Happy Monday, y’all.
Today for the Whiskey Riff Song of the Week, we have a cover from the Highwaymen of Bob Seger’s classic “Against the Wind.”
Of course, the Highwaymen is the country supergroup consisting of country music’s most well-known outlaws, including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. They covered the song in 1985 for their first studio album, Highwayman.
Originally written and recorded by Bob Seger, it was the title track and second single to his 1980 album of the same name, and eventually peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It’s been covered by plenty of other artists throughout the years, too, like Garth Brooks and Brooks & Dunn.
Willie, Waylon and Johnny take lead vocals here, and it’s nearly impossible to beat any track, cover or not, with those three icons featured on one song:
