So I was listening to Coverville this afternoon at work when a version of Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind” came on that I’d never heard before, even though I’ve long been a fan of the group that was covering it, the country music super-group the Highwaymen. It turns out, though, that I’m maybe not as familiar with the group as I thought — and in fact not at all familiar with them beyond the title (and first) track of their debut album. Which, as it happens, is the very same album the Seger cover comes from.
I didn’t even know that first track was a cover, too.
Still, I like the song. It’s hard not to like a group whose members are Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. The video below for “Highwayman” borders on the cheesy — mid-’80s country through and through — but I like the song.