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Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson. Morgan Stewart Music 1040 Section 008. Early Life. Born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas Attended Pamona College played football

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Kris Kristofferson

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  1. Kris Kristofferson Morgan Stewart Music 1040 Section 008

  2. Early Life • Born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas • Attended Pamona College • played football • “Well, Kris really isn’t very tall. And he isn’t really very strong. And really, he’s not very fast. Kris is a football player by the will of Kris Kristofferson, not by the will of God.” –Coach Jesse Cone • Majored in Creative Literature • Joined ROTC • Receive Rhodes Scholarship • Attended Oxford University

  3. The Prelude to a Career • Joined Military • Left teaching position at West Point Military Academy • Plays guitar, piano, and harmonica. • Married High-School Sweetheart Fran Beer 1961-1973 • Met Johnny Cash as a custodian in Nashville.

  4. Prelude to a Career • Began writing songs that many artists recorded. • “Vietnam Blues” Dave Dudley • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjz0aYPChEM • “Your Time’s Comin’” Faron Young • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wvnAPv73k

  5. Career • Inspirations: Romantic poets, folksingers and poets of NY Greenwich Village, and Mickey Newbury. • Songs embodied the alienation many felt in the changing era. • More than 500 recording artists have covered songs he has written or co-written.

  6. “Sunday Morning Coming Down” • Drug reference • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLiuPRMJy8 ‘…Kristofferson landed a helicopter on the singer’s lawn to offer him a song. As Cash later recounted it, Kristofferson emerged from the helicopter with a cigarette and a tape in one hand, and a beer in the other. “Even friends can get creative with their memories,” Kristofferson says with a laugh. “I’ve done a lot of drinking in my days, but never in a helicopter. I told John, it takes two hands just to fly a helicopter, and your feet too.”’ • Married to Rita Coolidge 1973-80 • Made Several Duet Albums • Won 2 Grammy Awards ‘73 and ‘75 for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo.

  7. Activist • Military Impact: • Firm beliefs in right and wrong • Didn’t really agree with U.S.’s involvement in places like Nicaragua and El Salvador • Pegged as Communist • Johnny Cash-enduring friend and mentor

  8. Acting Career • Started Acting in 1971 • Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid • Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore • Songwriter • Lone Star • Joyful Noise • Blade, Blade II, and Blade: Trinity • Planet of the Apes • Dolphin Tale

  9. Married Lisa Meyers in 1983 • Receive Oscar nomination for Original Song Score for Songwriter (1984) • Inducted into songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame, and the Country Hall of Fame.

  10. Today • Still acts, writes songs, records, and makes occasional tours. Has 28 Albums so far. • Activist for social justice and Human Rights Issues • Named Veteran of the Year in 2002 • When his hectic and famous lifestyles gets to be too much he retreats to his home in Hawaii and works on his Autobiography.

  11. Sources • Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/kris-kristofferson • Songwriters Hall Of Fame: http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C296 • Dusting off the Vinyl: http://www.ithp.org/articles/vinyl%20articles/bobbymc1.html • Toast To Freedom: http://toasttofreedom.org/artists/kris-kristofferson-2/ • Pomona College Magazine: http://pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMWin04/FSkristofferson.shtml • Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/steinbeck_studies/v015/15.2krim.html

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