eagleisland - Posted - 09/29/2024:  19:37:27

Story here.

Dang, but that guy could write a song.

chuckv97 - Posted - 09/29/2024:  19:53:53

I heard,,, my brother messaged me earlier today. A few of us drove down to Florida in 1971 and wore out his album on an 8 track tape. A wonderful wordsmith and musical artist. RIP.

Edited by - chuckv97 on 09/29/2024 19:56:38

Owen - Posted - 09/29/2024:  20:38:15

RIP.

Texasbanjo - Posted - 09/30/2024:  04:24:54

He was one of Dave's favorites. I still have a bunch of his LPs ... somewhere. I'll hunt them up and hear him sing again in memorium.

steve davis - Posted - 09/30/2024:  05:40:30

Learned something new this morning.
I didn't know he was a Gold Glove boxer.

Tim Jumper - Posted - 09/30/2024:  06:20:39

From the music historian Brian Fairbanks:
"In the 80s, when asked who the greatest songwriters were, Dylan said, 'Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson. Those are the guys.' "
He ought to know.

Buddur - Posted - 09/30/2024:  09:26:08

R.I.P.

The man had a great and action-packed life...he was an Army Ranger and helicopter pilot, and a Rhodes scholar too.

chuckv97 - Posted - 09/30/2024:  19:14:15

Talking about the 5 greatest songwriters in the past 70 years or so, waddya think?  Of the top of my head - 

Lightfoot, Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb, Dylan, Hank Williams (honourable mention goes to Don Gibson) 

Edited by - chuckv97 on 09/30/2024 19:15:17

raybob - Posted - 10/01/2024:  22:15:49

I saw him play when I was still in Michigan back in the late ‘70’s. Rita Coolidge came out and sang harmonies on a few songs. RIP.

Joe Connor - Posted - 10/03/2024:  13:28:22

Here's a photo of a young Kris Kristofferson as a soldier. The man lived an incredibly varied and interesting life. 

 

Paul T R - Posted - 10/04/2024:  00:21:08

Saw him at the Riverboat, Toronto, in April '72. I had his first album, Kristofferson. The Riverboat seemed an appropriate venue - intimate (also, considering the band was stoned, laid back).

Every so often the music world throws us a polymath - in this case, songwriter, actor, pilot, athlete, scholar.

R.I.P.