Category: Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson performed at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday party concert in April 2023, and following his death, it became his final live performance. The legendary Kris Kristofferson passed away on Sunday, September 29 at the age of 88. His sudden passing made us think about all his incredible performances and the last time he ever…

About The Song As I’ve been thinking of how I can move more intentionally to respond to our times, a song has been stuck in my head. Kris Kristofferson wrote the song, which was inspired by the lunch counter scene in Chapter 15 of John Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl novel Grapes of Wrath. Kristofferson was born…

About The Song “Loving Arms” is a song written by Tom Jans and first recorded as a duet by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge for their 1973 album Full Moon. “Loving Arms” was written by Tom Jans. Jans recorded the song and released his version on his 1974 self-titled album. Dobie Gray’s version of the…

About The Song Kris Kristofferson’s “Best of All Possible Worlds” is one of the icon’s previously unreleased tracks that fans get to hear on the reissue of his 1997 album, The Austin Sessions: Expanded Version.  Producer Fred Mollin took a special interest in the project. He aimed to take Kristofferson’s classics and give them stripped-down arrangements…

About The Song Kristofferson writes with such emotional insight that you have to believe that he saw a lot of himself in the character as well. As he told CMT in a 2007 interview, “Well, there were a lot of people that the pilgrim stood for or that I felt fit into that category, and…

About The Song Today we will attempt to explicate what I find to be Kris Kristofferson’s most somber and subversive piece, “Casey’s Last Ride. You see, Kristofferson is widely regarded as a country artist and, being that he is a former army helicopter pilot, a modern day cavalryman, I wouldn’t expect less of him. Yet…

About The Song A Star Is Born is the soundtrack album to the 1976 musical film of the same name, performed by its stars Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. The album was very successful, holding the number-one spot on the US Billboard 200 chart for six weeks and eventually was certified 4× Platinum by the…

About The Song The 1970s was the time provocative songs like ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ was unwelcome. Well, they were unwelcomed, but listeners secretly craved for it. And surprisingly, its success is incredible in a way no one expected it. Kris Kristofferson was the original singer and composer of ‘Help Me Make…

About The Song Kris Kristofferson wrote this song while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records – a strange occupation considering he had a master’s degree from Oxford University and risen to the rank of captain in the US Army. But Kristofferson wanted to be…

About The Song In an interview with the Nashville Tennessean, given while Ray’s record was breaking out, Kristofferson talked about the development of “For the Good Times” during his drive down to the Gulf. He devised the melody first, believing it to be one of the best he had ever come up with. Kris couldn’t…

About The Song Country singers Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge got married just hours after meeting in an airport lounge in Los Angeles in 1971. Their marriage lasted for only seven years. And while they didn’t seem like the best as husband and wife, they fared better as duet partners. Case in point: “Please Don’t…

About The Song In 1973, Kris Kristofferson earned his lone major country hit as a solo recording artist when “Why Me Lord” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart while peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on the album Jesus Was a Capricorn, and featured backing…

About The Song “Me and Bobby McGee” is one of Kris Kristofferson’s most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on it since 1969. It’s often misinterpreted as Kristofferson’s love song to Joplin, because her bluesy rendition has overshadowed all other versions. She recorded the song…

About The Song Kris Kristofferson recorded one of the classic hits in the ’70s, “Lovin’ Her Was Easier, (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again).” Some people say that love is easier if both hearts collide. In reality, love is not easy, especially if you are not a risk-taker. Being a risk-taker also includes having a…