Kris Kristofferson: C/D?

my first association with him will always be:

http://www.moviespad.com/photos/kris-kristofferson-convoy-0cef0.jpg

well that's pretty amazin'

it's unbelievable

Awesome

Sad, but he seems to be taking it in stride, and can still perform:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/01/26/kris-kristoffersons-memory-loss-worsens-but-his-sense-of-humor-is-great

Sorry to hear.

He frequently pops up in bios of the prior generation of musicians- Arthur Alexander, Charlie Louvin, Johnny Cash- and I am always touched by the respect he accorded these guys. The epitome of a gentleman and a scholar.

Also, wow at those RS covers.

Jerrod Niemann sings on his newest album that he, himself, is “no Shakespeare or Kris Kristofferson.”

The half assed hanging on to the words on the exhalations on "nobody wins" my god

<3

yea he's a pro

deserves more

like most dorks I fuck w those first two albums but these two from the notably less impressive Border Lord are so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exDp_PxLcCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0sfsunaL4

I went to see Dwight Yoakam Friday night and sat by a very intoxicated older lady who was telling me all about this Outlaw Country cruise she went on and how great it was. She said "Kris Kristofferson was there too! He died shortly after the cruise so I feel so blessed to have seen him." I looked at my wife and was like, should I tell her?

lol

He did legit retire shortly after a cruise, so she's probably just conflating/inflating. I saw him at Bonnaroo in 2010, and he was pretty ragged and rugged but he always was to some degree. It was a weird set, like 1 p.m. on a hot day, so we were all crowded in under the tent out of the sun, and the sound wasn't great because it was mostly just him and his guitar and it didn't carry well. Still! It was great. Found this clip from it, it has "Nobody Wins" and "From the Bottle to the Bottom."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XJs50oc3M

There's this whole odd mid-90s concert of Kris Kristofferson and Lou Reed swapping songs (with Victoria Williams showing up for "Strawman" too):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxpTBYMG1-M

dying's just another word for nothin' left to lose