I went through a Westerns phase as a kid but haven't read much in that genre since — unless you count Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series or Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn series. I really don't because they are set in modern times and not in the "Wild Wild West".

I freely admit my main reason for borrowing this audiobook from the library was the novelty of Willie Nelson as the narrator, and the concept of the stories being turned into radio plays featuring the voices of Willie's other Highwaymen supergroup colleagues Cash, Kristofferson and Jennings. Disappointingly, only one of the stories (Riding for the Brand) got the dramatization treatment but it was very well done. All of the famous folk acquitted themselves well with their parts, especially Kristofferson (though that's not surprising considering his extensive acting career in addition to his singer-songwriter gig). And Willie was quite good as the narrator — he had a relaxed, easy reading style that fit the material beautifully.

All in all, I wish the whole collection had featured all four music stars but the one story that did was great, and the other stories were good, assuming you enjoy western stories. ( )