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Will:
The Nick Cave cover was amazing.

Borondir:

--- Quote from: thegreatbuddha on 12 Nov 2006, 00:19 ---Speaking of Waylon Jennings, Highwayman is also a great song.  If my memory hasn't failed me yet, it's Waylon Jennings, Niel Young, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson.  No Cash, but still worth the $$.

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Highwayman is a great song, but the Highwaymen was actually an outlaw country supergroup of Willie, Kris, Waylon, and the Man in Black himself.  See, mentioning that song was more relevant to this thread than you knew!

From what I've read, Stan Jones, not Fred Penner, actually wrote (Ghost) Riders in the Sky .  And its been played by tons of artists. Johnny does one of the best versions I've ever heard. 

Although, yeah its actually a Kristofferson song, I absolutely love Sunday Morning Coming Down.  From his earlier years, I like There You Go.
Of course Daddy Sang Bass is absolutely poignant, and brings back fond memories of singing along with my own dad, also a deep bass.  As a kid, Johnny Cash was almost the only non-classical I ever listened to with my parents.  And for yet another song that has already been mentioned, his duet with Dylan on Girl From the North Country is heartbreaking.  And for special topical relevance with the Clint Eastwood movie and all, The Ballad of Ira Hayes is really wonderfully angry.

Orbert:
The Highwaymen was indeed Johnny, Willie, Waylon, and Kris.  They recorded three albums together and toured numerous times as well. I always figured they took their name from the song Highwayman.

thegreatbuddha:
o_O

I can't even begin to imagine how I confused Young with Cash. I Hung My Head seems like an appropriate song to listen to now.

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