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Why Johnny Cash sang the last verse #Shorts #JohnnyCash#CountryMusic #ClassicCountry

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Jimmy Webb wrote Highwayman in London following an intense dream, structuring the narrative around a single soul reincarnating as an 18th-century bandit, a sailor, a Hoover Dam construction worker, and finally a starship pilot. Glen Campbell brought the track to Cash while the supergroup was forming, and Marty Stuart noted that four distinct souls matched the four outlaws perfectly. Producer Chips Moman arranged the recording so each singer took a character suited to his timbre, culminating in Cash's resonant baritone delivering the science-fiction finale. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1985 and earned Webb a Grammy for Best Country Song.
Source: Documented by Jimmy Webb in interviews with Performing Songwriter and American Songwriter; chart and Grammy details verified in Billboard archives and Recording Academy records.
Tags: The Highwaymen, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman 1985, Outlaw Country, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard
#JohnnyCash #TheHighwaymen #OutlawCountry #CountryMusic #ClassicCountry
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