| Product Summary | | UPC: 00724387390829 | | Release Date: 9/27/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64009355 | | Item#: M2LCRF | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Devil's Right Hand, The ~ The Highwaymen (Country) |  | | 2. Live Forever ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 3. Everyone Gets Crazy ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 4. It Is What It Is ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 5. I Do Believe ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 6. End Of Understanding, The ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 7. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 8. Death And Hell ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 9. Waiting For A Long Time ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 10. Here Comes That Rainbow Again ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 11. Road Goes On Forever, The ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 12. If He Came Back Again - (previously unreleased) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 13. Live Forever - (Acoustic demo, with Johnny Cash) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 14. I Ain't Song - (Acoustic Demo, with Waylon Jennings) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 15. Pick Up The Tempo - (Acoustic Demo, with Willie Nelson) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 16. Closer To The Bone - (Acoustic Demo, with Kris Kristofferson) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | | | 17. Back In The Saddle - (Acoustic Outtake) ~ The Highwaymen (Country) | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Highwaymen: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar). | | Additional personnel: Mark Goldenberg (acoustic & baritone guitars, electric sitar); Al Anderson (electric & acoustic guitars); Reggie Young (electric guitar); Robby Turner (pedal steel, dobro); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Danny Timms (acoustic piano, background vocals); Luis Resto (Wurlitzer electric piano); Benmont Tench (Hammond C-3); Michael Rhodes (bass); Kenny Aronoff (drums); Billy Swan (background vocals). | | Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California. | | The Highwaymen (Country): William Nelson (vocals, guitar); Al Anderson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Reggie Young (electric guitar); Robby Turner (pedal steel guitar); Danny Timms (piano); Luis Resto (Wurlitzer piano); Benmont Tench (Hammond b-3 organ); Michael Rhodes (bass guitar); Johnny Cash, Kenny Aronoff, Kris Kristofferson, Mark Goldenberg, Waylon Jennings, Mickey Raphael. | | Personnel: Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Mark Goldenberg (acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric sitar); Robby Turner (dobro); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Daniel Timms (piano); Luis Resto (Wurlitzer organ); Kenny Aronoff (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Chuck Ainlay. | | Audio Remasterers: Ed Cherney; Ron McMaster. | | Audio Remixers: Don Was; Ed Cherney. | | Liner Note Authors: Kris Kristofferson; Chet Flippo; Willie Nelson. | | Recording information: Caravell Studios, Branson, MO; Ocean Way, Hollywood, CA. | | Photographers: Patrick L. Simpson; Frank Ockenfels. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Mark Rothbaum. | | On THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER, four venerable veterans emphatically prove that experience, talent, and strong material add up to a potent combination. The Highwaymen have few peers not only because each is a country music living legend, but because this quartet has lived its songs; they have turned the gravel to dust by endlessly riding down the roads they sing about. | | Combining the songbooks of the four main participants with some tasty choices by outside writers, the Highwaymen offer an expansive look at life through crow-footed outlaw eyes. Whether it's the meditative, metaphysical marvel "Death And Hell," written by Johnny Cash and his son, or the sublime title track penned by relative newcomer Robert Earl Keen, the Highwaymen lend these songs a thoroughly lived-in feel. They often rotate the lead vocals within a song--singing the rafters off Steve Earle's "The Devil's Right Hand" both separately and together--and add their distinctive harmony styles to their compadres' solo turns. Willie Nelson's "The End Of Understanding" flows gently along, like a still, endless river, while Kristofferson's tired, gruff voice perfectly guides his ode to the bright side of human nature, "Here Comes The Rainbow Again." | | THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER is the kind of highly spirited, provocative effort that should send Nashville's new breed back to the rehearsal halls, in hope that one day they too can fill the boots of the country's still-kicking legends. | | For their third album, The Road Goes on Forever, the Highwaymen hired Don Was to produce. Was had previously worked with every member of the group but Johnny Cash, so he was, theoretically, a natural choice and on the surface, The Road Goes on Forever has all the trappings of being the classic Highwaymen album. It has great material, from standards like Dallas Frazier's "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" to contemporary favorites by Steve Earle ("The Devil's Right Hand") and Billy Joe Shaver ("Live Forever"), to new cuts from all four members. It has a crisp sound and a focused production, with fine performances from everyone involved. [This release includes bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | For their third album, The Road Goes on Forever, the Highwaymen hired Don Was to produce. Was had previously worked with every member of the group but Johnny Cash, so he was, theoretically, a natural choice and on the surface, The Road Goes on Forever has all the trappings of being the classic Highwaymen album. It has great material, from standards like Dallas Frazier's "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" to contemporary favorites by Steve Earle ("The Devil's Right Hand") and Billy Joe Shaver ("Live Forever"), to new cuts from all four members. It has a crisp sound and a focused production, with fine performances from everyone involved. The problem is, the whole thing sounds too damn serious; Was and the Highwaymen may have all the right cards, but they don't know how to play them. Instead of capturing a kinetic energy or intense introspection, The Road Goes on Forever just sounds studious and over-labored, as if the group wanted to produce music that lived up to their mythological legacy, not the music itself. [This release includes bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Don Was; Don Was (Reissue); Rob Christie (Reissue) |
Engineer: Rik Pekkonen; Barry Taylor; Rik Pekkonen |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/27/2005 | | Original Release Date : 1995 | | Catalog ID : 73908 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724387390829 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (4/14/95, pp.62-63)
- "...a solid collection of unconventional and often introspective songs....the new album veers from hymn-like meditations to honky-tonk shuffles to chugging country-rockers exploring acceptance, self-reliance and universal love..." - Rating: BQ (5/95, p.104)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...Worn, weather-beaten and just a little bit fierier this time around." |
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