The Highwaymen Loved America So Much, They Weren’t Afraid to Criticize It

Twelve years later, the Chicks wouldbe blackballedfor arguably less.

For country music fans, these four are giants.

(Nelson chose Hank Williams Im So Lonesome I Could Cry.)

Johnny Cash onstage with the Highwaymen in 1992 in the Netherlands.Rob Verhorst/Redferns/Getty