 The last was a major success, topping the country charts, and probably interested Mercury Records in giving Kristofferson a new contract as a solo artist.Chips Moman, who had produced the first Highwaymen LP and recorded the likes of Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Bobby Womack, was brought in to produce Kristofferson's debut on Mercury.Moman scored a massive hit with Willie Nelson's 1982 album "Always on My Mind", and had topped the country album charts a year later with "Pancho & Lefty", Nelson's duet album with Merle Haggard.