The Road Goes On Forever (The Highwaymen album)

The Road Goes on Forever

Studio album by The Highwaymen

Released

April 4, 1995

Recorded

1995

Genre

Country
Outlaw Country

Length

36:32

Label

Liberty/Capitol Nashville/EMI

Producer

Don Was

The Highwaymen chronology

Highwayman 2
(1990)

The Road Goes on Forever
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A-^[2]

The Road Goes on Forever is the third and final studio album released by American country supergroup The Highwaymen. It was first released on April 4, 1995 on Liberty Records, then on November 8, 2005 the album was re-released on Capitol Nashville/EMI with bonus tracks and, in some versions, an extra DVD for the album's 10th anniversary. The DVD includes a music video for "It Is What It Is", as well as a short documentary entitled Live Forever - In the Studio with the Highwaymen.

The title track of this album was written by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and originally recorded on his 1989 album, West Textures.

Track listing

Disc 1 (CD)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Devil's Right Hand"	Steve Earle	3:14
2.	"Live Forever"	Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver	2:49
3.	"Everyone Gets Crazy"	Kevin Welch	2:55
4.	"It Is What It Is"	Stephen Bruton, John Fleming	3:40
5.	"I Do Believe"	Waylon Jennings	3:25
6.	"The End of Understanding"	Willie Nelson	2:43
7.	"True Love Travels a Gravel Road"	Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens	3:22
8.	"Death and Hell"	Johnny Cash, John Carter Cash	2:51
9.	"Waiting for a Long Time"	Bruton	4:20
10.	"Here Comes That Rainbow Again"	Kris Kristofferson	2:50
11.	"The Road Goes on Forever"	Robert Earl Keen	4:42

2005 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"If He Came Back Again"	Barry Alfonso, Craig Bickhardt	3:34
13.	"Live Forever"	Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver	2:12
14.	"I Ain't Song"	Jennings	1:56
15.	"Pick Up the Tempo"	Nelson	2:18
16.	"Closer to the Bone"	Kris Kristofferson	2:14
17.	"Back in the Saddle Again"	Gene Autry, Ray Whitley	0:50

Disc 2 (DVD)

Live Forever – In the Studio with the Highwaymen (video)
"It Is What It Is" (video)

Personnel

The Highwaymen

Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Waylon Jennings – vocals, guitar
Kris Kristofferson – vocals, guitar
Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar

Additional musicians

Kenny Aronoff – drums
Benmont Tench – Hammond C-3
Mark Goldenberg – acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar
Al Anderson – electric and acoustic guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Michael Rhodes – bass
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Robby Turner – pedal steel, dobro
Danny Timms – piano
Luis Resto – Wurlitzer electric piano

Technical personnel

Produced by: Don Was
Recorded By: Rik Pekkonen at Ocean Way, Hollywood, CA
Assisted By: Young Dan Bosworth
Second Assistants: Trini Alveraz and Jeff Demorris
Additional Recording by Barry Taylor at Caravell, Branson, MO
Mixed By: Chuck Ainlay at Record Planet, Hollywood, CA
Assisted By: Brian Pollack
Minister of Information: Jane Oppenheimer
Album Production Coordinator: Carrie McConkey for The Marsha Burns Company
Consigliere: Mart Rothbaum
Art Direction: Sherri Halford and Buddy Jackson
Design: B. Middleworth for Jackson Design
Cover Photography: Frank Ockenfels
Additional Photography: Patrick Ockenfels
Makeup: Diane Weidenmann

Reissue Credits

Producer: Don Was
Reissue Producer: Rob Christie
Remastering: Ed Cherney and Ron McMaster @ Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Remixing: ("If He Came Back Home Again"): Don Was and Ed Cherney
Liner Notes: Chet Flippo, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson
Art Design: Shannon Ward for Den 45 @ EMI
Design: Rene Neri for Den 145 @ EMI
Photography: Frank Ockenfels, Patrick Simpson

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	42^[3]

References

↑ The Road Goes On Forever (The Highwaymen album) at AllMusic
↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=highwaymen
↑ "Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

Highwaymen

Studio albums

Singles

"Highwayman"
"Desperados Waiting for a Train"
"Silver Stallion"
"It Is What It Is"

Compilations

The Highwaymen Ride Again
Super Hits
Country Legends
The Highwayman Collection
The Essential Highwaymen

Videography

Music Videos	"Highwayman" "Silver Stallion" "It Is What It Is"

Concerts	Highwaymen Live! On the Road Again

Supergroup

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

Book

Waylon Jennings

Studio albums

Waylon at JD's
Folk-Country
Leavin' Town
Nashville Rebel
Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan
Love of the Common People
The One and Only
Hangin' On
Only the Greatest
Jewels
Just to Satisfy You
Waylon
Singer of Sad Songs
The Taker/Tulsa
Cedartown, Georgia
Good Hearted Woman
Ladies Love Outlaws
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
Honky Tonk Heroes
This Time
The Ramblin' Man
Dreaming My Dreams
Are You Ready for the Country
Ol' Waylon
I've Always Been Crazy
What Goes Around Comes Around
Music Man
Black on Black
It's Only Rock + Roll
Waylon and Company
Never Could Toe the Mark
Turn the Page
Sweet Mother Texas
Will the Wolf Survive
Hangin' Tough
A Man Called Hoss
Full Circle
The Eagle
Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.
Ol' Waylon Sings Ol' Hank
Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt
Waymore's Blues (Part II)
Right for the Time
Closing In on the Fire
Waylon Forever
Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings

Live albums

Singles

1960s

"That's the Chance I'll Have to Take" "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" "Anita, You're Dreaming" "Time to Bum Again" "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" "Green River" "Mental Revenge" "The Chokin' Kind" "Walk On Out of My Mind" "I Got You" with Anita Carter "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" "Yours Love" "Something's Wrong in California" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

1970s

"Singer of Sad Songs" "The Taker" "(Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa" "Mississippi Woman" "Under Your Spell Again" with Jessi Colter "Cedartown, Georgia" "Good Hearted Woman" "Sweet Dream Woman" "Pretend I Never Happened" "You Can Have Her" "We Had It All" "You Asked Me To" "This Time" "I'm a Ramblin' Man" "Rainy Day Woman" "Dreaming My Dreams With You" "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" "Can't You See" "Are You Ready for the Country" "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" "I've Always Been Crazy" "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand" "Amanda" "Come With Me" "I Ain't Living Long Like This"

1980s – 1990s

"Clyde" "Good Ol' Boys" "Storms Never Last" with Jessi Colter "Shine" "Just to Satisfy You" with Willie Nelson "Women Do Know How to Carry On" "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" "Breakin' Down" "Hold On, I'm Comin'" with Jerry Reed "The Conversation" with Hank Williams, Jr. "I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)" "Never Could Toe the Mark" "America" "Waltz Me to Heaven" "Drinkin' and Dreamin'" "The Devil's on the Loose" "Working Without a Net" "Will the Wolf Survive" "What You'll Do When I'm Gone" "Rose in Paradise" "Fallin' Out" "My Rough and Rowdy Days" "If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now" "How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A." "Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)" "Trouble Man" "You Put the Soul in the Song" "Wrong" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "What Bothers Me Most" "The Eagle" "Just Talkin'" "Too Dumb for New York City" "Wild Ones" "I Know About Me Don't Know About You" "Outlaw Shit"

Collaborations

Waylon & Willie

Albums: Waylon & Willie WWII Take It to the Limit Clean Shirt Super Hits Singles: "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" "Take It to the Limit" "If I Can Find a Clean Shirt"

Other collaborations

Country-Folk with The Kimberlys Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter Heroes with Johnny Cash Old 97's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97's

Collaboration singles

"MacArthur Park" with The Kimberlys "Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter "Good Hearted Woman" with Willie Nelson (Re-recording) "Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter (Re-release from Wanted! The Outlaws) "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" with Johnny Cash "Wish I Was Crazy Again" with Johnny Cash "The Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" with Jessi Colter "Leave Them Boys Alone" with Hank Williams, Jr. and Ernest Tubb "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" with Johnny Cash "Ballad of Forty Dollars" with Johnny Cash "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" with John Anderson "High Ridin' Heroes" with David Lynn Jones "One Good Love" with Neil Diamond

Compilations

The Best of Waylon Jennings
Don't Think Twice
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
Heartaches by the Number
Greatest Hits
Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
The Best of Waylon
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years
The Journey: Six Strings Away
The Journey: Destiny's Child
The Restless Kid: Live at JD's
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings
RCA Country Legends
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
16 Biggest Hits
Nashville Rebel
The Essential Waylon Jennings

Kris Kristofferson

Albums	Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I Border Lord Jesus Was a Capricorn Spooky Lady's Sideshow Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame Surreal Thing Songs of Kristofferson Easter Island Shake Hands with the Devil To the Bone The Winning Hand (with Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton) Music from Songwriter (with Willie Nelson) Repossessed Third World Warrior A Moment of Forever The Austin Sessions This Old Road Closer to the Bone Feeling Mortal

With Rita Coolidge	Full Moon Breakaway Natural Act

With The Highwaymen	Highwayman Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever

Live	Live at the Philharmonic Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco

See also	Discography Ghost Brothers of Darkland County Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson

Willie Nelson

Studio albums

1960s

...And Then I Wrote Here's Willie Nelson Country Willie – His Own Songs Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style Make Way for Willie Nelson The Party's Over Texas in My Soul Good Times My Own Peculiar Way

1970s

Both Sides Now Laying My Burdens Down Willie Nelson and Family Yesterday's Wine The Words Don't Fit the Picture The Willie Way Shotgun Willie Phases and Stages Red Headed Stranger The Sound in Your Mind The Troublemaker To Lefty from Willie There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Stardust Sings Kristofferson Pretty Paper The Electric Horseman

1980s

Honeysuckle Rose Family Bible Somewhere Over the Rainbow Always On My Mind Tougher Than Leather Without a Song City of New Orleans Angel Eyes Me & Paul Partners The Promiseland Island in the Sea What a Wonderful World A Horse Called Music

1990s

Born for Trouble Any Old Arms Won't Do The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? Across the Borderline Moonlight Becomes You Healing Hands of Time Six Hours at Pedernales Just One Love Augusta Spirit How Great Thou Art Teatro Night and Day

2000s

Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer) Milk Cow Blues Rainbow Connection The Great Divide Nacogdoches It Always Will Be Countryman You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Songbird Moment of Forever American Classic

2010s

Country Music Remember Me, Vol. 1 Heroes Let's Face the Music and Dance To All the Girls... Band of Brothers December Day Django & Jimmie Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Live albums

Compilations

Columbus Stockade Blues
Country Winners
The Best of Willie Nelson
Spotlight on Willie Nelson
Country Willie
What Can You Do to Me Now
The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends
Willie – Before His Time
Face of a Fighter
Sweet Memories
Always
Willie Nelson: His Very Best
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
Minstrel Man
Everybody's Talkin'
The Best of Willie Nelson
20 of the Best
Collectors Series
Half Nelson
Love Songs
Yours Always
Super Hits
Super Hits, Volume 2
Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993
Willie Standard Time
16 Biggest Hits
Good Ol' Country Singin'
All the Songs I've Loved Before: 40 Unforgettable Songs
Crazy: The Demo Sessions
The Essential Willie Nelson
Songs
The Complete Atlantic Sessions
Natural Renegade: Opus Collection
16 Biggest Hits, Volume II
One Hell of a Ride
Playlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson
Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson
Naked Willie
Lost Highway
The Classic Christmas Album
Country: Willie Nelson

Filmography

The Electric Horseman
Honeysuckle Rose
Thief
Barbarosa
Once Upon a Texas Train
Starlight
Gone Fishin'
Wag the Dog
Half Baked
The Country Bears
The Dukes of Hazzard
Beerfest
Broken Bridges
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
Blonde Ambition
Swing Vote
Surfer, Dude
Beer For My Horses
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Books

Willie: An Autobiography
The Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes
Farm Aid: A Song for America
The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
On The Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and The Future of the Family Farm
A Tale Out of Luck
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
It's a Long Story: My Life

Book:Willie Nelson
Category:Willie Nelson

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