RIP Kris Kristofferson

[geetar]

I preferred Waylon singing it but this is my favorite song Kris wrote. " Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies " is a great line.

 

[Jbotto]

Only one highwayman left. RIP

Man this news hit me hard enough to not have to think about this too. Got my little toddler asleep this afternoon for his nap by singing him Red Headed Stranger.

Kristofferson was a living legend in my eyes and too few people like him in the music industry are left. Rest in Peace indeed. Thankful for the hundreds of hours I’ve spent with his music.

 

[Tradewind]

RIP

 

[Derek44]

Damnit. Definitely a legend. The somber truths of his lyrics will live on forever. Wish I hadn’t opened this one. RIP and prayers to his family. What an amazing life

 

[Redmt]

The latest Friday tunes brought back floods of memories and then reporting Kristoffersons passing made me think how much music has changed my life. Some good and some not so good. Reading the replies, I see too that it has changed many of all your guys lives also.

 

[steveshuntn1]

They definitely don’t make them like him anymore. The country music of his era will never be forgotten…or reproduced!

 

[Straight Arrow]

One of my favorites due to the common background in army aviation.

Same for me. His family legacy was steeped in military service, as was expected of him. After amazing collegiate academic success resulting in Kristofferson being a Rhodes scholar, likely building his literary background and wizardry at great lyrics and "forever famous" music, he was commissioned in the US Army, completed helicopter pilot training and was stationed in Germany. His academic excellence propelled him into an assignment to teach at West Point, but his heart took his life for a turn into music ... and the rest is history to which we all love to listen.

RIP, Kris Kristofferson. May you soar like an eagle through the beautiful clouds of heaven and may your music resonate eternally.

 

[hank4elk]

He walked out on the stage a few times and surprised the crowd. Did it with Bonnie,Emmy Lou, and Melissa when I was there.
Seeing the Outlaws was a life changer.

 

[noharleyyet]

There are a few books about him that might be worth a read.

 

[noharleyyet]

"In an interview with Laura Hamilton for the Washington Post in 2014, Kristofferson says “I am sorry if I hurt anybody’s feelings along the way. It wasn’t intentional. I tried to be a good person. I think I did all right.” He says “I am grateful every morning I wake up. I’ve a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other. I feel very grateful with my life, being as public as it has, that I am able to have this now.” I think of what he said after “Heaven’s Gate” tanked in a legendary way, taking an entire studio down with it in what Kristofferson referred to later as an organized hatchet job. Despite the harm its failure did to his film career, Kristofferson said “sure, it put me out of work for a while, but poor Cimino hasn’t done anything since then.” And I think about how he said that he’d like his gravestone to be engraved with the first few lyrics of Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire:”

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free"

Bird on a Wire: Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024) | Tributes | Roger Ebert

A tribute to Kris Kristofferson.

www.rogerebert.com

 

[elkduds]

Late to the wake. RIP to possibly the most Renaissance man of all popular artists. +1 to everything posted here in tribute. Ever notice the difference between Kris's version of his song and Janis's? I prefer the songwriter's version.

 

[longbow51]

His requiem, accidentally, or maybe not...

Don't look so sad, I know it's
over
But life goes on, and this old world
Will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had
some time time to spend together

RIP Kris.

 

[Carl]

One of my favorites. Can’t be too sad about 88.

 

[hillstone]

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

One of the best songs ever!

 

[FamilyMan]

Very sad to see this. I saw The Highwaymen in concert in a large arena in New York and it was a great concert. The guys I talked into going with me told me repeatedly for months what a great idea it was to go. Then I saw him perform a solo concert in a small bar (the Buffalo Rose) in Golden, Colorado back in the mid 90's.

Death of a legend.

 

[elkduds]

One of the best songs ever!

Written by Jimmy Webb, who also wrote Macarthur Park, Galveston, Wichita Lineman. . .

 

[BackofBeyond]

Watched Colter Wall sing Sunday Morning Coming Down last night, rest of the band took a break and Colter just stood there and sang.

Pretty effing cool.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Rip