The Highwaymen

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country music supergroup musical group

The Highwaymen were a country music supergroup formed in the 1980s, best known for uniting legends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws 2
Highwaymen 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country music supergroup ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activePeriod 1985–1995 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Highwaymen ⓘ
surface form: Highwaymen
associatedAct Johnny Cash ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson ⓘ
The Highwaymen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws

Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
awardReceived Academy of Country Music Award ⓘ
collaborationOf Johnny Cash ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson ⓘ
Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
collaborationType supergroup ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole iconic outlaw country collaboration ⓘ
formedInDecade 1980s ⓘ
formedInYear 1985 ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
outlaw country ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 4 ⓘ
hasSubgenreElement country rock ⓘ
progressive country ⓘ
hasTheme American highways ⓘ
outlaw life ⓘ
working-class struggles ⓘ
inceptionLocation Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee (approximate)
influencedGenre outlaw country ⓘ
member Johnny Cash ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson ⓘ
Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
notableCompilationAppearance Wanted! The Outlaws (individually, related scene) ⓘ
notableLiveRelease The Highwaymen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws
notableSong Desperados Waiting for a Train ⓘ
Highwayman (song) ⓘ
surface form: Highwayman

Silver Stallion ⓘ
The Road Goes on Forever ⓘ
notableWork Highwayman ⓘ
Highwayman (album) ⓘ
Highwayman (song) ⓘ
Highwayman 2 ⓘ
The Road Goes on Forever ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfLyrics English ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
vocalStyle vocal harmony group ⓘ

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The Highwaymen → alsoKnownAs → The Highwaymen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highwaymen
The Highwaymen → associatedAct → The Highwaymen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws
Willie Nelson → associatedAct → The Highwaymen ⓘ
Johnny Cash → memberOf → The Highwaymen ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson → memberOf → The Highwaymen ⓘ
Waylon Jennings → memberOf → The Highwaymen ⓘ
Willie → memberOf → The Highwaymen ⓘ
subject surface form: Willie Nelson
The Highwaymen → notableLiveRelease → The Highwaymen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws