Kris is one of my HEROES! He’s written so many great songs. He’s not a good player. Not a great singer. But he just has the it factor of words and his voice working. He’s just a damn legend. Also, Ralph Emery was a damn legend as well. Such a great interviewer. He just makes it feel like sitting in a living room. I miss seeing him everywhere, which he was in my younger years. May he rest in peace.
It's amazing that even though he achieved a lot of success and fame he still has a shyness about him. You can tell he gets nervous when the focus is totally on him. He's clearly a very humble man.
Now it’s actually 2022 and in my mind he’s still the best looking man on this planet! I’ve had a huge crush on him since he starred in “A Star is Born” with Barbra Streisand !!
And he is my all time favorite actor and human! Wish I could have known Kris way back when! He is so good, truthful and humble! What else can I say? Suzan Williams ❣️
Am so glad I was able to see him twice. First time was in Melbourne in the 70s with Rita Coolidge. There was something to fo either the sound but they continued with the v oncert and the second time he was supported by his daughter. That was around the time it was thought he had Alzheimers. Happy memories..
I have doted on Kristofferson's music for 60 years. Used to listen to him on LM Radio which played out of Mozambique. I lived in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) up until I was about 20 (75 now) then work took me all over Southern Africa. Will miss him BUT his music goes on.
This is how a genuine country singer with a guitar should sound and so original. He’s an honest very intelligent man. I didn’t get into classic country that far back when he was in Nashville. Hank Williams is his hero. A true country music legend. Kris you’re a great country music legend and a movie star.
To me, after 40 years, He's still one of the best looking men I've ever seen! I know back in the 60's til today, the man could put those Ol boots under my bed any day! I don't care how old he is, He's like a fine wine, he looks better as he ages! The first movie I ever saw with him in it was A STAR IS BORN with Barbara Streisand! The first movie that I ever cried! I've seen that version at least 50 times, it never gets old to me! One of my all time favorite movies ever!!!
Before "A Star Is Born" I saw "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" twice at an Austin drive-in theater. One of those times we took our infant daughter with us. I was excited that Bob Dylan played a minor role as a young boy but I fell in love with Kristofferson and it's been a crush that has lasted a lifetime. He is gorgeously handsome and oozes sex appeal. I had the honor of getting his autograph and have a very brief conversation following a 2014 concert in Fort Worth. A line was waiting at the side door near his bus hoping to have a brief encounter with him. He signed every autograph. I was so excited that I touched his arm. I handed him a pen that wouldn't write. His roadie handed him another one. He was so patient and kind. I felt like an idiot for handing him a pen that didn't write but it remains a cherished memory.
I met Kris in the 80's. He took the wrong seat on a flight from Salt Lake to Seattle. My daughter and I introduced ourselves as he was easily recognizable and I was a huge fan. He moved to his correct seat when we compared boarding passes. He was extremely humble in this situation and seemed like a regular guy. I had seen him twice on stage in the late 70's. Both times he was opening for a Willie Nelson Concert. One of my favorites for sure.
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@@kriskristofferson2831 Always wanted to tell you...I love your mind, heart, and Talant! No one has ALL three but you! The first time I read your lyrics and wanted to learn more about you...the more I learned, the more I loved, and became #1 fan! My life’s dream was to sing a duet with you....still dreaming! Lol You are a great human being and a beautiful, precious soul! God bless you always!
KRIS IS the GREATEST SONG WRITER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.HE EARNED IT THE HARD WAY AND WILL ALWAYS BE RRMEMBERED AS HE CONTINUES TO WRITE MEMORABLE N MEANINGFUL SONGS
i loved this up close and personal with Kris Kristofferson...He makes me smile each time I hear him talk of the older days...Some of the songs are dear to my heart..A Star is Born is a favorite of mine..thank you for sharing
Kris is and has been my favorite songwriter since I heard the pilgrim chapter 33 in the early 70's.I told myself this song is my favorite song in the world ever.my whole life is layed out in the words of that song.i'm glad he came along, for his songwriting and his acting.he's the best. sincerely, Monte Shockley
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An amazing person , artist , and legend who is as talented as any singer songwriter I’ve heard …. Yes and truly humble and compassionate …. I’ve carried.his songs in my head for 50 years ….. like John Prine he captures the human condition in a true light …….
This is the greatest thing to listen to. It's nice to listen to his coming up the hard way. I never new he was a helicopter pilot, and the military, being a captain is just grest. I wish I could meet him. That would be great.
Chris and I are the same age --old---. He has been my favorite forever. I was lucky enough to see him in person 4 times. At the Kennedy Center, club on M St. in Washington, D.C., 6th St. synagogue in Washington, DC. and the Warner Theater in DC 8years ago. My dream would be to hear him once again but I don't think so. Sherry Starr Silver Spring, Md 20903
Thanks so much for posting. Had good fortune of seeing Kris twice. His speaking voice is liquid gold and love love his songs - pure poetry and how gorgeous he was. Rest in peace lovely fella.
Kris is and always be my hero. His music influenced me to learn to play the guitar...Sunday morning coming down is the first and only song I've learned the words. My favorite song to play and listen to, to this day. Thank you Kris...
I've been a musician for nearly 50 years and of all of the songwriters in my repertoire I know and play more Kris Kristofferson songs than any other songwriter. Kris is my musical hero and I personally think he's a much better songwriter than Bob Dylan.
The best song writer of my lifetime, I’m 60. Funny thing though, I never liked “Sunday morning coming down“ until I heard the Upbeat version by Waylon Jennings, then I fell in love with this song.
Biggest KK fan, thank you for uploading this. And thank you for all the other excellent uploads you've given us. The time, effort and heart that goes into it is much appreciated.
Kris and Donnie Fritts (rip) two of my heros! I remember feeling down one night, when I got a surprise phone call from my friend who was invited to play guitar at Donnie's 75th birthday party in muscle shoals. All he said was listen to this.. it was Kris doing a sound check with his band, and played "me and Bobbie Magee" start to finish. What a great pick me up and suprise, I'll never forget that. What a gift Kris was blessed with!
Thank you for sharing your great memories 😊 In case you haven't watched this wonderful interview with Kris and Donnie, I can heartly recommend it to you. It was an extra on the Billy the kid anniversary edition 2005 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u0RSZEEOP1M.html
...love your skills, talents and honesty. You stood up for what you believed in. You have made an incredible and indelible mark in Nashville and the world... thanks Kris.
Great songwriter. Loved him and Willie along with Rip Torn in the movie Songwriter. Wish I could find a cd of soundtrack for this movie. Really enjoyed Kris in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and in Flashpoint. He and Johnny Cash played in The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James. Great movies. I guess I could go on and on about Kris Kristofferson but I won't. I really like this guy. As he mentioned his heroes I thought, you are a hero too. Mike Pardue ✌
Thanks for sharing this. His story about seeing himself in A Star is Born helped me set the time I saw him and Rita in concert in Hamilton, Ontario. Must have been '75. He was so drunk he had his back to the audience some of the time. I have an old Polaroid from backstage after the show, with his arm around me, smiling shyly. I'm glad to hear he stopped drinking that long ago. I watched AStar is Born recently and couldn't finish it, it was so clear to me that he was drinking. He was a beautiful soul.
Living with his family in spectacularly beautiful, Hana, Maui . Willie lives nearby in little beach-side country town of Paia, near Jaws, where some of the biggest waves in the world, break.
I remember seeing Kris and Rita at Willie Nelson’s 1st Fourth of July Picnic. I worked until noon at a nearby tennis resort and my boyfriend du jour and I hopped the fence to get in. The other housemates we had had left early in the morning from New Braunfels to Canyon Lake where the concert was held. Given that this was the early ‘70’s, I remember most of the events of the day through a stoned haze.Kris and Willie had been my heroes and still are.
Love Kris' music. I dragged my brother along to see him in London 2004 and couple of days before gig a group of men tried to rob me of money I'd saved up to see Kris but I fought them off and got a lovely black eye for my trouble anyway at bar at Apollo Kris wife and kids were there. I went toilet and came out and my brother was telling his wife and family about me n how much Kris' music meant to me and about my black eye. They loved my story when suddenly his wife took my t shirt I had brought and told me to wait. She had only got Kris to sign it for me and he was late on stage doing it for me. How kind of them. So so kind.
Thank you my mother named me. She had a grandfather who was really disappointed because he wanted me named after one of his old girlfriends. She chose this one all by herself.
@@kimberlyhortz6471 Kimberly is a beautiful name. My daughter's mum wanted an Irish name(as she irish,I'm English) she picked 1out but when I went to register her birth I just get getting Kimberly flashing up in my mind and she looked like a Kimberly so I named her that. Thank God her mum loved the name and didn't kill me🤣😂 God bless you and thanks for nice reply. Most people on you tube are horrible 😂🤣✌️
My mother didn't want to name me lucretia that was the name. I could not think of it last night. Because she said she was worried people would call me cret or some other nickname. I am a Christian so I have to set an example. Some day I have to give an account to God. Truthfully my daughter was saved by 2 angels. I will write you later and tell you.
All I am envisioning is some sort of movie where Kris Kris and Jeff Bridges play brothers. The vibe is so similar that I think Jeff is aging into Kris!
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No, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” is not a lonely song, it’s a Spiritual song. For several years after Vietnam I practically lived on his first four albums. In there are some great lyrics about the life of the soul. He’s way under appreciated. I’m glad to hear he had such a great time with the Highwaymen. He deserved it. He’s by far the best interpreter of his own songs. “Why Me, Lord” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” had a big impact on my parents who were born-again Christians. My Dad got saved after flying 2,200 hours in WWII. His best friend was killed flying a B-29 in the Korean War. My mother, who was also a sincere believer, thought the lines about the can the kid was kickin’, the smell of someone fryin’ chicken, the song the Sunday school was singin’, the daddy swingin’ the laughin’ little girl, and the lonely bell a ringin’ were very, very moving. They liked, too, the pickin’ out the cleanest dirty shirt - which everybody in the whole country is using now and CNBC couldn’t even go on the air without it! A good interviewer would have asked Kristofferson how in the world anybody could’ve come up with such a great story and each and everyone of the evocatively brilliant lines! It’s a perfect song. Sorry, though, Ray Stevens doesn’t do as good a version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vbqGWTxwZEA.html
Thx @@steveperreira5850 He’s under appreciated for his great lyrics. For example he wrote the first line to the great Gospel song One Day At A Time when the writer came by and confessed she couldn’t think up a beginning > ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jQIE1tO4Vzc.html What’s great to me about Sunday Mornin’ is that it sounds like it could totally have happened or he made it all up or it was a combination.
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It’s sad to see he doesn’t remember a lot of things due to his Lyme disease. This Ralph Emery guy seems to know a lot more about Kris his past than Kris himself. Great artist though and one off the best songwriters I know.
I've had such a crush on him at 13, learning to play guitar, and been writing music and short stories since 11( like him) English Lit major in college, but no Rhodes Scholar or Pilot...we had much in common even though he's the same age as my mom. I actually started listening to country and Kris which was far away from my Metallica and Ozzy. Can't wait to see him when I get there❤️
I always liked Ralph Emery. Great interviewer. Kris and his friends - well those friends been my hero's for a long time. Willie - Waylon - Leon Russell - truly the Good Wild Boys. Willie was inspired by Django Rinehart - the greatest guitar player that ever lived - Kris graduated from Oxford - and not the one in Mississippi!
Yes, Emery let's the guests talk and doesn't talk over them. Both men are gentlemen, notice no vulgarity or running other people down. Even KK'S comment report Streisand was ok. I remember when movie was being released there were reports Kristen and. Streisand hated each other. He was a drunk, she was a perfectionist.
I’m just now watching this first time Oct 2024. Kris was 74 here! I’m 74 now! He loved 14 years after this. I wonder if I’ll make it 14 more! When much younger people ever now and then commented I looked like Kris. Actually did. At ASU stadium in Tempe, Az when Kris and Barb were there filming for A Star is Born. My assigned seat was other end of stadium where the stage was! Couldnt see shit! So friends and I got up in front of stage where it was standing room only. Elbow to elbow! Barb was pleading for the audience to cheer and clap and make like we wanted to see, hear Kris sing! When Kris would come on it was mostly very quiet! We wanted Barbara to sing! She finally did so! We bribed her. Like 25000 people did this. Stadium was completely full! Was crazy. But while she was up there pleading and looking Rt and Lt, she saw me. She did a double take looking right at me with a curious look on her face. I really looked like Kris then. Had my hair permed at the time. Permed hair was great for water skiing! He’s 14 yr older but still we looked similar to each other. Was funny. RIP Kris! Barb can KMA! Dumb liberal!😂
