Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristopherson and Johnny Cash.. I'm not a country fan but i had a lot of respect for these guys. They were considered 'outlaw country' so they were kinda considered rebels.
The Highwaymen were a supergroup of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. Literally, the giants of outlaw country, all with magnificent careers on their own.
Written in 1948 by Stan Jones as "Riders In the Sky", Big hit for Vaughan Monroe in 1949. One of the first cowboy tales I really liked as a wee child. A classic, almost a standard.
Michael Loveland, it is good to share this information but I would make one change. India, the version by Monroe IS the standard. While it is fun to hear both singing the lyrics, the song has more impact in my opinion with Monroe's solo delivery since the Riders are giving their warning to one cowboy.
"Yippee ky-yay, yippee ky-yo" is a cowboy's exclamation of celebration or positivity. The way this song transforms it into wail of sadness, mourning, and desperation really emphasizes the hopelessness of the doomed souls.
You did Marty Robbins "El Paso" a few weeks ago---- Marty Robbins had the most popular version back in the 50s, then Johnny Cash had a big hit with his version, and a few others with deeper or more 'mellow' sounds also recorded it too..... BTW, your comment about "changing" is what the cowboy in Marty Robbin's *_"El Paso"_* should have done instead of killing someone to kiss Felina on last time & die in her arms
Imagine how this song thrilled and scared us when we were kids in the late forties, early fifties and cowboy movies were everywhere--Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger -- heroes all, then Ghost Riders in the Sky!
As a 90s kid who basically was raised by his granddad who was born in 1944 I grew up with Gene Autry and the Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke and almost the classics man your comment brought me back to living on the farm back in Arkansas much respect bro thank you.
My dad used to sing this song when I was a kid - he told me he had learned in when he used to be a cowboy - my dad was born in 1916 and was in the CCC's in Utah when he was 16 - during the Great Depression. I thought that was so cool - my dad was a cowboy! I realized years later the song was written in the late 40s - so I guess my dad was embellishing his story. He actually was in the CCC's in Utah but he was building roads. Where would a kid from the Bronx learn to run a cattle drive ? The song still reminds me of him, I used to beg him to sing it -sooo spoooky!
Hello India, pray that you are doing well :) ... Dig this song, but would recommend Johnny Cash 1979 audio version. it is in my own opinion, the definitive version of this song, just my own thoughts, either way, take good care, and as always, Up the Irons... \m/
Keep in mind that the entire cowboy thing was an incredibly brief moment of time.... between the development of huge ranches and the railroads being built. Once that happened there was no more need to run cattle all of the way from the west to the slaughterhouses in Chicago. And most of them really were boys, 13-20 years old. So.... cautionary tale. A lot of boys didn't survive the hard, dangerous life.
@indiareacts This is the Highwaymen! They were a supergroup consisting of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. You were right!
@@buzztp5119 tbh I don't think I have ever heard a bad version of this song. This song always takes me back to my grandma's and grandpa's chicken farm in middle of nowhere Texas and this would be playing on his old radio.
Before I even watch this video I'm literally going cold as Thanksgiving turkey right now. I love this song and I cant wait for your reaction. Aslo if you want your mind absolutely blown react to Pisces by Jinjer it's a metal song but it's also absolutely amazing! Please check it out. For a new subscriber. Please 🥺🥺🥺😁😁😁
*My generation loved these Christian men.* You have done Marty Robbins, but not sure if you heard his rendition of this song: th-cam.com/video/fD5kS3G1Jkk/w-d-xo.html
If you like more "Ghost country" you should check out the late, great, Red Sovine's hauntingly beautiful "Phantom 309" th-cam.com/video/gjGfSTvjheY/w-d-xo.html
The original version and writer of this song...was the same man the wrote and sang Rudolph the red nose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman...MR. BURL IVES!! 1949
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson. The biggest names in country/cowboy music. If you want to see Kris Kristofferson in a good movie, watch "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Altough i am a big fan of the Highwaymen. (Merle Haggerd should be one of them) The only artist that does ghostriders almost as breathtaking as Stan Jones did it is Marty Robbins.
This is a fun cover of a very old song. You can search Google and TH-cam for dozens of old versions of it, including an old sound film from the 1930's and the transcript of a radio broadcast from the 1940's (which was recorded on a wire recorder of all things) -- here's a link to a Burl Ives 1948 version (th-cam.com/video/j2klh2cTa_Q/w-d-xo.html), and Gene Autry from 1949 (th-cam.com/video/iRV6JszMXoo/w-d-xo.html). One of the Highwaymen superstars Johnny Cash even has an elaborate version he recorded in 1962 that my dad liked (th-cam.com/video/Mynzbmrtp9I/w-d-xo.html). If you search, I'll bet all 4 of them recorded this song earlier in their careers.
It is a good duet between willie who is on fine form, and johnny cash but if you notice waylon and kris fidnt sing on this. One of the best things about going to the concert was hearing everyone single hits. One hard thing was finding a song where they all had singing solos. That said i recomend instead SILVER STALLION BIG RIVER(waylon gives her in concert versiin) Angels love bad man And my personal fav Born and raised in black and white On these ones they all got sis Also check out their version Of devil right hand, Against the wind. I figure you heard against the wind many times . But yeah the first 2 songs i mention is up beat . And second 2 good melody.
Wow, l never saw this performance with The Highwaymen. I've seen Johnny Cash sing this song solo a dozen times over. I can't say one is better than the other, love'em both. But it's great seeing them all on stage together, and they sound awesome.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristopherson and Johnny Cash performed as The Highwaymen back then. It was quite gathering of talent. The thing about cowboy work, maybe more than many out door work is that cattle don't take a break, so weather regardless, you are out there with those cattle. There is a "but" though. You can be out there in weather where the wind is blowing so hard that you can hear power lines humming in the wind like giant guitar strings. But there is really fine weather too. So, the punishment for a "bad" cowboy in the song is work in the worst conditions.
Yo, I am so glad you picked up on the Wild Hunt similarities. You're the only reactor I've ever seen who immediately got that influence in the story told in this song.
They all played a guitar. They didn't just spit on a microphone. Not enough of the younger people learn to play anything with all of the electronics they have available to them now. They just hire back up experts to carry them through while they engulf the microphone.
One of my Dads favorite written in 1948. Heres some history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Ghost)_Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_Cowboy_Legend Me and my Dad seen it performed at a dinner theater in AZ . They made it interesting by having a white horse run past the window in the dark .
This song is a country staple. A classic that has been covered many times since the late forties till now. Not sure which is the version I grew up with since there are so many. Great song and reaction.
They made this "supergroup" to show how well they could tell stories! Every single one of these guys wrote songs for others before they were famous and after! They wrote so much of country music history it wasn't funny! For a long time each of them either sang it or wrote it if it made it!
The story comes from an ancient European folklore. It is about a group of hunters and their hounds that are caught up in an endless hunt. Depending on the country they appear differently, but it ends all the same. If you are caught up in the hunt you are doomed to chase your prey til the end of time. You got it right when you said "Wild Hunt".
this song is based on a legend from the old west. a group of cowboys stampeded a herd of longhorn cattle through an encampment of settlers killing elderly, women and children alike. for their punishment the were condemned to chase 'the Devil's herd across the endless sky'. they can never be free until the herd is corralled, and the herd can not be corralled. an eternal punishment for a horrific crime.
Burl Ives done a rather slower and different sounding version of this in 1949 which is well worth a listen or even a reaction video. It seems to have been the first hit version after the song was written, and is a bit more haunting and spooky in my opinion. th-cam.com/video/j2klh2cTa_Q/w-d-xo.html He done a second and faster version so don't get confused.
The cowboys were visted by cowboys from hell , they were warning him that stealing herds would lead him on a end less trail in hell chasing the devil heard.
Even if you don't do a reaction, watch the Video of this song covered by the Blues Brothers. Its was probably the best part of the movie Blues Brothers 2000. The Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash parts are done by Dan Ackroyd and John Goodman, and has a great animation that plays along with it. Just a fun watch.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristopherson and Johnny Cash.. I'm not a country fan but i had a lot of respect for these guys. They were considered 'outlaw country' so they were kinda considered rebels.
How could you not
4 absolute legends
The Highwaymen were a supergroup of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. Literally, the giants of outlaw country, all with magnificent careers on their own.
Pretty damn good group, but 4/5 is only 4/5. I always felt they were missing one man:
Merle Haggard.
@@HistoryNerd8765 fun fact he turned down the opportunity to join the highwaymen
@@rollie1091 That's a damn shame.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson....The Highwaymen
Written in 1948 by Stan Jones as "Riders In the Sky", Big hit for Vaughan Monroe in 1949. One of the first cowboy tales I really liked as a wee child. A classic, almost a standard.
Michael Loveland, it is good to share this information but I would make one change. India, the version by Monroe IS the standard. While it is fun to hear both singing the lyrics, the song has more impact in my opinion with Monroe's solo delivery since the Riders are giving their warning to one cowboy.
Franky Laine's cover is the best I've heard.Also the band the outlaws have a great cover of it.
Wasnt burl ives the first to record the song?
@@pauld6967 I like this version but agree Munroe's version is better
My Dad used to play Monroe's version for me when I was a kid. It went deep: the Ghost Riders...
"Yippee ky-yay, yippee ky-yo" is a cowboy's exclamation of celebration or positivity. The way this song transforms it into wail of sadness, mourning, and desperation really emphasizes the hopelessness of the doomed souls.
Darlin', if you want a good one try, "The Master's Call" by Marty Robbins.
Rob Lambert and big iron
Her expression when she realized who the band was... priceless.
Burl Ives did the original Ghost Riders in the Sky
The same man that wrote and sang Frosty the Snowman/ Rudolph the red nose Reindeer.... yep back in 1949.
You did Marty Robbins "El Paso" a few weeks ago---- Marty Robbins had the most popular version back in the 50s, then Johnny Cash had a big hit with his version, and a few others with deeper or more 'mellow' sounds also recorded it too..... BTW, your comment about "changing" is what the cowboy in Marty Robbin's *_"El Paso"_* should have done instead of killing someone to kiss Felina on last time & die in her arms
Now you have to do Desperados waiting for a train
Yes!! Love that one.
We were friends, me and this old man..❤❤
Imagine how this song thrilled and scared us when we were kids in the late forties, early fifties and cowboy movies were everywhere--Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger -- heroes all, then Ghost Riders in the Sky!
As a 90s kid who basically was raised by his granddad who was born in 1944 I grew up with Gene Autry and the Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke and almost the classics man your comment brought me back to living on the farm back in Arkansas much respect bro thank you.
My dad used to sing this song when I was a kid - he told me he had learned in when he used to be a cowboy - my dad was born in 1916 and was in the CCC's in Utah when he was 16 - during the Great Depression. I thought that was so cool - my dad was a cowboy! I realized years later the song was written in the late 40s - so I guess my dad was embellishing his story. He actually was in the CCC's in Utah but he was building roads. Where would a kid from the Bronx learn to run a cattle drive ? The song still reminds me of him, I used to beg him to sing it -sooo spoooky!
Johnny Cash When the Man Cones Around, It will make your hair rise :-)
Indeed it will!!!
Love Jonny Cash’s cover of the ghost riders song.
That deep raw voice makes this song seem so real.
Hello India, pray that you are doing well :) ... Dig this song, but would recommend Johnny Cash 1979 audio version. it is in my own opinion, the definitive version of this song, just my own thoughts, either way, take good care, and as always, Up the Irons... \m/
Have you ever reacted to "why me Lord", by Kris Kristofferson
Keep in mind that the entire cowboy thing was an incredibly brief moment of time.... between the development of huge ranches and the railroads being built. Once that happened there was no more need to run cattle all of the way from the west to the slaughterhouses in Chicago. And most of them really were boys, 13-20 years old. So.... cautionary tale. A lot of boys didn't survive the hard, dangerous life.
Nice! Maybe also "My Heroes Have Always been Cowboys" (From the Outlaws)
@indiareacts This is the Highwaymen! They were a supergroup consisting of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. You were right!
Willie, Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kristopherson were the Outlaws.
Fun fact this song was sung by Burl Ives back in 1949, Burl Ives was the snow man in the old rudolf the red nose reindeer claymation movie.
I was gonna point that out myself but you beat me to it. Burl Ives version is actually good too.
@@buzztp5119 tbh I don't think I have ever heard a bad version of this song.
This song always takes me back to my grandma's and grandpa's chicken farm in middle of nowhere Texas and this would be playing on his old radio.
India thank you for your reaction on this one. I would love for you to do a reaction of Red Sovines 1976 : "Teddy Bear".
I was born 20 minutes from Johnny Cash. Its my one claim to fame
You got it on the first reaction lol!
The Outlaws do a really good version of this song. Really good. An while your on The Outlaws, Green Grass and High Tides is another must.
El Paso by Marty Robbins is another western song with lovely guitar and good story. Love you, keep on keeping on !
She's done that and some other Marty Robbins. th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=india+reacts+to+marty+robbins
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Only knew the "bluesbrothers" version of this song till today 😎😎.
Omgosh that's sad!
@@janetwebb2701 yep.... the whole bb2000 movie was a desastrous disapointment.
I did see bb2000 once. That is once too many.
Before I even watch this video I'm literally going cold as Thanksgiving turkey right now. I love this song and I cant wait for your reaction.
Aslo if you want your mind absolutely blown react to Pisces by Jinjer it's a metal song but it's also absolutely amazing! Please check it out. For a new subscriber. Please 🥺🥺🥺😁😁😁
I love The Outlaws (southern band from Tampa) version.
Hell yeah. The Florida Guitar Army
*My generation loved these Christian men.* You have done Marty Robbins, but not sure if you heard his rendition of this song: th-cam.com/video/fD5kS3G1Jkk/w-d-xo.html
It's amazing that stage could hold up under all that talent.
Best cowboy song ever.
If you like more "Ghost country" you should check out the late, great, Red Sovine's hauntingly beautiful "Phantom 309" th-cam.com/video/gjGfSTvjheY/w-d-xo.html
The original version and writer of this song...was the same man the wrote and sang Rudolph the red nose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman...MR. BURL IVES!! 1949
So great to see this video and yes such a spooky song. Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.
Could you do a reaction of "The Highwaymen - On the road again - Live at Nassau Colliseum?🙏
Yes, this song was based on the thousands of years old tale of the Wild Hunt.
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson. The biggest names in country/cowboy music. If you want to see Kris Kristofferson in a good movie, watch "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
The Best version of this song done by The Outlaws Hughie Thamasson, Billy Jones, Freddie Salem , David Dix bass? On " Ghost Rider" Album
OUTLAW COUNTRY!!!
Altough i am a big fan of the Highwaymen. (Merle Haggerd should be one of them)
The only artist that does ghostriders almost as breathtaking as Stan Jones did it is Marty Robbins.
This is a fun cover of a very old song. You can search Google and TH-cam for dozens of old versions of it, including an old sound film from the 1930's and the transcript of a radio broadcast from the 1940's (which was recorded on a wire recorder of all things) -- here's a link to a Burl Ives 1948 version (th-cam.com/video/j2klh2cTa_Q/w-d-xo.html), and Gene Autry from 1949 (th-cam.com/video/iRV6JszMXoo/w-d-xo.html). One of the Highwaymen superstars Johnny Cash even has an elaborate version he recorded in 1962 that my dad liked (th-cam.com/video/Mynzbmrtp9I/w-d-xo.html). If you search, I'll bet all 4 of them recorded this song earlier in their careers.
This song is a cowboy classic written in 1948 and covered by the likes of Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Gene Autrey, Lawrence Welk and many others.
Hey Kiddo, if you want to hear and react to the Darkest Song Ever Written, pull up The Chair by Marty Robbins.
It is a good duet between willie who is on fine form, and johnny cash but if you notice waylon and kris fidnt sing on this. One of the best things about going to the concert was hearing everyone single hits. One hard thing was finding a song where they all had singing solos.
That said i recomend instead
SILVER STALLION
BIG RIVER(waylon gives her in concert versiin)
Angels love bad man
And my personal fav
Born and raised in black and white
On these ones they all got sis
Also check out their version
Of devil right hand,
Against the wind. I figure you heard against the wind many times . But yeah the first 2 songs i mention is up beat . And second 2 good melody.
Wow, l never saw this performance with The Highwaymen. I've seen Johnny Cash sing this song solo a dozen times over. I can't say one is better than the other, love'em both. But it's great seeing them all on stage together, and they sound awesome.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristopherson and Johnny Cash performed as The Highwaymen back then. It was quite gathering of talent. The thing about cowboy work, maybe more than many out door work is that cattle don't take a break, so weather regardless, you are out there with those cattle. There is a "but" though. You can be out there in weather where the wind is blowing so hard that you can hear power lines humming in the wind like giant guitar strings. But there is really fine weather too. So, the punishment for a "bad" cowboy in the song is work in the worst conditions.
The "riders in the sky" is the Christianized and Americanized version of the old Germanic religions tale of "The Wild Hunt".
India,you should react to Johnny Cash's song *Sunday morning coming down* probably the best song ever written.
Yo, I am so glad you picked up on the Wild Hunt similarities. You're the only reactor I've ever seen who immediately got that influence in the story told in this song.
May I suggest Seven Spanish Angels with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles. A classical ballad to be sure.
if you liked this check out THE MASTERRS CALL by marty robbins
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash are the Highwaymen
IMO Vaughn Monroe's 1949 version (number one hit) is the most chilling.
Wow its years since ive heard this song! Loved Johnny Cash's voice xx
They all played a guitar. They didn't just spit on a microphone. Not enough of the younger people learn to play anything with all of the electronics they have available to them now. They just hire back up experts to carry them through while they engulf the microphone.
One of my Dads favorite written in 1948. Heres some history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Ghost)_Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_Cowboy_Legend Me and my Dad seen it performed at a dinner theater in AZ . They made it interesting by having a white horse run past the window in the dark .
Um just google the group Highwaymen and you'll see who's in it. This isn't that complicated.
This song is a country staple. A classic that has been covered many times since the late forties till now. Not sure which is the version I grew up with since there are so many. Great song and reaction.
Ghost Riders / Vietnam/Hueys
They made this "supergroup" to show how well they could tell stories! Every single one of these guys wrote songs for others before they were famous and after! They wrote so much of country music history it wasn't funny! For a long time each of them either sang it or wrote it if it made it!
Johnny cash, Waylon Jennings, Chris Christofferson, and willy made up the highwaymen for a few years later in their careers
Kind of prefer Johnny Cash original version. A little spookier. But still good.
There's an impressive metal one done by Finnish band Impaled Nazarene. Ghost Riders in the sky
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The story comes from an ancient European folklore. It is about a group of hunters and their hounds that are caught up in an endless hunt. Depending on the country they appear differently, but it ends all the same. If you are caught up in the hunt you are doomed to chase your prey til the end of time. You got it right when you said "Wild Hunt".
Legends singing an outlaw country classic!
this song is based on a legend from the old west. a group of cowboys stampeded a herd of longhorn cattle through an encampment of settlers killing elderly, women and children alike. for their punishment the were condemned to chase 'the Devil's herd across the endless sky'. they can never be free until the herd is corralled, and the herd can not be corralled. an eternal punishment for a horrific crime.
Burl Ives done a rather slower and different sounding version of this in 1949 which is well worth a listen or even a reaction video. It seems to have been the first hit version after the song was written, and is a bit more haunting and spooky in my opinion. th-cam.com/video/j2klh2cTa_Q/w-d-xo.html
He done a second and faster version so don't get confused.
When you put Willie Johnny Whalen and kris's all together which make them The highwayman
You Might like Willies song I am my own Grandpa it's great story song and it made me laugh.
Love the way you talk about stuff ❤
Check out the original by Burl Ives - very atmospheric
The cowboys were visted by cowboys from hell , they were warning him that stealing herds would lead him on a end less trail in hell chasing the devil heard.
Hey India check out a Irish lad by the name of Luke Kelly one of the country's best
Sorry but this is my afterlife. I just love herding up cattle
Change your ways or this is your fate! Best version was by Vaughn Monroe, also Burl Ives
*Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash*
You saw waylon Jennings willie nelson kris kristofferson Johnny cash
This is the highway men jhonny cash, willy nelson Chris Kristofferson, waylon jennings
vaughn monroe ,burl ives ,far better versions this really is not hat good okay.
if people like this try the Corries - teuchters fae skye (Portree Kid) a funny joke version
I LUV Kris Kristofferson!😍Always have. The others are no rookies either~😉👍
this is good but does not compare to The Outlaws---just my opinion
This was actually a Spanish song first; Los juntos del cielo
willie got some words wrong on the opening of the song. Best versions of this i have heard are Burl Ives, the sons of the pioneers and Marty robins.
So you know, you can sing Amazing Grace to this tune LOL
The original version of this song inspired Marvel's Ghost Rider
blues brothers did it better.
th-cam.com/video/vOVWx3iWrAI/w-d-xo.html
Please listen to Chris Ledoux This Cowboys Hat
Highwaymen- american remains!! Its a great story song
I don’t know if you know about the old story about the wild hunt, but yes, this is county wild hunt
You should react to the highwaymen the last cowboy song
You should listen to Willie Nelson's "Always on my Mind"
Burl ives and marty robins do this best.
This is a poor version.
Wow great video if like thst sort of thing check out dire straits brillent band
Prefer it by Johnny Cash by himself.
Roy Rodgers version was a lot better. It's the one you should have done if you wanted to hear the best one
id love to see your reaction to my woman my woman my wife by marty robbins
Even if you don't do a reaction, watch the Video of this song covered by the Blues Brothers. Its was probably the best part of the movie Blues Brothers 2000. The Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash parts are done by Dan Ackroyd and John Goodman, and has a great animation that plays along with it. Just a fun watch.
Please Don't!!