Kris Kristofferson was one of my fav song-writers. For the longest time, I thought _Me and Bobby McGee_ was Janis Joplin's original song, until I learnt it was Kris' writing. He actually wrote it for a woman named Bobby... the rest is history. [1]
A Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor. A full fledged Renaissance man. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore.
Whattay guy! RIP Kris. Thanks for all the enduring songs!!
Bobby being short for... Roberta? But then again, after I recently saw female pop singer Taylor Swift watching male tennis player Taylor Fritz at the US Open, I realized that some American first names are just... flexible.
It's true, but there are more well educated alternative country musicians than one might guess.
Willie Nelson went to Baylor (but didn't finish) and Lyle Lovett has a degree in German literature from Texas A&M. Robert Earl Keen also graduated from A&M. Lucinda Williams's dad is a poet and literature professor. Emmylou Harris went to UNC and Boston University. Hell, even George Straight and Garth Brooks have degrees. That's not quite Rhodes Scholar, but perhaps not entirely expected?
He did a sketch on SNL back in the day making fun of his scholarly background, suggesting that he originally was going to title his famous song "Bobby McGee and I" before taking a course in "how to speak country".
Leonard Cohen was of course a highly educated writer and poet. Brian May is famously a doctor of astrophysics and still has an interest in research. I guess most musicians get laser focussed on it at a young age and don't have the need to study anything else.
Kris Kristofferson was one of my fav song-writers. For the longest time, I thought _Me and Bobby McGee_ was Janis Joplin's original song, until I learnt it was Kris' writing. He actually wrote it for a woman named Bobby... the rest is history. [1]
A Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor. A full fledged Renaissance man. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore.
Whattay guy! RIP Kris. Thanks for all the enduring songs!!
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNblxfWTWU4
> He actually wrote it for a woman named Bobby...
Bobby being short for... Roberta? But then again, after I recently saw female pop singer Taylor Swift watching male tennis player Taylor Fritz at the US Open, I realized that some American first names are just... flexible.
Kristofferson standing up for Sinead O'Connor shortly after her SNL appearance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeJifOXAnA
He later wrote a song for/about her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HwWDOQoCBM
The guy was a mensch.
For those like me that didn’t know:
>Mensch: Yiddish word for a person of integrity and honor.
Literally a real human bean
His pedigree as a Rhodes scholar always fascinated me. Not many of those land a helicopter on Johnny Cash's lawn.
It's true, but there are more well educated alternative country musicians than one might guess.
Willie Nelson went to Baylor (but didn't finish) and Lyle Lovett has a degree in German literature from Texas A&M. Robert Earl Keen also graduated from A&M. Lucinda Williams's dad is a poet and literature professor. Emmylou Harris went to UNC and Boston University. Hell, even George Straight and Garth Brooks have degrees. That's not quite Rhodes Scholar, but perhaps not entirely expected?
He did a sketch on SNL back in the day making fun of his scholarly background, suggesting that he originally was going to title his famous song "Bobby McGee and I" before taking a course in "how to speak country".
Leonard Cohen was of course a highly educated writer and poet. Brian May is famously a doctor of astrophysics and still has an interest in research. I guess most musicians get laser focussed on it at a young age and don't have the need to study anything else.
That dude didn't leave much on the table, in terms of life experiences. RIP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson
Convoy was the first film I've watched on VHS, which was magic, around ~1984.
"I am the law" quote is burnt into my brain thanks in part to the fanmade music video for Orange Goblin - Rage of Angels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrizqjkSADM
What a wonderfully insane movie.
Convoy changed my life
> Quack, quack! ... You ever see a duck couldn't swim? —MP