RIP Kris Kristofferson

[gravitylover]

He struck me as a generally good guy that enjoyed what he did and, he did it well. You're leading that Convoy again man...

[riser4]

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the train
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans

[singlecross]

On a Sunday mornin' sidewalk
I'm wishin', Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's somethin' in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short a' dyin'
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleepin' city sidewalk
And Sunday mornin' comin' down

[stealurface831]

theres nothin short of dying
half as lonesome as the sound
on the sleepin city sidewalk
sunday mornin coming down.

[mcski]

I didn’t have nearly enough appreciation of his badassery when I was growing up. Dude was an absolute legend. His life story is pretty amazing

RIP fellow sagehen. CHIRP!

[Harry]

Dude was a legit Army Ranger. Respect.


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[irul&ublo]

As a songwriter, in the Pantheon.


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[Hood26]

“I was a sailor
I was borne upon the tide
And with the sea, I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still”

I hope he caught that Star Ship with Cash and Waylon.

[MarcusBrody]

I've always considered him one of the coolest dudes ever and one of the people if most have liked to have a beer with and hear his stories. Just a general good dude and a badass.

He might not beat the devil, but I bet he's going to drink his beer for nothing then steal his song.

R.I.P.

[dookeyXXX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-e47wAkg9g

[dookeyXXX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Jb2CA_xx8

[Danno]

RIP to one of the all time greats

[old goat]

For some reason I never got into him until the last few years. Sunday Morning Coming Down is one of the great songs. 88 is a decent run.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Dude was a legit Army Ranger. Respect.


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Yep. Graduated from West Point and was also an Army helo pilot. Right up there with John Prine (also RIP) as a songwriter.

[singlecross]

I didn’t realize that Kristofferson helped John Prine get his first record contract. Legend.

”As Prine recounts it, Kristofferson was booked to play three nights at a Chicago club called Quiet Night, where Goodman was the opening act. Kristofferson was impressed by Goodman’s songs, in particular “City of New Orleans.” Goodman, in turn, would play at least one song a night by Prine and repeatedly encouraged Kristofferson to go hear Prine in person during his Chicago visit.“The third night Kris was at the Quiet Night, Steve really put the hammer down to get Kris to come see me,” Prine recalled, speaking from a recent vacation in Florida. “It was late on a Sunday night. I was sitting around with the waitresses and dishwashers, waiting to get paid. And Goodman calls, and says: I’m bringing Kris, Paul Anka and Angela Lansbury over. Get ready to do a show!’ ”Paul Anka and Angela Lansbury?
“They happened to be in town that night, and went to Kris’ show,” Prine said with a chuckle. “Paul had done a show that night at a Chicago hotel. At the time, he was singing one of Kris’ songs, ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’.”
“So Kris comes over with them and I take my guitar out. All the rest of the tables had chairs turned upside down on them, so they were sitting two feet in front of the stage and I’m doing a show for those four people. I sang about six or seven songs. Then I sat down to have a beer with Kris. When I was done with the beer he asked if I would sing those same six or seven songs again, plus anything else I wrote.


“The evening went into the wee hours, and Kris started quoting lyrics from my songs that night. I went home so excited about meeting him and his being so knocked out by my songs, I don’t know if I slept that night. And it was all because of Steve Goodman!
Does Prine remember which songs he performed for Kristofferson at their first meeting in Chicago?
Indeed, he does.
“I’m sure I played ‘Sam Stone,’ ‘Hello in There,’ ‘Paradise,’ ‘Donald and Lydia’,” Prine said. “I played about half of (what became) my first album.”
Kristofferson, who also played an indirect but key role in getting Prine signed by Atlantic Records in New York, had ample reason to be impressed.”

[BmillsSkier]

Incredible life story. RIP.

[Djongo Unchained]

Rhodes Scholar as well.

[Woodsy]

“I was a sailor
I was borne upon the tide
And with the sea, I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still”

I hope he caught that Star Ship with Cash and Waylon.

AMen


Thanks for all the years of smiles & Sunday mornings coming down

[Danno]

Yep. Graduated from West Point and was also an Army helo pilot. Right up there with John Prine (also RIP) as a songwriter.

I don't think he was a West Point grad (at least it's not in his wiki), but he was asked to teach at West Point.

Still, his life reads like fiction: summa cum laude from Pomona, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger, helicopter pilot, just crazy.

And he was the one to support/console Sinead O'Connor when she was getting booed off the stage at the Dylan concert, because everyone thought she was a terrible person, when years later we would find out she was 100% justified/correct.

[mcski]

“Toby Keith is to country music what panty hose is to finger fucking” -kk


His stories about being a janitor at the studio before he caught a break are amazing as well

Good to point out how he consoled Sinead. Dude had some brass balls when it came to doing the right thing

[Danno]

[old goat]

I never thought Bobby McGee was one of his better efforts--to facile and pop for my taste. (And I was a big fan of Janis, just not that song.) Glad I started listening to his other stuff. I didn't know about the Sinead O'Connor thing. The only SNL I ever saw after the original cast era was the one where she tore up the picture. Seemed fine to me.

[mcski]

[DBdude]

^toby keith

[mcski]

I never thought Bobby McGee was one of his better efforts--to facile and pop for my taste. (And I was a big fan of Janis, just not that song.) Glad I started listening to his other stuff. I didn't know about the Sinead O'Connor thing. The only SNL I ever saw after the original cast era was the one where she tore up the picture. Seemed fine to me.

Had multiple heated arguments w a friend I worked for back then about the rip. Like BFD please. Super smart guy, but would never accept there was any systemic problem w catholic priests. Haven’t talked to him in years, but may have to lob that I told you so at him in honor of sinead and Kris