Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman (live) - Words And Music - 3rd April 1994

Jimmy Webb introduces and performs The Highwayman, from episode 2 of the 1994 BBC programme Words And Music. Words And Music was a three part series broadcast by the BBC (in the UK) in April 1994. The programme featured studio based (mostly acoustic) performances of songs by the original writers, with introductions by Tracey Macleod. Episode 1 : Cults and Classics Episode 2 : American Stories (part 1) Episode 3 : American Stories (part 2) https://thetvdb.com/series/words-and-music These are all the performances from episodes 2 and 3: Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEX7XZfMdE James Taylor - Sweet Baby James - BLOCKED by YouTube Shawn Colvin - Polariods - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLVq_HpS2g Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTM568I7NA Joe Henry - King's Highway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ-J6Y8_KQo Janis Ian - At Seventeen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YryOcbx0ato John Gorka - Temporary Road - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st0AsCPZww0 Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money - BLOCKED by YouTube Nanci Griffith - Love At The Five And Dime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxS0kQQl8-4 Jackson Browne - The Pretender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w45nd39b5r8 Aimee Mann - Jacob Marley's Chain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxnXRVhl1c Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E's In Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs5teia2d-M Loudon Wainwright III - Thanksgiving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiGt-QveGfQ Natalie Merchant - Eat For Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1KsRbRsV_s John Hiatt - She Loves The Jerk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxWLkOohRYw

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