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Jimmy Webb “Highwayman” Live at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, NH, May 18, 2023

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Jimmy Webb “Highwayman”
Live at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH
May 18, 2023.

Wikipedia: “Highwayman" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship. The song was influenced by the real-life hanged highwayman Jonathan Wild. Webb first recorded the song on his album El Mirage, released in May 1977. The following year, Glen Campbell recorded his version on his 1979 album Highwayman.

In 1985, the song became the inspiration for the naming of the supergroup the Highwaymen, which featured Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Their first album, Highwayman, became a number one platinum-selling album, and their version of the song went to number one on the Hot Country Songs Billboard chart in a 20-week run. Their version earned Webb a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1986. The song has since been recorded by other artists. Webb himself included a different version on his 1996 album Ten Easy Pieces, a live version on his 2007 album Live and at Large, a version with his sons (Christiaan, Justin and James) The Webb Brothers on their 2009 album Cottonwood Farm, and a duet version with Mark Knopfler on the 2010 album Just Across the River.
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