Highwayman (CD - 1985)

Personnel: Marty Stuart (guitar, mandolin); Chips Moman, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson (guitar, background vocals); J.R. Cobb, Reggie Young (guitar); Mickey Raphael (harp, harmonica); Paul Matthew Davis, Paul Davis (keyboards, background vocals); Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood (keyboards); Gene Crisman (drums); Johnny Cash, Johnny Rodriguez, Kris Kristofferson (background vocals).

Recording information: Moman's Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN.

Illustrator: Bill Imhoff.

Photographer: Jim McGuire .

These old friends have appeared together in various combinations, but never as effectively as on the epic title song here, written by Jimmy Webb. And the rest of the record, including Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for a Train" and Woody Guthrie's "Deportee," lives up to the lead-off hit. ~ William Ruhlmann minimize