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Kris, Johnny, Waylon & Willie do ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train’ in previously unseen footage.

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Jim McGuire

There aren’t four more recognizable or legendary faces in music—country or otherwise—than those that comprised supergroup The Highwaymen. Formed unintentionally in 1984 in Montreux, Switzerland, when Johnny Cash invited Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings to be guests on a Christmas special he was taping, the foursome found a...

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