On their worldtour the visited Denmark, and I had the luck to be there - I count that experience in with a few others - personalities all, so great.....
This is what country music is supposed to sound like. No egos or attitudes. Just a group of great men singing for us. They're music continues to lift us up to a better place.
It's so beautiful too because it's not even about the ocean. It's about whatever circumstances you're born into. It shapes your upbringing but not necessarily your life.
"And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed, but I am living still". We got you brother, your legend won't die with us. Oxford educated, army pilot, landed a damn helicopter on Johnny's lawn to get his demo listed to. Won a Golden Globe for acting. Human rights advocate who never followed the crowd. The world is less without you and more because you, thank you.
I think it's pre-recorded audience. I'm not saying they're not deserving, but some producers take liberties with audience sounds. The way the roar of this video comes and goes makes me believe it's an edit audience reaction.
I was fortunate to have seen The Highwaymen live and it was an incredible show... These 4 gentlemen were the power group of power groups... R.I.P Johnny & Waylon...
I wish I had gone and attended. I saw Waylon and his steel guitarist, the incomparable Ralph Mooney, many times in many places, and Willie and a collection of other country artists from that era too...but I wish I had attended a Highwayman concert. Thankfully we have several recorded concerts from these legendary musical artists to enjoy.
Makes me sad to watch this. We'll never see talent this great again in Country or music in general for that matter. These guys were for real. RIP Waylon and Johnny.
Be sad for those who are gone but not for the future. For every day that goes by I feel the shift in the air ever more and a new wind will soon start blowing.
I’m 72 years old and I grew up on this music. The only concert I ever took my children to was the highmen and the Oak Ridge boys. I have to say the only one that I was really thrilled about was the highwaymen. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson I want to thank you for the music you have brought into my life and even today it means something to me❤
Can we take a moment to appreciate the brilliant guitar playing of Reggie Young? The man was a legendary session guitarist in Memphis and Nashville. His band once toured with The Beatles as their opening act. He played guitar on some of the biggest hits of artists such as Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson. He was also a member of Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band.
Lol this is actually a quote from The Sopranos where Paulie met some old ladies and told them how they were old when he was a kid and now he's old and they're still old 😹
Kids today don’t understand how big this band was. These are literally the Avengers of outlaw country Edit: of course there are some cool young bucks out there that do dig these fine tunes. Bless you!
@@dennisjakobsen1648 Are you trying to start a debate?. Real music was around in the late 1800's and early 1900's that my grandparents listened too, not mindless beats for cavemen that people listen today. Modern music has NO skill or talent from the musicians its just people selling a message of sin to manipulate the children to support evil (in my opinion). The highwaymen is great
After listening to both this and the studio version , I can truly say that this is so much better on every level. Delivery is top notch and the backing instruments are soooo much better. The biggest difference is in delivery. So much more soul on this stage than in any studio recording.
I am a French-speaking Belgian woman and I discovered this song only 1 month ago. I listen to it over and over again. It gives me a lot of emotions. In addition, these 4 men have very beautiful voices.
It was truly an honor and privilege to have been the Director of Photography on this memorable night. To work with all these talented singer songwriters and to brush up against greatness.
I was a teenager when my dad came home, brimming with excitement, with the single, "Highwaymen", putting it on immediately. I wasn't the fan of country rock that he was, but that single sent me over the moon. Besides the jaw-dropping line-up of stars in one band---that COUNTRY music, the stronghold of Christian fundamentalism, had produced a song about reincarnation---was...mind-boggling. It was a no-brainer I would love this piece: the verse about the sailor spoke to my love of chanties, and the sci-fi last verse hit the poetic AND Star Trek fan nerve, and their voices always carry the day. End of an era, that Kris is gone...end of an era.❤
Dear Kris, I just want to say thank you to you, you brought so much joy to us and my Generation of 1962 with all of your very fantastic songs! And the world will never ever have singers and song writers like you again. But what I believe - there must be a big party in heaven together with Johnny Cash right now for sure! Thanks for all Kris Kristofferson!
My father, who died in 2011, Looked exactly like Willie Nelson in that video... My Papa used to always get mad When he was told that he looked like Willie and he always corrected everybody and would say: "NO, Willie Looks like me because I'm 15 years older than he is!" I miss him, and will see him in heaven.
May your father rest in peace,I couldn’t never picture my father in a coffin as he is as my god,the love that I have for him no other person on this world will understand,I am really sorry for your lost😢
Third verse was always my favorite. That exact line for some reason seems so incredible to me, the depth of his voice on the last few words of that line maybe.
I found this song in Gta 5 online. I was changing my clothes in a store in the country part of the map and this music was playing. I searched for it and found it on youtube and never realised that this band even exists. It blew my mind and since I found this song I also never stopped playing it. Also this live performance give me goose bumps. Its like you say. Pure magic!
Alexa played this song when I asked her to play Johnny Cash last month, and I haven't stop listening to it every night by my firepit. It blows me away.
I don´t know why, but this song crushes my heart so tight, makes me feel a strange feeling, as such as melancholy...but at same time, when it finish, I feel as my soul were washed by God´s blesses.
Lyrics I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride With sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of '25 But I am still alive I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide And with the sea I did abide I sailed a schooner 'round the horn to Mexico I went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed But I am living still I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide Where steel and water did collide A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound But I am still around I'll always be around and around and around And around and around and around I'll fly a star ship across the universe divide And when I reach the other side I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain And I'll be back again and again and again And again and again and again
I wrote another verse to this song. For 911 I sing it when I can. I was a businessman, on the towers I reside... A flash of light came flying by, they said I died. LOL I'm not telling the rest. Saving it for the stage
@@BEASTMODEJR-xf5ky The song is beautiful - written by Jimmy Webb. He also wrote Up, Up and Away, done by the 5th Dimension. Super song writer. As beautiful as the song is - I think the magic of this performace is this performance. The four powerhouse stars. The dancing other-worldly nature of the guitars. Everything about this video/recording is ethereal and a work of art.
Well, it isn't a "country" song, per se. Written by Jimmy Webb, it just happened to be a hit by these super legends. He wrote other hit songs for other artists. One example of a totally not country sound, was Up Up and Away by the Fifth Dimension from the late 60's.
this is one of the best song ever written/composed/performed.... all of these guys are legends... but every time Cash sings his part...goosebumps galore!!!
A timeless classic performed by four timeless entertainers! Thank you Johnny, Waylon, Willie, and Kris for all the great music! God bless Country music!
"I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below"... this line cuts me deep as I relate this to my father's passing away. The wet concrete below meaning the afterlife. I love you Captain Raymond Lambert. 💙
It's impressive to me that a country song can be about armed banditry, sailing, large-scale construction projects, interstellar space travel and reincarnation.
It was the 70's. The age of free love (and drugs) hadn't quite faded yet, and so you had some very unique ballads coming up in that time. You couldn't even say the 70's was anything in particular musically. There were soooo many good tunes coming from everywhere back then, that whole decade was swimming in gold and this was a part of that. It often felt like it was time to toss the old rules out of what couldn't be done and just go with the flow. These Boys were among those who helped revitalize country in a way no one had thought possible, and we'll all love them for it forever.
Not originally a country song. Written and first recorded by Jimmy Webb, produced by George Martin in 1977. Much more pop and orchestral. Webb was a friend of Waylon Jennings who recorded several of his songs including “MacArthur Park.”
@@tonkaGuy888 You aren't wrong, but for me the point is that country embraced the song and made it their own by implementing a country feel and beat. The lyrics being what they are were still embraced by country, which involves the song into the canon of country music. So the original comment can still be applicable. If country stars had said, "Hey this thematic content isn't country and we don't want to do it" then it wouldn't be a country music song. But it is because Webb's inspired lyrics inspired these stars as well.
I'm a 48 year old metal head who came across this song when I was hooked on drugs and lost. I felt this song and these men's spirits. I am clean and sober now and so glad I have this song and these men in my life. That's all God bless
Clicking on this little 3 minute video out of nothing but curiosity with no context of the highwaymen, has been one of the best choices I’ve ever made. I just keep this song on repeat…again, and again, and again, and again, and again
Six decades of Rock & Roll and now at 71, I finally am listening to the real music masters. Boy, did I miss a lot! This proves that God teaches us until we're ready to return back from whence we came!
As I just said here, I can never listen to this Song without crying of joy. It is the most uplifting Song ever written. It gives hope through the hardest of times, because it reminds us that we will ALWAYS be reborn again and again and again and again ad infinitum. ❤😂😊
Four friends having fun on stage, while pretty much giving perfect performance backed by perhaps one the best set of musicians keeping everything tight and not missing a beat. The music is beautiful, but the effort gone into putting this out must have been immense.
Such an incredible group of talent. I love the way Willie is slightly behind the beat, just furthers the raw feel of this performance. The Tele lead playing on this is stellar as well
The guitarist in the backing musicians is so good and sounds so melodic.... Not a big fan of country music but I am obsessed with this, maybe I am converted
Country of new is about cookie cutter romance, beer and trucks. Country of old not only is much better but there's many gems that transcend time and genre
I had a buddy in the Air Force who died a couple years back. After his funeral I walked outside and felt a single drop of rain fall on my forehead. Funny thing was he LOVED this song. Everytime i hear Cash's part I start to tear up
One drop of rain that fell on your forehead could have been your friend's last touch and greeting. I sincerely believe that the soul is indestructible and can be transformed into many forms and present itself to people in our world in many different ways.
I have been privileged to be alive at the same time as these men. The lyrics to this song never fail to move me. Jimmy Webb, the writer of these lyrics, captured the essence of what humans are. While diverse we still have much more in common than not. While unique, we are but one of the many and time repeats. I'm Still alive.
Hank Williams, Patsy Kline... Add these two legends! Country music ain't what it used to be, except for these four Willy, Waylon, Johnny, and Kris. God Bless them!
When you listen to this epic performance remember the great solo and backup guitarist in this video, Reggie Young 1936-2019. His guitar picks made this and many other songs legendary.
@@kilodeltawhisky1504 Kris is still around. By the way, if you want to know the roots of country music, look for Hank Williams. But, understand that there are black influences and also a lot of Irish music in this. Check also Dolly Parton. A goddess.
glad to know his name. i don't know much about country music, but this performance always stuck with me, and the beautiful guitar work always felt like a 5th lead among the legends.
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I would’ve done almost anything to see these legends perform together in person. We’re gifted to see this recorded
Saw this show back at the Capitol Center here in MD. Phenomenal!!!!!!!
Very true my freind...
not uncommon. When Cash steps up: goosebump city, man.
On their worldtour the visited Denmark, and I had the luck to be there - I count that experience in with a few others - personalities all, so great.....
Waylon and Johnny's voices will never fail to make me happy
Godspeed, Kris Kristofferson.
Amen 🙏
:°( the highwaymen are taking back the the road side by side...
How great is this??
Who would have thought Willie Nelson would be the one to outlive the rest of the Highwaymen
Same reason I’m here right now 😢🙏🏼
But I am living still!
So sad! He was one of my favs!
This is one of the greatest live performances ever . The actual music the guitar is so pure . I could listen a million times and never get sick of it
Willie's timing is beauty to behold. Decades earned confidence. Comes in whenever he wants - exactly when he wants. Never when boring dictates.
This is what country music is supposed to sound like. No egos or attitudes. Just a group of great men singing for us. They're music continues to lift us up to a better place.
Просто созвездие!!!!!!! ❤
🙌🏼🙌🏼 should always be story telling!
Exactly, not hundreds of albums with 13 songs about lite beer and Chevy trucks. Country music has always been about storytelling
Well said, friend! Well said.
It was also leftist, unlike now.
"I was born upon the tide,
And with the sea I did abide."
Pure poetry in just two lines and he sang it perfectly and hauntingly.
Typical Jimmy Webb. Dude has a way with words.
You know they did not write it, right?
It's so beautiful too because it's not even about the ocean. It's about whatever circumstances you're born into. It shapes your upbringing but not necessarily your life.
So lovely... ... ...
@R H 77
"And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed, but I am living still". We got you brother, your legend won't die with us. Oxford educated, army pilot, landed a damn helicopter on Johnny's lawn to get his demo listed to. Won a Golden Globe for acting. Human rights advocate who never followed the crowd. The world is less without you and more because you, thank you.
Well said!
I miss that America!
Bravo sir.
Well said
What a legend!!
i like how they cheer everytime a different singer starts singing
yea cos every one of em was big enough to get his own show
I think it's pre-recorded audience. I'm not saying they're not deserving, but some producers take liberties with audience sounds. The way the roar of this video comes and goes makes me believe it's an edit audience reaction.
Yeah and cash gets the loudest
The editing in this video is pretty funny.
@@rcleme I think its the opening song and they are getting their fans greetings.. I could be entirely wrong but that's what it sound like to me
How did the world not implode when these 4 men hit the stage at one time?!
@@sterlingmoon1788 you dont understand what good music is.
Sterling Moon L
Sterling Moon not the smartest man, are you
I don’t know
@@sterlingmoon1788 stfu you blue bastard your one of them fuckers that listen to new age shit
I was fortunate to have seen The Highwaymen live and it was an incredible show... These 4 gentlemen were the power group of power groups... R.I.P Johnny & Waylon...
the traveling wilburys, honorable mention.
I saw them, too. What a fantastic concert that was !!!
but they'll be back again and again and again...☺😃😁
@@suecollins1991 I’m probably not the 😊😊😊
I wish I had gone and attended. I saw Waylon and his steel guitarist, the incomparable Ralph Mooney, many times in many places, and Willie and a collection of other country artists from that era too...but I wish I had attended a Highwayman concert. Thankfully we have several recorded concerts from these legendary musical artists to enjoy.
Willie is the only one left. This act can NEVER EVER be matched. Thanks to all of them
This is the best-sounding version of this song, in my opinion. Great video quality too.
_I was a highwayman_
I wank myself 👍
you seen Albert Lees piano version?
MichaelTJD60 if you like it in in fast forward!!
Glen Campbell’s version is the best-sounding
Cash, Nelson, Kristofferson, Jennings. What a damn group.
and Reggie Young in the background :) good days long ago
No it's Johnny Willie Kris and Waylon
@@mikes.488 his guitar.... best part for me
Don't forget Mickey Raphael
Don’t get better til we join them.
Makes me sad to watch this. We'll never see talent this great again in Country or music in general for that matter. These guys were for real. RIP Waylon and Johnny.
there is some hope. Look at Colter Wall
You won’t see live music again unless you stand up to this BS
Be sad for those who are gone but not for the future. For every day that goes by I feel the shift in the air ever more and a new wind will soon start blowing.
Never will they b singers like this 4
@@mattj9197 stand up to what?
I’m 72 years old and I grew up on this music. The only concert I ever took my children to was the highmen and the Oak Ridge boys. I have to say the only one that I was really thrilled about was the highwaymen. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson I want to thank you for the music you have brought into my life and even today it means something to me❤
❤
Can we take a moment to appreciate the brilliant guitar playing of Reggie Young? The man was a legendary session guitarist in Memphis and Nashville. His band once toured with The Beatles as their opening act. He played guitar on some of the biggest hits of artists such as Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson. He was also a member of Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band.
Is he playing electric in the background? I love his tone
@@michaelfountain2620 Yes, he's the one doing all the little fills and flourishes between the verses and choruses.
THANK YOU for identifying him. The riffs he played in the breaks make this song truly memorable.
Thank you!!!! I have been wondering who was doing that amazing guitar work for years and years.
He was an exceptional and effortless player.
This is REAL country music. My grandad's country music. Rest his soul.
Yes, indeed!
I saw Willie live last weekend. Still playing that same guitar
Trigger is his best friend
Where did you see him? My friend Patrick Ross saw him too, was it in Vermont?
He’s made it known multiple times that when trigger is done he’s done
@@FotoFinn Virginia Beach
Im about to see him next week cant wait to see trigger
One more free spirit crossing the universe. Thank you Kris always in my mind.
No matter how many times I hear this, Waylon starts singing- and I get chills.
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Waylon is the greatest of all time
@@hancockfamilyfarms9493 johnny, then waylon in my opinion
@@jacksonmeads1161 I'm with you man. There's a reason Johnny gets to be the Spaceman in this one, lol
Him and Johnny both give me chills
When I was a boy Willie Nelson was old, and now 30 years later and he is still old, I think this dude was born old!
😆
Wille said recently: “I think that yougmen of today should thing about what kind of world they want to leave for me and Kieth Richards” 😂😂😂
I was talking about that the other day. I'm 35 and hes looked exactly the same for as long as I can remember
I'm 70 and Willie looks younger than me...boy this dude is growing younger as we get older......spooky....
Lol this is actually a quote from The Sopranos where Paulie met some old ladies and told them how they were old when he was a kid and now he's old and they're still old 😹
Kids today don’t understand how big this band was. These are literally the Avengers of outlaw country
Edit: of course there are some cool young bucks out there that do dig these fine tunes. Bless you!
❤❤❤❤
Hell, I'm a kid but love the highwaymen
The cowboys of modern
What did your grandparents say about your music style?
@@dennisjakobsen1648 Are you trying to start a debate?. Real music was around in the late 1800's and early 1900's that my grandparents listened too, not mindless beats for cavemen that people listen today. Modern music has NO skill or talent from the musicians its just people selling a message of sin to manipulate the children to support evil (in my opinion). The highwaymen is great
The older I get, the more I appreciate these guys…they’re legends! ❤
Very true
А кто они можно их по очереди ?? Мне тоже очень нравится
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson @@ВасилийАлибабаевич-м9у
And the backing band......simply flawless delivery, what an outfit!
After listening to both this and the studio version , I can truly say that this is so much better on every level. Delivery is top notch and the backing instruments are soooo much better.
The biggest difference is in delivery. So much more soul on this stage than in any studio recording.
Especially Regio. He blends so well with the tune.
This song walks Cash on our sword!
Guess the tickets sold out a year in advance
@@dudekfox7685 Yes...he was quite a telaent also.
This song always brings hot tears to my eyes. Hymn to the Unknown Fallen Workmen of the world!
The electric guitar fills during and in between verses is literally tone goals
Johnny isn't playing and there is very faint rhythm from maybe Kris.
@@Rickladdy I’m talking about Reggie Youngs bud.
@@weirsy4562 sorry, I know, it is amazing. Just commenting on the redundant guitars on stage!
Especially after Waylon sings the best line in the whole song, “A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado”.
Yesss Reggie Young's riffs are like ecstasy for the ears!!!
RIP Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003), aged 71
RIP Kris Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 - September 28, 2024), aged 88
RIP Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 - February 13, 2002), aged 64
You will be remembered as legends.
Because they are.
Willie will make it to 100…
Legends
RIP Reggie Young (December 12, 1936 - Januari 17, 2019) Main guitarist.
Willie is the last Highwayman
„Or I may simply be a single drop of rain…“ - what a beautiful and poetic line full of humility and hope, what a great song!
I love that part of the song
I am a French-speaking Belgian woman and I discovered this song only 1 month ago. I listen to it over and over again. It gives me a lot of emotions. In addition, these 4 men have very beautiful voices.
@@pansywild1307 I have made a ukulele cover on my channel. My voice is not as good. 😊
It was truly an honor and privilege to have been the Director of Photography on this memorable night. To work with all these talented singer songwriters and to brush up against greatness.
Lucky.
Very cool 😎
You did well I’d say the camera work is excellent in my opinion. I wasn’t born yet but it wish I could have been there
@@charliestokes4520 Thanks Charlie. We had some talented camera operators on the show.
Wow that is some achievement. The camera work was fantastic, hope you’re doing well brother
I was a teenager when my dad came home, brimming with excitement, with the single, "Highwaymen", putting it on immediately. I wasn't the fan of country rock that he was, but that single sent me over the moon. Besides the jaw-dropping line-up of stars in one band---that COUNTRY music, the stronghold of Christian fundamentalism, had produced a song about reincarnation---was...mind-boggling. It was a no-brainer I would love this piece: the verse about the sailor spoke to my love of chanties, and the sci-fi last verse hit the poetic AND Star Trek fan nerve, and their voices always carry the day. End of an era, that Kris is gone...end of an era.❤
When country music was real music.
The Highwaymen was a brilliant concept, putting 4 legends together, not just electronically, but as a performing entity, brilliant!
Entièrement d'accord avec vous,,, inoubliable
So true...I just wish Willie didn’t mail it in but that’s about all he ever did so
Thank you.
Quel dommage que Merle Haggard n'ait pas été le cinquième!
@@60BloodyChamp60 rude. If you're not a Willie fan, just say that
This performance was the peak of all country music
This is the best song ever. They performed it to perfection.
lip synched
Tommy Acuna its the original footage matched with the live recording soundtrack to the concert
@@tommyacuna6384 clearly not.
The devils right hand runs it close
Dear Kris, I just want to say thank you to you, you brought so much joy to us and my Generation of 1962 with all of your very fantastic songs! And the world will never ever have singers and song writers like you again. But what I believe - there must be a big party in heaven together with Johnny Cash right now for sure! Thanks for all Kris Kristofferson!
1992, Sydney Australia. I was 5 row from center stage. Willie, Waylon, Johnny, Kris.
This is the best Live performance. I will never forget. Legends.
My father, who died in 2011, Looked exactly like Willie Nelson in that video... My Papa used to always get mad When he was told that he looked like Willie and he always corrected everybody and would say:
"NO, Willie Looks like me because I'm 15 years older than he is!"
I miss him, and will see him in heaven.
May your father rest in peace,I couldn’t never picture my father in a coffin as he is as my god,the love that I have for him no other person on this world will understand,I am really sorry for your lost😢
Rest in Peace to your father friend! Im 22 and couldnt imagine losing my parents ❤️ You're a strong human! You will see him again! God bless!! 🙏
I miss my dad every day.
You made me cry, my man.
Haha that's funny.
The energy this song gives off is unbelievable. I've listened to this 1000's of times over the years & it's gives me goosebumps everytime!
amigo, es la primera vez que la escucho. Alto flash.
Same here especially when Johnny cash sings
been there. Know this...:))
Me too i keep singing it in my sleep... Help me please.
Same!
This song will stand the test of time... classic country at it's finest
1:30 That line, ''A place called Boulder on the Wild Colorado!" haunts me, from just how beautifully it got sang.
Third verse was always my favorite. That exact line for some reason seems so incredible to me, the depth of his voice on the last few words of that line maybe.
I Thought I Was The Only One... He Did It So Perfect
Same lol he hits that shit so hard
This few words give really a great portrait of USA and of its people. Wonderful. (sorry for my english)
"I went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow" 👌👌
I found this song eight days ago, haven't stopped listening since. Such storytelling, poetry. This is pure magic.
I do the same thing. Find a new song that moves me, then play it nonstop for a few weeks.
check out the video
I found this song in Gta 5 online. I was changing my clothes in a store in the country part of the map and this music was playing. I searched for it and found it on youtube and never realised that this band even exists. It blew my mind and since I found this song I also never stopped playing it. Also this live performance give me goose bumps. Its like you say. Pure magic!
Alexa played this song when I asked her to play Johnny Cash last month, and I haven't stop listening to it every night by my firepit. It blows me away.
Check out Pancho and Lefty, if you haven't already.
My father died to this song in a hospice in Dublin in 2015 tapping his finger to the beat.Less than 10 seconds after it finished he died.
I like to think we don't die but just pass on. Taking some of these songs with us to the beyond. Sorry for your loss.
"but I will remain, and I will back again and again and again"
good sleep! RIP
R.I.P to your father
hope he's happy for this is the last song he listened to
RIP Kris 😢 one of the greatest song writers to ever live. You will sorely be missed and always remembered ❤️
No matter how many times I hear this song, it's never long enough.
Came here to see these guys one more time after watching all of them on Ken Burns' most excellent "Country Music" anthology.
Willie a little off beat
I took the studio version and made an extended version of it myself. Runs about 20 minutes
Crab Mint he’s always off beat just a little bit... it’s part of his signature sound
@@almightysosa35
Willie is never off beat. It's not his fault the band can't follow his lead.🤗
I don´t know why, but this song crushes my heart so tight, makes me feel a strange feeling, as such as melancholy...but at same time, when it finish, I feel as my soul were washed by God´s blesses.
Lyrics
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of '25
But I am still alive
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner 'round the horn to Mexico
I went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
But I am living still
I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around and around and around
And around and around and around
I'll fly a star ship across the universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again and again and again
And again and again and again
Thank you for these lyrics. I had never seen them line by line like this. Brought a whole new meaning to this song for me.
Like they are hard to hear?
@@user-zc5ft9nw9b When you are hard of hearing, the answer is yes. Thank you.
I wrote another verse to this song. For 911 I sing it when I can. I was a businessman, on the towers I reside... A flash of light came flying by, they said I died. LOL I'm not telling the rest. Saving it for the stage
@@m2lazy4u k cool
May You Rest In Peace Mr Kris Kristofferson..We will miss your voice so much .Thank You for your Service .! ❤❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸
How can this masterpiece not send chills down your spine????!!!!! I'm not a huge country fan, but even this song had me shivering
Because it’s the Mount Rushmore of country singers
Well...it actually DID send chills, so I don't really have an answer to your question. LOL
@@BEASTMODEJR-xf5ky The song is beautiful - written by Jimmy Webb. He also wrote Up, Up and Away, done by the 5th Dimension. Super song writer. As beautiful as the song is - I think the magic of this performace is this performance. The four powerhouse stars. The dancing other-worldly nature of the guitars. Everything about this video/recording is ethereal and a work of art.
Well, it isn't a "country" song, per se. Written by Jimmy Webb, it just happened to be a hit by these super legends. He wrote other hit songs for other artists. One example of a totally not country sound, was Up Up and Away by the Fifth Dimension from the late 60's.
@RD H Remember, it's Jimmy Webb's lyrics. And Johnny's interpretation of them.
this is one of the best song ever written/composed/performed.... all of these guys are legends... but every time Cash sings his part...goosebumps galore!!!
Johnny Cash's voice was one-of-a-kind, a gift.
@Nes Ally I have one very close..you need to have suffered a lot and have natural deep voice..and get the notes right of course
True American hero. Flaws and all just like all of us👍💪
Goosebumps from Australia
Same here
A timeless classic performed by four timeless entertainers! Thank you Johnny, Waylon, Willie, and Kris for all the great music! God bless Country music!
I would consider this country folk-rock music before country.
God has and is and will forever bless this music born out of the necessity of goodness.
❤
"I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below"... this line cuts me deep as I relate this to my father's passing away. The wet concrete below meaning the afterlife.
I love you Captain Raymond Lambert. 💙
It's impressive to me that a country song can be about armed banditry, sailing, large-scale construction projects, interstellar space travel and reincarnation.
It was the 70's. The age of free love (and drugs) hadn't quite faded yet, and so you had some very unique ballads coming up in that time. You couldn't even say the 70's was anything in particular musically. There were soooo many good tunes coming from everywhere back then, that whole decade was swimming in gold and this was a part of that. It often felt like it was time to toss the old rules out of what couldn't be done and just go with the flow. These Boys were among those who helped revitalize country in a way no one had thought possible, and we'll all love them for it forever.
@@michaelheath2866 The song was released in 1985.
Michael Heath I don’t think they were doing drugs bud 😝
Not originally a country song. Written and first recorded by Jimmy Webb, produced by George Martin in 1977. Much more pop and orchestral. Webb was a friend of Waylon Jennings who recorded several of his songs including “MacArthur Park.”
@@tonkaGuy888 You aren't wrong, but for me the point is that country embraced the song and made it their own by implementing a country feel and beat. The lyrics being what they are were still embraced by country, which involves the song into the canon of country music. So the original comment can still be applicable. If country stars had said, "Hey this thematic content isn't country and we don't want to do it" then it wouldn't be a country music song. But it is because Webb's inspired lyrics inspired these stars as well.
Best super group of all time and I would give the world to be able to see them play live R.I.P. gentlemen you are sorely missed
At least Willie ain't dead
Phoenix Flores Kris Kristofferson isn’t dead
........Yet
MARS MABILIS DREW BILLI QUICK QuICK True, he’s like 83, but he still sounds amazing, all of them will and have performed until the very end
The Dirty Mac is a good super group. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell.)
Every single one of these men are (were) incredible. Hail to the fallen.
Kris and Willy are still here 😊
@@torianholt2752 I know, hense the bracketing.
@@torianholt2752 not anymore :( rip kris
Kris RIP. Thank you for all your amazing songwriting.
Are you kidding me, absolutely legendary. This piece of art will age like a fine wine, a true classic. Speechless. 🙏🇺🇸❤️🔥😎
I'm a 48 year old metal head who came across this song when I was hooked on drugs and lost. I felt this song and these men's spirits. I am clean and sober now and so glad I have this song and these men in my life. That's all
God bless
❤️
God bless you!
Hang in there,it gets better.
Celebrating my 28th year of sobriety.
Life is good.
Like the line at 1:11 :) hang in there m8
Amazing!!! God Bless You Brother!
God bless you
32 years and still one of the greatest live songs!
Such depths in the words of these country music legends... makes current lyrics seem facile:thank you Kriss... you'll always be around..
Johnny's verse always brings a tear to my eye.
Did he come back as Captain Kirk?
I'm Brazilian, but I'm really enchanted with this American music. Congratulations to these legends of world music!
A masterpiece. We will never experience music like it again
Loved this group then and still love them now- played this on repeat today. God bless you Kris.
Love these guys. That whole concert was amazing, wish I could have been there. Still watching December 2022.
This song has everything for me, amazing instrumentals & guitar accents, poetic meaning, genuine soul in the voice, a masterpiece.
Alfred Noyles poet
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!
Do you like fish sticks?
What are you a gay fish?
It's like a 5 minute opiate.
This is good song
SO...........What is the difference between a Fish Fart and a Bass Turd? I'm sure you get the joke.
Was just listening to this earlier today. Rest In Pecae Kris 😢
"i'll always be around. and around. and around". these legends will be forever in our hearts. "again and again and again".
Still makes my eyes water. Not so much for the song, but for the men who sing it. Thank you, even though they cannot see or hear.
Clicking on this little 3 minute video out of nothing but curiosity with no context of the highwaymen, has been one of the best choices I’ve ever made. I just keep this song on repeat…again, and again, and again, and again, and again
Every song is a banger
I knew each of them separately except of Kriss, when i found out about the highwaymen i dedicated to learn almost every song.
I can't decide whom amongst them delivered the best, they are all too impressive.. Pure art.. 2024..
Six decades of Rock & Roll and now at 71, I finally am listening to the real music masters. Boy, did I miss a lot! This proves that God teaches us until we're ready to return back from whence we came!
This song is one of those rare ones that puts tingles in my soul. It’s so beautiful and the lyrics paint vivid imagery in my mind.
As I just said here, I can never listen to this Song without crying of joy. It is the most uplifting Song ever written. It gives hope through the hardest of times, because it reminds us that we will ALWAYS be reborn again and again and again and again ad infinitum. ❤😂😊
Praise the Lord there is a heaven. And if you accept the Lord as your savior one day He will take you there.
@@Linda_elixorYes. I cry every time also. It speaks to the soul in a way that few other songs have ever done. ❤
Masterpiece. Possibly the coolest song ever written.
I enjoy and listen heaaavy metal but i come Back to this song. Perfection
There is nothing cool about guns.
@@aquafckface huh
@@aquafckface You need to listen more closely to the lyrics
@@aquafckface fkn baby
Ich vermisse dich jetzt schon. Danke für deine Musik ❤️😘
The wife caught me listening to this with tears in my eyes. :)
No shame in that.
God bless ya
🙏 love you mate
For some reason this whole divine congregation on the stage singing this beautiful song spiritually lifts me up !
Check out the meaning it’s about a man that reincarnates four different times as different people. I thought that was interesting
Four friends having fun on stage, while pretty much giving perfect performance backed by perhaps one the best set of musicians keeping everything tight and not missing a beat. The music is beautiful, but the effort gone into putting this out must have been immense.
We lost Kris. Rest well, Highwayman ;(
The best is still going
@eddieroyal870hes amazing1
@@eddieroyal8701 yeah right, Don't think so
@@johnrogers8255 I just saw Willie 2 months ago, he still kickin ass
GOD Bless!
just unbelievable in every direction. the songwriting, playing, and singing voices. Immaculate and perfect. I love this song so FUCKING much
Such an incredible group of talent. I love the way Willie is slightly behind the beat, just furthers the raw feel of this performance. The Tele lead playing on this is stellar as well
The irony is, Glen Campbell is the most talented of all of them, and his version is better
Willie was always off beat. It is what made him Willie.
Just found this today. It's been on replay all day. This song is a spiritual experience.
same dude
hooked on the band now haha
@@pero1411 Amazing band indeed. Cheers.
whoever did the sound at this concert is a legend
The guitarist in the backing musicians is so good and sounds so melodic.... Not a big fan of country music but I am obsessed with this, maybe I am converted
Country of new is about cookie cutter romance, beer and trucks.
Country of old not only is much better but there's many gems that transcend time and genre
I had a buddy in the Air Force who died a couple years back. After his funeral I walked outside and felt a single drop of rain fall on my forehead. Funny thing was he LOVED this song. Everytime i hear Cash's part I start to tear up
Rest in peace to your friend
One drop of rain that fell on your forehead could have been your friend's last touch and greeting. I sincerely believe that the soul is indestructible and can be transformed into many forms and present itself to people in our world in many different ways.
Greetings from Poland 🙏🙏🙏
I have been privileged to be alive at the same time as these men. The lyrics to this song never fail to move me. Jimmy Webb, the writer of these lyrics, captured the essence of what humans are. While diverse we still have much more in common than not. While unique, we are but one of the many and time repeats.
I'm Still alive.
Its 2024 and the legend is still alive. Thank Lord for saving him. God bless you willie!! ❤❤
И Джонни и Крис
A three minute masterpiece. Credit is overdue to Reggie Young, the guy playing the electric guitar; his harmonies I hear again and again and again.
Exactly
Shoutout to him from cash in "ghost riders in the sky"
Thank you for the comment because I never could figure out who was playing so brilliantly.
Brutal!!
Thanks for mentioning his name, I was wondering about it
After 35 years of hearing this song, I can still listen to it for hours at a time. Not many great country singers around anymore.
I actually heard the song in GTAV 2021 and fell in love with it
Hank Williams, Patsy Kline... Add these two legends! Country music ain't what it used to be, except for these four Willy, Waylon, Johnny, and Kris. God Bless them!
You are absolutely right
@@veritas41photo Yep, Hank is my all time favorite.
@@veritas41photoThere are, just not on radio. Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, Jason Isbell, just to name a few.
The politeness of the audience was conclusive proof that they knew that what they were experiencing was something they would never again experience.
They all give me chills, music like this is one of a kind and I don’t know if we will ever see it again .
When you listen to this epic performance remember the great solo and backup guitarist in this video, Reggie Young 1936-2019. His guitar picks made this and many other songs legendary.
i noticed him !!! thought he sounded great !
Is Willie the only one left then? I loved Johnny Cash as a kid! Boy named Sue got me...lol.
@@kilodeltawhisky1504 Kris is still around. By the way, if you want to know the roots of country music, look for Hank Williams. But, understand that there are black influences and also a lot of Irish music in this. Check also Dolly Parton. A goddess.
glad to know his name. i don't know much about country music, but this performance always stuck with me, and the beautiful guitar work always felt like a 5th lead among the legends.
Reggae Young fantastic!!!! Best Regards from Germany....
Something about this song ... it starts normally, but then you get "... but I am still alive" and it just moves to a higher level.
Kris passed today. Rest easy poet. You'll be missed. 🙏❤️🙏
Amongst thousands of country musics of the entire world I heard, this one has an extremely place. Like no one, this touches one's soul
Now I understand why my grandfather liked country music. R.I.P Manuel
yeah, old country music is FAR superior to the crap from the last 30 years
ME TOO😍😍
When you go more past you go forward in country music.
i'am 12 and i love it
Never fails to make me a little sad. RIP to the 2 Highway men. Great,timeless song
Forever a classic!!
You're a big fan of the oldies!!
RIP but they will be back again... and again..and again..and again...and again
3😢
now 3
Never gets old can't wait to join them on the other side!
I’m 67 years old with a background in opera and I just recently came across this concert. Now I’m hooked!