together … That’s our friendship, unlocking any door that stands between us, and it keeps four very different individuals together.”
The Highwaymen also had three hit singles, including their US-Country-chart-topping debut, Highwayman, which won the Grammy for Best Country Song in 1986, and Desperados Waiting For A Train which peaked at number 15 on the US Country chart, live versions of which both feature in this compilation
The deluxe set includes a third CD with tracks recorded live at various Farm Aid Festivals and a unreleased recording of One Too Many Mornings, a twist on the Bob Dylan song which appeared on Heroes, a 1986 collaboration album by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. This new version, produced by Mickey Raphael (a stalwart colleague of Willie Nelson’s and a member of his band) and remixed by Tony Castle, has been embellished with additional vocals recorded by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in 2014.
The audio/video content is complemented by a booklet with new liner notes by music historian and journalist Mikal Gilmore.
The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws is released on 20 May 2016. For those fans based in Europe, Amazon Italy has the 3CD+Blu-ray edition at superb price of £27 or €35. The exact same set is £43 in the UK.
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CD 1 (recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990)
- Mystery Train
- Highwayman
- Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
- Good Hearted Woman
- Trouble Man
- Amanda
- 7.There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang
- Ring Of Fire
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Help Me Make It Through The Night
- The Best Of All Possible Worlds
- Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
- City Of New Orleans
- Always On My Mind
- Me And Bobby McGee
CD 2 (recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990)
- Silver Stallion
- The Last Cowboy Song
- Two Stories Wide
- Living Legend
- The Pilgrim: Chapter 33
- They Killed Him
- I Still Miss Someone
- Ragged Old Flag
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Night Life
- The King Is Gone (So Are You)
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Big River
- A Boy Named Sue
- Why Me
- Luckenbach, Texas
- On The Road Again
CD 3:
- Mystery Train
- Highwayman
- The King Is Gone (So Are You)
- I’ve Always Been Crazy
- The Best Of All Possible Worlds
- City Of New Orleans
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Intro/Highwayman
- Shipwrecked In The Eighties
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- One Too Many Mornings (Previously Unreleased)
CD 3, Tracks 1-6 recorded live at Farm Aid V, Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas, March 14, 1992;
Tracks 7-10 recorded live at Farm Aid VI, Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa, April 24, 1993;
Track 11 from the album Heroes by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, 1986; original recording produced by Chips Moman; 2014 vocals by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson: produced by Mickey Raphael; remixed by Tony Castle.
DVD/Blu-ray:
Concert film recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990
Running time: approx. 2 hours 39 minutes
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By Justyn Barnes
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