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In nashville at the ryman with all these songs and this band a few weeks ago. >> larry: the nashville sound, they always talk about the nashville sound. >> this is the cream of the crop. ronny mccry, his family, a great group of bluegrass pickers, chris charp, dennis krout, a great up right base player. these guys. stuart, the fiddle player. these are the real pickers. its always comfortable to be able to look at anybody in the room and nod at them and know theyre going to take a great chorus. >...

Nashville pickers and we played in nashville at the ryman with all these songs and this band a few weeks ago. >> larry: are they the best? the nashville sound, they always talk about the nashville sound. >> this is the cream of the crop. ronny mccry, his family, a great group of bluegrass pickers, chris charp, dennis krout, a great upright bass player. these guys. stuart, the fiddle player. these are the real pickers. its always comfortable to be able to look at anybody in the room and nod at th...

So whenever he needed a laugh or pump it up or something, hed always call me to get a new joke. >> larry: what was he like to sing with? if ever there were two distinct voices in american popular music, country or otherwise, it would be yours and johnny cash. you could not hear either one of you and say, who is that? what it was like to sing with him? >> it was great. you know, every night -- in fact, him and waylan and chris, i was their biggest fans. and i got to stand there every night and wa...

>> i like his singing. hes rock n roll all the way. i like it. >> larry: you mentioned johnny cash, who appeared in that seat quite a few times. where do you rank him? did you see the movie? >> yes, i did. fantastic. >> larry: that guy was unbelievable. >> yeah. he did a great job, yeah. no. john and i were brothers. he used to call me a lot, you know, whenever -- because im always telling him dirty jokes. so whenever he needed a laugh or pumping up or something, hed always call me to get a new ...

And chris would do one. john would do one. maybe wed do one together. then waylon would do one. id do one. wed do another one together. >> larry: you would all four sing together? >> oh, yeah. >> larry: did you have a big backup group? >> oh, yeah one of the best groups out of nashville. >> larry: never been a fan of government, right? youre a skeptic. >> yeah. very skeptical. >> larry: you dont trust. but you seem like a regular guy. but you -- most people look at willie nelson and say skeptica...

Stage and joining in every now and then. but, no, i loved johns singing. and waylon and chris. >> larry: when the highwaymen worked, how did you choose how many minutes each guy would do, and what percentage did you sing all together? >> chris was here, john was here, waylon was here, and i was here. and we had our songs, you know, that we had chosen to do, and wed recorded. and chris would do one. john would do one. maybe wed do one together. then waylon would do one. id do one. wed do another ...