Army Ranger, Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, Rhode Scholar, Songwriter, actor...the guy achieved many accomplishments in one life.
RIP Kris
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He turned down an appointment to teach English at West Point and instead went to Nashville with his songs.
He landed a helocopter in Johnny Cash's yard to introduce himself and listen to his songs. Cash wasn't home but Kristofferson later met him and the rest was history.
Brilliant song writer who wrote Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down.
'I fumbled through my closet for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt.'Bobby McGee covered by Janis is one of my all time favorites.
Sunday Morning covered by Cash is both soulful and mournful. Seems so descriptive of his period of addiction.
I read he had legendary skills as a pilot, flying crews out to offshore drilling platforms. He would also do crazy stunts like flying under bridges and flying upside down.I went to work at Petroleum Helicopters in 1977. Somebody had told me Kris had worked there years ago as a pilot. There was a riff about him having his guitar taking up room in the aircraft. PHI told him fly or play music, he picked music and quit. Was told this was a true story!
He was always a genius with his own material...And to those who think he wasn't the greatest singer, it is not about being the greatest singer.
I don't think any of the Highway Men, with maybe the exception of Waylon Jennings, were great vocalists. It all had to do with the song and the story they told.That's too bad.
Good song writer.
Decent actor.
But singer.... oof.
I thought Cash butchered SMCD and Kristofferson sang his own story it better.Bobby McGee covered by Janis is one of my all time favorites.
Sunday Morning covered by Cash is both soulful and mournful. Seems so descriptive of his period of addiction.
I thought Cash butchered SMCD and Kristofferson sang his own story it better.
Walking down a sleepy city sidewalk, smelling someone frying chicken and hearing a bell tolling in the distance was Kristofferson telling firsthand about his own desolute loneliness.
I think "Hurt" was the song that was best sung by Johnny Cash and described his battle with addiction.
I don't think any of the Highway Men, with maybe the exception of Waylon Jennings, were great vocalists. It all had to do with the song and the story they told.
Bob Dylan is a perfect example.
iRead his bio, its pretty wild.I don't get it. America was very very good to him.
David Bowie- "So,, you sing?"We used to joke about Hank Williams, that all his records should have been called "I'm singing as best as I can." There's plenty of successful singers without "beautiful" or string voices. My dad always said Kenny Rogers "couldn't carry a tune in a pail." Never a big fan,but I didn't think he was that bad. But Kristofferson always made me cringe. Especially later in life, though to be fair that happens to a lot of people, even ones with great voices.