The best performances happen when the biggest names in music come together.
Having one legendary icon grace the stage is already a bit overwhelming, so when two of country music’s biggest stars perform together, it becomes a historic moment that will never be forgotten. In this video, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson show exactly why they’ll be remembered as two of the best to ever do it.
This collaboration will send chills down your spine!
Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson brought down the house at Nassau Coliseum while performing “Ghost Riders (In the Sky).”
Both Nelson and Cash were born in the 1930s, and both broke into the music industry in the 1950s with songs like “Hey Porter” and “No Place For Me. They were both also involved in forming the subgenre of country music known as outlaw country, which brought about a country super-group called The Highwaymen consisting of four members: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jenning and Kris Kristoffersen.
In this rare footage from 1990, The Highwaymen deliver a riveting rendition of Cash’s song with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson taking the lead.
Willie Nelson starts singing with Johhny Cash and The Highwaymen laying down the background music.
Willie Nelson has one of those voices that can’t be mistaken for anyone else, so when he sings the opening lyrics, the crowd is immediately captivated.
After Nelson sings the first part, the originator of the song comes in and wastes no time singing the song he wrote back in 1979.
That’s when Johnny Cash takes over the vocals, entrancing people with his deep and sultry voice.
Who’s better at singing a song than the person who created it? No one. Johnny Cash proves that when he steps up to the mic and lets loose.
Just when you thought the performance couldn’t get any better, the chorus comes and the outlaw country superstars take it to the next level!
Cash and Nelson both begin singing the chorus, with members of the band stepping up to play jaw-dropping solos.
The stage doesn’t get much more gifted than the bunch in this performance, and they give the fans at Nassau Coliseum a show that they wouldn’t soon forget.
Every musician on stage plays to the best of their ability, with Cash and Nelson keep trading off on vocals.
For the grand finale, The Highwaymen all use their incredible skills on their instruments to drive the performance home.
When it comes to country music, there’s not a group that can outdo the legends from The Highwaymen. From start to finish, these musicians owned the stage and played the song beautifully.
People on the internet agreed and the performance from 1990 went massively viral, finding its way to music lovers from all over the globe.
Their performance at Nassau Coliseum has been viewed over 11.1 million times, with 97,000 people who liked it.
On top of the views and likes, almost 2,000 people also left comments for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and the top-notch musicians from The Highwaymen.
It’s easy to see why so many people were drawn to this performance—seeing all these country legends on the same stage is just out of this world.
To see Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and The Highwaymen nail this performance of “Ghost Riders (In the Sky),” just watch the video below!
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