i think he was flying people back and forth out to oil rigs. he was also a pilot in the air force for a while. and was a rhodes scholar. dude had kind of an interesting life even before he became famous, really.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah that helicopter pilot/military stuff has cropped up in interviews I've read with him
amazing pic btw!!
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
also got to talk to him a bit about mickey newbury!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
oooh, what he say about mickey?
― Heez, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
"lyle seems like mayyyybe the nicest dude in the world"
lyle love it
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
(Kristofferson) achieved some success as a performer himself, following Johnny Cash's introduction of Kristofferson at the Newport Folk Festival. Kristofferson had previously grabbed Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard without prior arrangement and gave him some tapes
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
oooh, what he say about mickey?he seemed super excited -- said that he was his best friend, mentor and pretty much "the guy I wanted to be." when kris got fired from his pilot job, mickey was like "great! come back to nashville and pitch songs to the johnny cash show." so they hung out in one of the local hotels where guests for the show stayed and just played songs for whoever. kris also said he thought mickey could've been huge if he just went out and played live but for whatever reason he never liked it. said that his favorite thing was to "play a song and then pass the guitar to someone else." i mentioned "she even woke me up to say goodbye" as one of my favorites and KK pretty much shouted "SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE! Can you believe that title!?"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
ha! awesome.
― Heez, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
she even woke me up to say goodbye, the bitch
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
If I could have been anybody during the '70s, I think I might have chosen him. (I mean, except for myself, of course.) He was definitively a 1970-71 guy, and he got to stay a 1970-71 guy for the whole decade and become more successful and more famous along the way.
I just noticed his RS cover with Rita Coolidge has an American version (with beard) and a British version without:
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/kris-1_zpsa65a2de1.jpg http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/kris-2_zps41ca728c.jpg
The headline changes on the Sex Pistols, too.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
my first association with him will always be:
http://www.moviespad.com/photos/kris-kristofferson-convoy-0cef0.jpg
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
well that's pretty amazin'
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
it's unbelievable
― nostormo, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Awesome
― dmacation problem (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
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
― That's So (Eazy), Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
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.
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
Also, wow at those RS covers.
Jerrod Niemann sings on his newest album that he, himself, is “no Shakespeare or Kris Kristofferson.”
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 April 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
The half assed hanging on to the words on the exhalations on "nobody wins" my god
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Friday, 9 February 2018 09:50 (six years ago) link
<3
― ian, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
yea he's a pro
― marcos, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
deserves more
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
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_PxLcCIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0sfsunaL4
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link