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The Highwayman

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“The Highwayman” by Jimmy Webb has been recorded by numerous people but probably the best-known version of the song was done by The Highwaymen country supergroup of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash (they took the name of their group from the song).

Webb told the story of waking up in a sweat in a hotel in England after dreaming about a highwayman being chased by lawmen on horses. He thought, “That was so real it was almost like it was a past life.” He immediately sat down at his piano and had the song written within a couple of hours.

The collaboration: I love these guys. Seems like we have as much fun in our “production” meetings as we do with the music. Our concept for the collab was to have just the four of us on guitars and do it like we might do it onstage. (Okay, I may have added a little extra on the video production.) Thanks, Ben Robert Eastman, Gary Schoolcraft, and John Bacon for your terrific musicianship and dedication to the project (even down to a couple of them having to go out and buy the matching shirt).
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