Thirty-eight years ago today (Aug. 17, 1985) was a significant day for the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, made up of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. It ...
Glen Campbell had a remarkable run of hits at the peak of his career in the '70s and '80s, but there was one song that he missed out on that went on to become an all-time classic for four of country ...
When your father is a legendary songwriter like Glen Campbell, it’s likely pretty difficult to escape parental influence. Ashely Campbell is channeling that influence on a new cover of her father’s ...
With classics like “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston,” “MacArthur Park,” and “Wichita Lineman” to his credit, Jimmy Webb is a member of both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville ...
Their name was already a nod to The Highwaymen — the outlaw country dream team of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson — but now The Highwomen have gone one step further ...
Some songs immediately find widespread popularity, while some, regardless of their merits, go all but unsung. And then there are a few songs that fail to initially ignite until the right circumstances ...
“About six years ago, I had an epiphany of sorts.” Tony Suraci, aka the Highwayman, explains how he came to front such a complicated show. “For a long time I performed Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris ...
During their live debut on Friday (July 26) at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival, the Highwomen played the entirety of their self-titled debut album, out Sept. 6. The opening salvo of the album and the ...
Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard assembles a group of Seattle all-stars for a cover of “Highwayman,” the Jimmy Webb song about the eternal spirit that became the signature of Willie Nelson, Waylon ...
“Tunesmith, tunesmith, sing me a song, give me your laughter, give me your tears ...” It is part of the chorus to “Tunesmith,” a song first heard on rocker Johnny Rivers’ 1967 "Rewind" album, but ...
Abe Mac is sturdy as a rusty pipe fence. The 31-year-old country singer-songwriter from Socorro has weathered years of restless work as a musician. “I’m always on the road, always playing a show,” Mac ...
What started as an affinity for Willie Nelson songs has expanded into a four-person tribute for Southern California singer and guitarist Tony Suraci, who not only tips his musical hat to Nelson, but ...