The Highwaymen — Live – American Outlaws
Recorded March 14, 1990
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale · 
United States
Setlist
Wrong timestamp?
Album featured at the showHighwayman 21990Silver Stallion, Two Stories Wide and Living Legend showcase the quartet's second album, released the same year as the performance“To see the four Highwaymen together at Nassau, right after the release of their second album.”
Context
Four careers share the same stage in Uniondale on March 14, 1990. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson arrive at the Nassau Coliseum with Highwayman 2 just released. The gathering does not erase their individual paths: it puts that past into circulation within a shared band.
Highwayman opens the sung sequence. Jennings brings Good Hearted Woman; Cash runs through Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues; Kristofferson gathers his own songs; Nelson leads City of New Orleans and Always on My Mind. Behind the four, nine musicians carry the night, among guitars, keyboards, steel guitar and Mickey Raphael's harmonica.
The concert gets a new life in 2016, when Columbia/Legacy presents the complete version as Live – American Outlaws. The original film reels supply the material for DVD and Blu-ray, along with CDs. The film preserves something bigger than the sum of the hits: four repertoires live side by side without having to become a single voice.
- Nine musicians back the quartet, including Reggie Young, Mickey Raphael and members of the Memphis Boys.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Johnny CashVocals and acoustic guitar
- Willie NelsonVocals and acoustic guitar
- Waylon JenningsVocals and guitar
- Kris KristoffersonVocals and acoustic guitar
- Reggie YoungLead guitar
- J. R. CobbRhythm acoustic guitar
- Robby TurnerSteel guitar, dobro and mandolin
- Mickey RaphaelHarmonica
- Mike LeechBass
- Gene ChrismanDrums
- Bobby WoodKeyboards
- Bobby EmmonsKeyboards
- Danny TimmsKeyboards
Trivia
Bobby Emmons, keyboardist in the backing band, is also a co-writer of Luckenbach, Texas.
The audio release opens with Mystery Train; the film starts with an intro and moves into Highwayman.
The 2016 release restores the complete concert from the original film reels.
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