Biography
JOHNNY CASH BROUGHT THE FOUR PERSONALITIES TOGETHER INITIALLY
IN MONTREAUX, SWITZERLAND IN 1984. EVERY YEAR HE HAD A TV CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL AND THAT HOLIDAY SEASON HE WANTED WAYLON, WILLIE AND KRIS
TO COME OVER. THEY STARTED TRADING SONGS IN THE HOTEL AFTER THEY
WORKED ON THE SPECIAL. THAT LEAD TO SOMEONE SUGGESTING THEY OUGHT
TO CUT AN ALBUM TOGETHER. THE HIGHWAYMEN WERE FORMED.CHIPS MOMAN
WAS WORKING WITH WILLIE NELSON AND JOHNNY CASH IN NASHVILLE ON ONE
OF JOHN'S ALBUMS. HE WAS RECORDING A DUET TO FINISH OUT THE ALBUM.WAYLON
JENNINGS STOPPED BY THE STUDIO TO VISIT, A LITTLE LATER KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
CAME BY. JIMMY WEBB HAD A SONG CALLED "HIGHWAYMAN" THAT THEY ALL LIKED
IN SWITZERLAND. AND SINCE THEY WERE ALL IN THESAME PLACE AT THE SAME
TIME,THEY DID A TRACK OF IT. THE ALBUM WAS UNDERWAY.THE FIRST OF THREE
THEY DID UNDER THE NAME OF THEHIGHWAYMEN. THE ALBUM WENT TO #1 ON
THE COUNTRY CHARTS, HAD A HIT SINGLE "DESPERADOS WAITING FOR A TRAIN"
AND WENT GOLD WITHIN A YEAR OF RELEASE. THE GROUP TOURED TOGETHER THEN
RETURNED TO THE STUDIOS TO RECORD IN EARLY 1990.THEY RELEASED THEIR
SECOND ALBUM, "HIGHWAYMEN 2" WHICH WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEIR
FIRST ALBUM. BUT IT LAUNCHED THE TOP 30 HIT "SILVER STALLION".IN THE SPRING
OF 1995 THE GROUP REUNITED TO RECORD THEIR THIRD AND FINAL ALBUM,
"THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER" THAT ALBUM WAS THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL EFFORT
TO DATE. . THERE WERE NO HIT SINGLES FROM IT. WITH WAYLON JENNINGS AND
JOHNNY CASH'S HEALTH PROBLEMS THE GROUP NO LONGER TOURED TOGETHER.
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