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The Highwayman (2000 Film)
A highwayman was a criminal who robbed travelers on the road. Highwayman, highwaymen, or highway men may also refer to: People * The Highwaymen (country supergroup), a 1985–1995 country music supergroup * The Highwaymen (folk band), a 1960s collegiate folk band * The Highwaymen (landscape artists), a group of 20th-century African-American landscape painters from Florida Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Highwaymen'' (film), a 2004 film * ''The Highwayman'' (1951 film), a 1951 film * ''The Highwaymen'' (film), a 2019 film Literature * ''The Highway Men'' (MacLeod novel), a 2006 novella by Ken MacLeod * "The Highwayman" (poem), a 1906 poem by Alfred Noyes * "The Highwayman", a short story by Lord Dunsany later made into a short film *''The Highwayman'', a 1962 novel by Sylvia Thorpe *''The Highwayman'', a 1955 novel by Noel Gerson *''The Highwayman'', a 1955 novel by Frank Gruber (writer) *''The Highwayman'', a 1996 novel by Madeline Harper * ''The Highwayman'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highwayman
A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads. Such criminals operated until the mid or late 19th century. Highwaywomen, such as Katherine Ferrers, were said to also exist, often dressing as men, especially in fiction. The first attestation of the word ''highwayman'' is from 1617. Euphemisms such as "knights of the road" and "gentlemen of the road" were sometimes used by people interested in romanticizing (with a Robin Hood–esque slant) what was often an especially violent form of stealing. In the 19th-century American West, highwaymen were sometimes known as ''road agents''. In Australia, they were known as bushrangers. Robbing The great age of highwaymen was the period from the Restoration in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Some of them are known to have been disban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highwayman (The Highwaymen Album)
''Highwayman'' is the first studio album released by country supergroup The Highwaymen, comprising Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. ''Highwayman'', released through Columbia Records in 1985, was the group's first and most successful album. Background All four musicians had long been admirers of each other's work. Cash, who got his start at Sun Records in the mid-fifties, shared an apartment with Jennings between marriages in the late sixties, a time when both Jennings and Nelson were growing weary of Nashville’s stale recording practices. When Kristofferson emerged as a new voice for progressive country songwriting around this time, all three covered his songs, with Cash’s version of " Sunday Morning Coming Down" becoming a smash, and heralded the younger musician as a unique talent. Jennings, Nelson, and Kristofferson would go on to enjoy immense success as part of the Outlaw movement in the seventies, with Waylon and Willie recording sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B5470 Road
The B5470 is a road in England, running from Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, to Macclesfield, Cheshire, via Whaley Bridge. The hilly and winding section between Whaley Bridge and Macclesfield is often called 'The Highwayman' after a prominent roadside pub, now closed. Much of the route follows former turnpike roads through a scenic area of the Peak District National Park. Route The B5470 starts in Town End on the eastern side of Chapel-en-le-Frith at a junction with the A624, which connects it to the A6. It then runs westwards, forming the main street of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It then continues to the hamlet of Tunstead Milton after which it runs along the valley of the Randall Carr in a series of sweeping bends to Whaley Bridge. This length of the road is generally level and prone to flooding in wet weather. In Whaley Bridge the B5470 crosses the A5004 at the Horwich End traffic lights. It then climbs rapidly out of Whaley Bridge to the village of Kettleshulme, Cheshire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Highwayman (TV Series)
''The Highwayman'' is an American action-adventure themed television series starring Sam J. Jones, set in "the near future." It was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes. The pilot aired in September 1987, and was followed by a short-lived series of nine episodes, with significant changes to the cast and format, that ran from March until May 1988. It was summed up by many reviewers as a cross between ''Mad Max'' and ''Knight Rider''. Opening narration by William Conrad (all episodes after the pilot): There is a world, just beyond now, where reality runs a razor thin seam between fact and possibility; where the laws of the present collide with the crimes of tomorrow. Patrolling these vast outlands is a new breed of lawman, guarding the fringes of society’s frontiers, they are known simply as ‘Highwaymen’... and this is their story... Synopsis The movie and subsequent series follow the adventures of "The Highwayman", one of a mysterious group conducting crime-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Highwayman (musical)
''The Highwayman'' is an Australian musical comedy with book, music and lyrics by Edmond Samuels. Set in Bendigo during the Gold Rush in the 1860s, the story concerns the love of an innkeeper's daughter for a highwayman. ''The Highwayman'' premiered at the King's Theatre in Melbourne in November 1950. It played a Sydney season at the Palace Theatre Palace Theatre, or Palace Theater, is the name of many theatres in different countries, including: Australia *Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria *Palace Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales Canada *Palace Theatre, housed in the Robillard Block, Mo ... from March 1951. Songs featured in the 1965 TV special '' Lola and the Highwayman''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Highwayman, The Australian musicals 1950 musicals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallout 2
''Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game'' is a 1998 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Productions. It is a sequel to ''Fallout (video game), Fallout'' (1997), featuring similar graphics and game mechanics. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of ''Fallout'' and 164 years after the atomic war which reduced the vast majority of the world to a nuclear wasteland. The player assumes the role of The Chosen One (trope), The Chosen One, the grandchild of the first game's protagonist, and undertakes a quest to save their small village on the West Coast of the United States. ''Fallout 2'' was well received by critics, who praised its gameplay and storyline, and considered it a worthy successor to the original ''Fallout''. Its bugs and limited updates to the formula of the first game attracted criticism. In 2008, the game received a direct sequel: ''Fallout 3'', developed by Bethesda Game Studios. Gameplay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Donna (album)
''Bella Donna'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released on July 27, 1981, the album reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 in September of that year. ''Bella Donna'' was awarded platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 7, 1981, less than three months after its release, and in 1990 was certified quadruple-platinum for four million copies shipped. ''Bella Donna'' spent nearly three years on the ''Billboard'' 200, from July 1981 to June 1984. The album spawned four hit singles during 1981 and 1982: the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-penned duet " Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (#3), the Don Henley duet " Leather and Lace" (#6), her signature song "Edge of Seventeen" (#11) and country-tinged " After the Glitter Fades" (#32). ''Bella Donna'' would mark the beginning of Nicks' trend of calling upon her many musician friends and connections to fully realize her sparse demo recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Ain't Marching Anymore
''I Ain't Marching Any More'' is Phil Ochs' second LP, released on Elektra Records in 1965. History Ochs performs alone on twelve original songs, an interpretation of Alfred Noyes' " The Highwayman" set to music (much as Poe's "The Bells" had been set to music on the previous album) and a cover of Ewan MacColl's "The Ballad of the Carpenter". Of the twelve originals, probably the most noted was the title track, with its distinctive trilling guitar part, that spoke of a soldier sick of fighting. Also of note was the album closer, "Here's to the State of Mississippi", a biting criticism of that state's lack of civil rights and generally bigoted attitude. Other important songs include "Draft Dodger Rag" (assailing those "red blooded Americans" who were in favor of US participation in the Vietnam War but did not fight because they were just summertime soldiers and sunshine patriots), "That Was The President" (a tribute to John F. Kennedy written soon after his assassination), "Talki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Secrets
''The Book of Secrets'' is the sixth studio album by Loreena McKennitt, released in 1997. It reached #17 on the Billboard 200. Its single "The Mummers' Dance," remixed by DNA, was released during the winter of 1997–98, and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #17 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album is certified double-platinum in the United States. It has now sold more than four million copies worldwide. Track listing All music written by Loreena McKennitt. All lyrics written by Loreena McKennitt except as noted.CD liner notes # "Prologue" – 4:22 # "The Mummers' Dance" – 6:07 # "Skellig" – 6:07 # "Marco Polo" – 5:15 # " The Highwayman" (lyric by Alfred Noyes, abridged by Loreena McKennitt) – 10:19 # "La Serenissima" – 5:09 # "Night Ride Across the Caucasus" – 8:30 # "Dante's Prayer" – 7:11 Song information * The DNA remix of "The Mummers' Dance" was made into a music video. * "Skellig" relates the dying words of a monk from a monastery tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald De Koven
Henry Louis Reginald De Koven (April 3, 1859January 16, 1920) was an American music critic and prolific composer, particularly of comic operas. Biography De Koven was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and moved to Europe in 1870, where he received the majority of his education. He graduated B.A. from St John's College, Oxford in England in 1880. He undertook piano studies at Stuttgart Conservatory with Wilhelm Speidel, Sigmund Lebert, and Dionys Pruckner. He studied composition at Frankfurt with Johann Christian Hauff, and after staying there for six months moved on to Florence, Italy, where he studied singing with Luigi Vanuccini. Study in operatic composition followed, first with Richard Genée in Vienna and then with Léo Delibes in Paris. De Koven returned to the U.S. in 1882 to live in Chicago, Illinois, and later lived in New York City. He was able to find scope for his wide musical knowledge as a critic with Chicago's ''Evening Post'', ''Harper's Weekly'' and ''New York W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Images (Brotherhood Of Man Album)
''Images'' is the fourth album by pop group Brotherhood of Man. It was released in 1977 and featured the No.1 hit, "Angelo". Background This was the group's second album release in 1977 (although the previous album had been recorded in 1976) and was led by the single, "Angelo". The single was released in June 1977 and became one of the group's biggest hits, reaching No.1 in the UK and spending 10 weeks in the top 10. The album was released on Pye Records in late October 1977 and also featured the follow-up single, "Highwayman". The second single failed to enter the UK charts, but did feature on the "breakers" section for two weeks in November 1977. In this month, the group appeared on TV's ''Royal Variety Performance ''before the Queen, but rather than promote their latest single, they elected to perform "Angelo". "Highwayman" fared better however in the Netherlands and Belgium where it reached #15 and #18 respectively. Unlike previous albums where different songs were released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highwayman (song)
"Highwayman" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship. The song was influenced by the real-life hanged highwayman Jonathan Wild. Webb first recorded the song on his album '' El Mirage'', released in May 1977. The following year, Glen Campbell recorded his version on his 1979 album ''Highwayman''. In 1985, the song became the inspiration for the naming of the supergroup the Highwaymen, which featured Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Their first album, ''Highwayman'', became a number one platinum-selling album, and their version of the song went to number one on the ''Hot Country Songs Billboard'' chart in a 20-week run. Their version earned Webb a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1986. The song has since been recorded by other artists. Webb h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
