"Ghost Riders in the Sky" isn't just a famous country ballad, it's a cowboy legend that's been around for centuries. Songwriter Stan Jones, who penned the song in 1948, said he first heard the folklore from an old cowboy when he was just 12 years old.

@sandramoore

2 ай бұрын

I was remembering this song which was popular when I was a child in the late 1950's. Could the singer have been Frankie Lane? I was so little then but I always love the storytelling of the song.

@LaptopLarry330

2 ай бұрын

Vaughan Monroe also recorded this song in the late-1940s.

@kelvinbowden4855

2 ай бұрын

If you like this try the traveling willberys a super group Bob Dylan, Geoff Lynn, Tom Petty, George Harrison & Roy Orbison give it a go

@amandajane5743

2 ай бұрын

​@@sandramooreI grew up with the Frankie Laine version. My dad had his album which had Rawhide and High Noon along with this song.

@rubyslippers8215

2 ай бұрын

My NYC born and raised Mom, loved Western cowboy music. She used to sing this to me as a lullaby. Geoff Castellucci has done a solo music video that I really enjoyed. Great vibe with multiple Geoff's in awesome costumes.

This isn’t just an unbelievable group of legends performing the vocals, this is one of the greatest group of musicians to ever share a stage!

Johnny & Waylon are gone. RIP. Kris turns 88 on June 22. Willie turned 91 on April 29.

@brianblake1968

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info - I honestly thought Kris had passed as well.

Kris Kristofferson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down is a must for anyone who likes country.👋

@GotWag

2 ай бұрын

100!! Not sure I'd box it only into country, but yes, it's an awesome song.

@user-calm_salty

2 ай бұрын

Johnny Cash did this one too, my favorite

@fredkelly4365

2 ай бұрын

The lyrics are brilliant too

@GotWag

2 ай бұрын

@@user-calm_salty yes. They do it together in this same Nassau concert.

@GotWag

2 ай бұрын

@@user-calm_salty yes, Kris wrote it and brought it to Cash. Via helicopter 🚁 😉

Kris has written some great songs like "Me and Bobby Mcgee " and "Why Me Lord?" Also "Help Me Make it Through the Night "

@joannpurinton8236

2 ай бұрын

Sunday Morning Coming Down

"Ghost Riders In The Sky" was a song written by Stan Jones in the late 1940s and successfully recorded by Vaughn Monroe, Burl Ives, Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby in 1950, all of whom enjoyed massive hit versions that year.

@davidtullis2810

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget Johnny Cash also had a big hit with this song

@spender8888

2 ай бұрын

And the original Sons of The Pioneers

@captainmoretokin2172

2 ай бұрын

wow , i thought it was written by Burl Ives all these years.

@cynthiawallace4995

2 ай бұрын

Sons of the Pioneers are the original singers of this song, many years ago.

@victorcowboywest

2 ай бұрын

You can add Geoff Castellucci to the list of singers of this song. Nice reaction 👊🏾

Did you review Glen Campbell and Roy Clark doing an instrumental of this? If not, you should. Glen and his 12 string are amazing and there are not enough words to describe Roy.

@lefty3141591

2 ай бұрын

I was going to suggest this. Glen and Roy are both phenomenal on the guitar. This performance is incredible.

@jeanetteburt3335

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree. They are super amazing. You should listen to it. Jeanette, New Zealand.

@lunchboxradio5890

Ай бұрын

Great suggestion.

@sueparras6028

Ай бұрын

Yes, they are two of the best guitar players ever! Just talented beyond belief! ✌🇨🇦♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@davewinter2688

Ай бұрын

I suggested he watch the video of Glen Campbell and Roy Clark duo of Ghost Riders In the Sky when he was reacting to Roy Clark’s rendition of Malagueña. I’ll suggest that again.

Waylon Jennings passed away in 2002, Johnny Cash, the following year. Kris is the baby of the group. He and Willy are still around.

I get goosebumps every time one of these gentlemen starts his vocals. Absolute legend.

It's a retelling of the legend of the Wild Hunt from several different mythos, including German, Norse, and Celtic.

This has got to be the greatest Super Group ever! They're so fun to watch because they enjoy each other's company so much and are as close as brothers. There are a couple of "behind the scenes," of them in the studio that are a riot!

@THESALMON8TR

2 ай бұрын

Nah they're close but the travelling Wilburys win out just! The highwaymen are all legends in one genre, the Wilburys were legends from many and the first album happened so fast and so organically! Just saying 🤣🥰👍

Chris tried to sell Johnny a song and couldn't get a meeting with him. So he landed his helicopter on Johnny's front yard. Been best friends ever 😊since.

Well, an old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw Plowing through the ragged sky And up the cloudy draw Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky He saw the riders coming hard And he heard their mournful cry Yippie-yi-ay (yippie-yi-ay) Yippie-yi-yay (yippie-yi-yay) Ghost riders in the sky Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet 'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky On horses snorting fire As they ride on hear their cry As the riders passed on by him he heard one call his name (Merle Haggard) If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on our range Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride Trying to catch the devil's herd Across these endless skies Yippie-yi-ay (yippie-yi-ay) Yippie-yi-yay (yippie-yi-yay) You lost a "yippie" there Ghost riders in the sky Ghost riders in the sky

Seriously, if you want stories, you need to listen to Marty Robbins Epic, El Paso. Marty was a true singing cowboy. His voice was so gorgeous and true and could take you anywhere he wanted to go. El Paso for sure then Cool Water, Big Iron, Strawberry Roan, Pink Carnation…deep rabbit hole..so good. ❤

@user-ek4im3jd5v

Ай бұрын

Now that I'm older, I can manage to listen to El Paso. I was too sensitive when I was younger and I hardly could listen to it. But it is a great story. And Marty had a great voice and, like many famous singers, distinctive too.

You should look up the story of how Kris Kristofferson got some of his songs to Johhny Cash. As Kris tells it he may have "borrowed" a helicopter and flew to Johnny's house and landed in his yard.

@solitarybee3714

2 ай бұрын

Yes that's a terrific story and absolutely true!

Waylon Jennings never got over loosing that coin toss the day the music died.

@timcaldwell5241

2 ай бұрын

What Waylon had trouble getting over was the last thing he said to Buddy Holly and group…Buddy said something about hope you enjoy that cold ass bus and Waylon said Well, I hope your damned ole plane crashes…it haunted Waylon til he died!

@garysteinert8040

2 ай бұрын

@@timcaldwell5241 yes, after he lost the toss, but ok.

This whole concert is absolute heat

@CJBW

2 ай бұрын

Saw a video of the whole concert with documentary combined. Great!

My Grandpa was a real cowboy in Cheyanne. I remember him playing and singing this to me in the late 1940s. His favorite ever song.

I'm a Brit and I've known thissong since I was a child. Used to give me goose bumps thinking of those cowboys riding forever trying to catch those beasts.

INTERESTING ! Waylon Jennings was the guitar player for Buddy Holly. He gave up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper on the night of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holley, Richie Valance, and the Big Bopper. Better known as “The Day the Music Died”. (Yes the song). The Big Bopper had the flu and didn’t want to ride on the bus. That partly led Waylon to his depression and drug addiction out of survivor’s guilt. Just thought you would like to know that.

Kris Kristofferson is an amazing songwriter. Sunday Morning Coming Down, Why Me, Me and Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Loving Her Was Easier, and many more! You should also check out the songs that Waylon and Willie did in the late 70's. Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, GoodHearted Woman, and Lukenbach Texas.

To this day Willie Nelson still plays "Trigger" his prized Martin. Lukas Nelson sounds just like his Dad ❤

@captainmoretokin2172

2 ай бұрын

And Willy's daughter sounds like him . Check out the video with Willy and Paula Nelson singing '' Have you ever seen the rain''

The Highway men performing "The Highway man" is my fav, and a must listen for you. All four get to sing a stanza!!!!

@bronsondaggers

2 ай бұрын

That is what I'm saying, the true highwaymen spirit is in the songs where they all sing.

@DShiflet01

2 ай бұрын

He's done that one before.

@OceanDreamer59

Ай бұрын

That is my favorite song from the group. It's much deeper than most people realize.

You could 😅spend many days exploring the music of these men. This entire concert is on KZread, they each do their own songs and sometimes each others and then many together that are classics like this song. You are watching probably 200 years of classic American music, fame and talent together, noone has ever matched it and probably never will!!

Highwaymen was the biggest song I think. It was epic.

@user-ek4im3jd5v

Ай бұрын

And all four have a verse. Spooky.

It makes my heart smile to see someone who didn’t grow up with this enjoy it so much.

Let me tell you about The Highwaymen, both collectively and individually. The 4 members of The Highwaymen were all big stars before the highwaymen became a thing. Originally, they were just going to get together to do the one song "The Highwaymen", which would be their biggest hit going to #1 on the country charts. They had so much fun working together, they decided to do a whole album. The Highwaymen thing lasted about 10 years. They put out 3 albums, did a lot of shows, and had a few hits. Their second biggest hit was "Silver Stallion" which is a great song. The song video is pretty cool and there is also a live concert video of them performing this song which is pretty good. Each member also maintained their own individual careers during this time. The Highwaymen was an on and off kind of thing. All 4 of them were/are songwriters, but Cash and Jennings mainly wrote for themselves. Both Nelson and Kristoferson were successful songwriters before they made it as singers and performers. Two of Nelsons big hits for other people were "Crazy (done by Patsy Cline)" and "Hello Walls (done by Faron Young)." Kristoferson's biggest hits for other people are probably "Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)", "For the Good Times (Ray Price)", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night (Sammi Smith)." Kristoferson's biggest hit on his own is probably "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" which is a fantastic song. He was also a somewhat successful actor in the 1970's. Waylon and Willie had worked together before, putting out a few albums and having a few hits together. Their biggest hit as a duo is probably "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys." or maybe "Good Hearted Woman." They were also 2 of the principles, along with Tompall Glaser and Jesse Colter (Waylon's Wife), who made the landmark country music album "Wanted! The Outlaws." This was the first country music album to ever go platinum, selling more that 3.5 million copies. Waylon was also a part of another famous collaboration, along with country stars Bobby Bare, Mell Tillis, and Jerry Reed, called "Old Dogs." They put out the hilarious double album, also called Old Dogs, which contained a collection of Shel Silverstein (writer) songs about getting old. With songs like "I Aint Too Old to Cut the Mustard (I'm Just Too Tired to Spread It Around)" it's a fun listen and all the songs are great. Willie Nelson has had more hits as part of a duo, and more singing partners than anyone else in music history. He has made albums, and had hits, with the likes of Merel Haggard, Ray Price, Julio Iglesias, Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Ray Charles, Roger Miller, and Waylon Jennings, just to name a few.

@rubyslippers8215

2 ай бұрын

Excellent info regarding those four great country legends! Just wanted to add, I know Shel Silverstein wrote "A Boy Named Sue" famously sung by Johnny Cash. Silverstein also penned numerous children's books - I still have my copies of "Where the Sideway Ends" and "The Giving Tree." He was a very talented guy.

Greetings from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 I saw them in concert in Dublin in the early 90's , you are right they all took turns and stepped forward to sing their own big hits and then sang the group songs. Absolutely magic night . Love your reactions

The original version by Stan Jones was recorded in late 1948 or early 1949. A recording by Stan Jones and his Death Valley Rangers was issued on Mercury 5320 in May 1949. Fellow songwriter Eden Ahbez sent the song to Burl Ives, who recorded his own version in early 1949.

@roniboyd613

2 ай бұрын

Love Burl's version❤

I'm 71 years old and remember riding many miles singing this and many other old cowboy songs. Such great memories.

Classic song too. The Outlaws did a version that was a radio hit in the 70's. Saw them in 78.

It’s been said “if you play a country song backwards you get your girl back and your dog back” The history of country is deep story telling If you wanna fire version of Ghost riders in the sky Outlaws did a live version

All 4 extraordinary song writers

The original was one of my dad’s favorites - he passed in June 2022 and had previously requested me to make sure it was played at his funeral😭

Did you notice how Johnny focused the attention on the guitar player? My children's paternal grandfather Norman Blake played mandolin and other instruments for Johnny before going solo and said he did this often. Quote: 'When he's playing I'm not singing why do you want the camera on me?' This group have some tight knit 'family' members and have been know to name children after each other.

Love this song, and this 'super group' known as Highwaymen are so good! I know they all have or had great solo careers, but when they got together, it was pure magic! 😊😊

That fellow playing lead guitar is Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 - January 17, 2019)[1] was an American musician who was lead guitarist in a lot of big hits! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Young

There are videos of this tune with images of the Ghost Riders in the sky. Many groups done this song!

@user-ek4im3jd5v

Ай бұрын

I searched for images alone. Some were perfect. I first heard it done by the Sons of the Pioneers.

@davidjennings1771

Ай бұрын

@@user-ek4im3jd5v Lots of groups have done it and to explain it to Pegasus is difficult. He needs to listen to the songs before he's made his mind up. I'll look for a good video of this with the great graphics showing the picture the song writer was painting. That's what Kristofferson does when he writes a song, he paints a picture we can see in our minds. I looked and didn't find the video's I'd seen before. They are somewhere on the net for sure Nancy. I come across them again and take the link and post it here on this page.

“Big River” is on this concert and all 4 of them perform it together although it’s originally Johnny cash’s song

WANTED! THE OUTLAWS is a great Album that you have to React to..!!!

@hollypinkley

2 ай бұрын

It was the FIRST country album to sell 1 MILLION!!!

Highwsymen: "City of New Orleans". This is a good one too. ( video) Roy Clarke and Glenn Campbell: " Ghost Riders" (video) George Jones: "He Stopped Loving Her Today". ( video) * Kris Kristofferson was in the 1970's movie version of " A Star is Born" with Barbra Streisand. Check out their video of the song "Evergreen"

@thebiscuitscraps

2 ай бұрын

I love The City of New Orleans. ❤❤

A couple of years ago, Low Bass Singer Cover, Geoff Castellucci did a cover of it. He’s a low base singer, Absolutely Amazing!

This is one of my favorite songs from when I was a kid.

The song was written in the 1948 by Stan Jones who at the time was Park Ranger in Death Valley. The riders are ghosts of cowboys who did not repent of their sins and are chasing the devil’s herd of cattle for eternity. Today almost all singers including the Highway Men get the words of the first verse wrong. In the first verse it’s the Ghost Herd that the “lone cowpoke” saw in the sky. They were followed by the Ghost Riders in the second and subsequent verses. The he heard the warning from one of the Ghost Riders. The song is a western cowboy fire and brimstone sermon of epic proportions. Stan Jones had a career as part time actor, musician and songwriter. He did not have a big hit with his recording of Ghost Riders. Accounts vary but the song was first recorded and released in February 1949 by the great Burl Ives, famous folk singer and actor. Probably his best known movie role was as Big Daddy in “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. His version of Ghost Riders is a mesmerizing, mournful version with just him singing with one guitar accompaniment. Find that and compare it to Vaughn Monroe’s version which was the big chart topper for the song. Monroe’s version was heavily orchestrated as he was a popular Big Band leader and singer of that era. The version done by the Highway Men is pretty much the same as Johnny Cash’s single cover of the song using heavy orchestration featuring French Horns. Many others covered the song but the Ives, Monroe and Cash versions are probably the tops IMHO. The real title of Jones’ composition is (Ghost) Riders In Sky: A Cowboy Legend. The name of the modern day cowboy western music group Riders In the Sky pays homage to Stan Jones’ masterpiece. Check them all out.😊

Reggie Young... one of the best ! Reggie has played on many hit songs. Reggie was one of the original session guitarists that helped build American Recording Studios in Memphis. The Memphis Boys played with Elvis, Jimmy Buffet, Box Tops, BJ Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis... Reggie passed Jan 2019.

As soon as I saw this... it reminded me that I gotta call my Pop to check in on him. Just put a new motor on his tractor last week. He was supposed to be running it yesterday.. No news is good news? Lol 😂

this is one of my absolute favs by them

BP, hope you never do paid requests, absolutely love your randomness.

I've read that the song is based on a Texas legend/true story about a cattle drive which took place in Crosby County, Texas in the fall of 1889. They were coming up on a ridge, late at night and with a storm brewing, and the trail boss, Sawyer, rode ahead to check out where they were planning to set up camp. To his shock and fury, there was a brand new homestead perched right on top of the hill, blocking his entire herd from crossing. It would cost him hours to go around it. He began shouting and cursing and waving a blanket, creating a stampede. Cattle scattered, horses ran, men followed, lightning flashed. The herd ran through the farmhouse, crushing everyone and everything, right off several nearby cliffs to their death. The horses followed. Near dawn, Sawyer looked around at the dead cowboys and their horses, and nearly 700 dead cattle, and ordered the cowboys who were left to round up the remaining cows and hit the trail. He never worked again. People turned their backs on him and he took up drinking and disappeared. The following season, another cattle drive set up camp on that same mesa. In the early hours of the morning, for no apparent reason, the herd stampeded and most of them and 4 cowboys riding horses fell off the cliffs to their deaths. That trail boss also took up drinking and was never heard from again. Several more cattle drives ended the same. Word spread and cattle drives avoided Stampede Mesa (as it came to be known). Stories still circulate of "ghost riders in the sky", screams, and the sounds of a stampede.

@maryannanderson2213

2 ай бұрын

That's quite a story. I had never heard it before. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. I can almost see the scene when the trail-weary cowboys hit that rise and saw a new homestead had cropped up right in their path. I can also imagine how frustrated they must have been. The trail boss didn't handle it well but I can understand his frustration.

@miguela4477

2 ай бұрын

@@maryannanderson2213 You're welcome. It's a spooky legend and apparently Stampede Mesa is avoided to this day. I'd be more understanding if I hadn't also read that Sawyer had no remorse for the deaths and damage he caused. There's another version of the legend, which says that the trail boss and his crew spotted a nester/homesteader cutting a few heads of cattle out of the herd. When confronted, he claimed that some of his cows had gotten mixed up with the herd. Tired and cranky, and with a storm coming on, Sawyer told him to wait until morning. The nester accused him of trying to steal his cows, Sawyer pulled a gun and the nester gave up. In the midst of the storm, the cattle stampeded, over the cliffs. One of the cowboys said he thought he saw the "rustler" waving a blanket and shouting. In the morning they blindfolded the nester and his horse and ran him over the cliffs. The rest is the same - herds stampeding for no apparent reason, etc. with some cowboys reporting seeing the nester, waving a blanket and shouting, some seeing other strangers on horseback, trying to turn the herd. Other versions say ghostly white cattle came out of the bush, causing the stampede. It's an interesting legend.

The Ghost Rider is a human who can transform into a skeletal superhuman wreathed in ethereal flame and given supernatural powers.

@joshuashelton6355

Ай бұрын

Played by Nicholas Cage in the movie.

This is a great old song written in 48. It has been covered numerous times. The Outlaws' version is good too

Could you please do Roy Clark's rendition of Ghost riders in the sky he does not sing but he plays his guitar like crazy it's Branson it's Branson the Branson link no one is with him he does it by himself❤❤❤❤❤❤

@GotWag

2 ай бұрын

He's gonna pop if he ever reacts to Roy Clark & Glen Campbell (live) ;)

@shadow1674

2 ай бұрын

@@GotWag lol. You're funny 😂😂😂😂

I saw them play at the Lloyd Noble Center, in Norman, many years ago! Excellent!

These men are giants. ❤❤❤

Watch Kris do Why Me. It is moving. About his way of thinking during his service in Viet Nam. The Outlaws have another great rock version of this. But we all know that. Peace and good wishes to all, from Oregon.✌

Love them and have loved this song since I first heard it on a 78 record! 😂

WOW!!! I've not been into country so did not know that these legends performed together! Great ballad and music from these 'Greats' of country music! Thanks for doing a REACTION on them!

great to see these legends together!!!

Hoping for some Grateful Dead on the channel one day, really think you’ll dig it

Ghost Riders are the result of a human becoming the chosen vessel of a dark angel or a spirit of vengeance, who uses them as their divine tools to exact their vengeance against the sinful and malignant on Earth.

This song "Ghost riders in the sky" was also done in a southern Rock style by a group called The OutLaws in1980 this is my favorite version with a great guitar solo. I think this song came out originally in the 1940's and has a lot of covers, a lot. In the late 70's I worked as stage crew in college for several years at the university I attended. The all time craziest partying bands I experienced in that time was Willy , Waylon and Chris Christophersons and Johnny on their outlaws tour. The crowd was family/country/ well behaved/ no drugs. I got so 2nd hand stoned from smoke coming off the stage. I was working stage security and the behind stage party was uncontrollable drunk fest. When I first smelled smoke I looked at the crowd and thought "NO WAY" before realizing it came from the stage. So many crazy stories from that one concert I could tell you and my most memorable concert.

That was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar back in the mid 60s. The riders in the sky are just the ghosts of cowboys from the past telling a living cowboy he better change his ways if he doesn't want to be condemned to chase the devil's herd across the sky forever.

Love this with the giants of country music. My favorite is the goosebump inducing 1949 version done by The Sons of the Pioneers, with haunting harmonicas and Bob Nolan's clear voice. We had the 78rpm version and I nearly wore it out in the late 50's. I still have that old record, and a way to play it, crackles and all. Thanks for the memories. Blessings.

Ghost Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones.

I saw them live in the early 90's. They did their own songs, each other's songs and Highwaymen songs. It was a great show, 4 legends having a great time and taking us along foe the ride.

As many have said, "Ghost Riders" is an old song done by most country singers. A modern version can be hear by "Southern Raised", a southern Missouri group, not nationally know but I suspect will grow. Also, listen to "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" theme, performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. This movie theme song is said, by many, to redefine the Western movie theme songs over the years.

I was lucky enough to see this show at the Nassau Coliseum. Once of a lifetime show

I come to your channel when I need to relax. Thank you for being you.

I’d love to see more reactions to Waylon Jennings, BP. He is the incredibly talented and has a huge catalog of amazing music!

Was born in 56, and wa absolutely crazy about the song when I was a kid. Have heard a few different rednditions. Still love it

There are some videos of their concerts here on YT and they are amazing. I'm a fan of music from the 70's, 80's but enjoy lots of music from other era's. I love Clint Black's song called The Goodnight-Loving about Northeastern New Mexico. It is amazing and I'm from Albuquerque New Mexico and can easily relate to this song. There are so many wonderful songs. I also love Dwight Yoakam's song Nothing. So amazing.

KZread has this entire concert movie and it is beyond amazing. All 4 members - country's Mount Rushmore - are showcased and support each other in a performance beyond compare. Kris Kristofferson may not be a familiar name to you, but he is one of the greatest song writers of his generation. Me and Bobby Magee, Help Me Make it Through the Night, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever do Again. Kris was a Viet Nam Air force officer and Rhodes Scholar, but chose to follow his musical dreams and was disowned by his conservative family. If you pull up this concert, watch him. He is clearly having the time of his life being on stage with his heroes. Mount Rushmore indeed.

Chills with this line up and this iconic track. Would love to hear the original .

This concert was awesome. From the same concert: "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is one that I think you'll really appreciate; written by Kristofferson (like so many other hits), it's quite the story of how Kris, in an effort to get Cash's attention to have a look at this song, flew an Army helicopter to Cash's home. Of course, Cash made it famous. I hope you'll do more from this concert. Thank you BP! Btw, Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar, veteran/pilot, and janitor (I think in that order)...and one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. And, he's still living.

@GotWag

2 ай бұрын

Oh, and Kris was an actor also (Convoy, Blade are 2 I can think of atm); actually, all 4 have been in many movies over the years.

Every song they performed in this concert is well worth a reaction. I think you'll enjoy them all.

The Ghost Rider is folklore! There was a comic book series in the early seventies! But the song is a country staple from the 1920s in one form or another!

Their biggest hit was "Highwayman" It's a great song.

As a child one of the first songs I learned by heart from my Uncles collection of 45s. This one and Cool Clear Water

I know yer a rapper and ive never heard of you. Ive listened to rap and country for decades. Tons of respect for what you do.

I love seeing your reactions to music I grew up with. Thanks to my mom, friends parents, my sister's I grew up listening music from the 50s ,60s, 70s, 80s. Your reactions make my day

Yes, in this concert they each sing their own songs, and sing songs together. You should watch this particular concert, it's really good. I taped it years ago. The Highwaymen is just the name of their group.

Never seen this version. Great! Thanks BP! 😀

I was lucky enough to see them live. Best and most fun concert ever! They sounded better live and were so funny and entertaining 😆

These guys are legends!! You should listen to Lukas Nelson. He sounds almost just like his Dad. Micha Nelson sings with him some too.

Johnny did this song solo as well. First time I heard it I was driving in a thunderstorm, good time for it! Poco did a rock cover of it in the 80’s. All great versions.

Hi🤗👋🏽🎶👍. I saw Willie on 04/20, in Laughlin Nevada, it was a small outdoor venue at The Harrah’s casino right where the COLORADO RIVER IS. Free tickets, free Room stay, Free play and Free Food…. So happy to be able to see WILLIE NELSON,…. Never thought I would ♥️🔥. Thanks for sharing

Love this song, and I'm thrilled you're taking it on :) I'd be curious to see what your peeps think of it, like the young fellow you watched "Devil Went Down to Georgia" with. It's a great story-telling song. Thanks again for taking a listen :)

Absolutely loving you giving time to these legendary story tellers & artists ❤

Thanks BP!! I'm sorry I missed your Premiere, but I love this live version!! Peace and love only 🙏

I wish I could have attended one of their concerts. I loved the Highwaymen’s storytelling. Yet another of dozens of reasons I’m blessed to be a Baby Boomer. We had the BEST music of any generation- IMHO ❤

I saw them in concert. They all sang together and sperate. It was a great concert.

I’m from Nassau County, Long Island, New York so this has a special place in my heart.

Yo dude I saw this live in 1990 and my dad had this big screen TV😅 And we were over for dinner and decided let's watch the highwayman concert It was amazing You're going to like it❤

A good song that tells a story is Guy Clark's song "Desperados Waiting for a Train," sung by Jerry Jeff Walker. It was recorded in Luckenbach, Texas. Another good song from the same album is "London Homesick Blues."

The group was formed in 1985...Kris Kristofferson had a military career and at one point was assigned to teach English literature at West Point but left the Army to pursue a musical career... Loved the album.

If you were learning guitar back in the day, you played Ghost Riders in the Sky. Many artists have covered this song.

Written in 1948 or 49. Recorded by many greats. Awesome song!

Appreciate your openness and sincerity about exploring other genres. So many others dissed country also and never gave it a listen, and missed out. With your open mind, we can see your appreciation for it. Better late than never. Include David Allen Coe with this journey of The Highwaymen. "The Ride" is about Coe being picked up by Johnny Cash while hitchhiking. Many others as well.

This is an old western song that is sort of a cowboy horror story. These are cowboys who were sinners, and they are in their hell, which is chasing the devils' herd across the sky. There biggest song was "The Highman" was there biggest hit. I never had the privilege of seeing the whole group, but I have caught a video of their concerts, and they did a mix of their individual hits as well as covers of well know country western songs. They recorded a lot of music as a group, usually about working class, westerner like cowboys, farmers, miners. I saw both Johnny Cash, and later Willy Nelson in concerts at the Colorado State Fair when I was a teenager, back in the early 70;s. Kris Kristofferson was more a song writer than a singer back when I was a in high school, but he wrote the song "Me and Bobby McGee" and unknown to him his good friend, Janice Joplin recorded it. It was one of the last songs she recorded before she died, and it became her biggest hit. Kris also wrote the song "Sunday Morning coming Down" for Johnny Cash. Other Kristofferson songs were Help me Make it Through the Night, For the Good Times, and Loving Her Was Easier (than anything I'll Ever Do Again. Kristofferson brough lust and sex into country western music and he has to be the yummiest piece of man meat this innocent little teenaged Catholic girl ever laid eyes on in 1973. Kris and Willy are still alive, but Willy is over 90 years old and Kris has health issues. I never cry when celebrities die except for David Jones of the Monkees and David Bowie. I will cry for Kris Kristofferson.

I've known this song as long as I can remember and I've heard SO many versions. I first learned it from a CD my parents had from the Flying W Wranglers. I think you and your family would enjoy going and checking out Flying W Ranch. It's on the West Side of Colorado Springs near Garden Of The Gods. It's a cool place where you kinda step back into the old west. Lots of activities for kids, a great Chuck wagon meal, and the Flying W Wranglers have a concert after the meal. It's mostly old western songs like this.