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Highwayman

By: Highwaymen
Label: Sony
Released: 25 Oct 1990
RRP: £11.99
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First of three great albums - By: Peter Durward Harris, 15 Feb 2005
Waylon Jennings had already recorded one duet album with Johnny Cash & two with Willie Nelson, quite apart from various duets on other albums, so the teaming up of alll three for this album was not a surprise, nor was the addition of Kris Kristofferson, since the other three had each recorded several of his songs. On this album (and the other two they later did), they mostly take turns at singing. If you're looking for harmony singing, you won't find much here.

As the title might suggest, the songs generallly reflect on independent, free spirited people. They are mostly covers, drawn from a diverse selection of songwriters including Bob Seger (Against the wind), Woody Guthrie (Deportee), Steve Goodman & John Prine (The twentieth century is almost over), Paul Kennerley (Welfare line), Guy Clark (Desperadoes waiting for a train), Jimmy Webb (Highwaymen), Ed Bruce (Last cowboy song) & Cindy Walker (Jim I wore a tie today). There are also a couple of Johnny Cash oldies - Big river & Committed to Parkview.

Fans of any of the four singers need no prompting from me to buy this brilliant album, although UK buyers should note that it has been re-issued in Britain as part of a twofer with Highwaymen 2 titled Highwaymen collection, using the cover design of the American compilation, Super hits.