RIP Kris Kristofferson

[Redmt]

Another one of the greats left us today.

 

[noharleyyet]

Saw that earlier...amazing songwriter. 88 is a good run...

 

[Gellar]

#legend

 

[jpcoll01]

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

 

[Keep on]

The man was an American Icon.

"Kris Kristofferson’s life is unprecedented, and won’t be replicated.

Born Kristoffer Kristofferson in the border town of Brownsville, Texas on June 22, 1936, Kristofferson changed the language of country music, with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive subject matters that found the personal within the political.

He was an Oxford scholar, a defensive back, a bartender, a Golden Gloves boxer, a gandy dancer, a forest-fighter, a road crew member, and an Army Ranger who flew helicopters. He was a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a Casanova, and a family man. He was almost a teacher at West Point, though he gave that up to become a Nashville songwriting bum.

Sam Peckinpah cast him as Billy the Kid. Willie Nelson recorded an entire album of his songs, then joined him in supergroup The Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Muhammad Ali sat side-stage at his concerts. Mama Cass Elliot called him “No Eyes.” Atlantic Monthly published his short stories."

 

[Southern Elk]

Damn!

 

[Southern Elk]

 

[choc dogs]

 

[Big Fin]

Damn it. I listened to him so much, probably too much, when I was around 10. My parents were getting a divorce and I always seemed to find honesty, sometimes painful honesty, in his lyrics.

He wrote this song that I was sure was about my Dad destroying himself as he struggled with alcohol.

 

[INMT]

My dad was a country boy, a drinker, and a cop. He left this world way to early but introduced me to some great things. One was outlaw country. For some reason Kris Kristofferson seemed invincible. RIP.

 

[hank4elk]

Bummer.
I saw him many times live in my life and had the honor of shaking his hand once.

 

[BackofBeyond]

Used to listen to my uncle sing Sunday Morning Coming Down at the top of his lungs while we worked.

I was probably 10 and could sing it line for line myself, even though I had no idea what it all meant.

He had a gift…

 

[Coule stalker]

Another one of the greats left us today.

Only one highwayman left. RIP

 

[F250]

What an amazing life he had !!

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I knew it was coming but damn

 

[338win]

One of my favorites due to the common background in army aviation. Dude got to ride a hell of a wave of life.

 

[INMT]

Only one highwayman left. RIP

Honestly, who ever thought it'd be Willie? Glad I saw he and Johnny in '98!

 

[warmer]

Damn it. I listened to him so much, probably too much, when I was around 10. My parents were getting a divorce and I always seemed to find honesty, sometimes painful honesty, in his lyrics.

He wrote this song that I was sure was about my Dad destroying himself as he struggled with alcohol.

My favorite!

 

[Coule stalker]

I missed my chance to see Waylon and the boys in the early 90’s.. huge regret.

 

[ismith]

RIP