Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends-The Publishing Demos 1968-72
Rhodes Scholar. Boxer. Army officer. Helicopter pilot. Janitor. Songwriter. Musician. Actor. Kris Kristofferson has lived a life full enough for several men. He has followed his own uncompromising path, and in doing so, crafted a career and legacy impossible to duplicate. Try to measure the breadth of his achievements, look at the unlikely turns his life has taken, take stock of the boundless confidence and self-belief of a man who refused the idea of a life with limitations, and think of one of his contemporaries who accomplished what he has. Now think of a similar figure today. Blank stares abound. It is through his music, however, that Kristofferson proved himself a man apart. He wrote songs that were covered by the likes of Ray Price (“For the Good Times”), Waylon Jennings (“The Taker”), Bobby Bare (“Come Sundown”), Johnny Cash (“Sunday Morning Coming Down”) and Janis Joplin (“Me and Bobby McGee”). They were all huge hits for the musicians who recorded them. That was no fluke. Few songwriters have his gift for melody and storytelling. But he has proven to be more than a talented songwriter. Kristofferson is a gifted performer in his own right, both as a musician and an actor (he won a Golden Globe for his performance in “A Star Is Born”). It is a designation that is used far too casually, but it would not be hyperbole to call him an icon. For few have lived a life of possibilities realized, and come as close to the embodiment of the Great American Life.
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* 1. Me and Bobby McGee
* 2. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
* 3. Smile At Me Again
* 4. The Lady's Not For Sale
* 5. Border Lord
* 6. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
* 7. Come Sundown
* 8. Slow Down
* 9. If You Don't Like Hank Williams
* 10. Little Girl Lost
* 11. Duvalier's Dream
* 12. When I Loved Her
* 13. Billy Dee
* 14. Epitaph (Black and Blue)
* 15. Enough For You
* 16. Getting By, High, and Strange
Listen to the whole damn thing! then BUY!!!!
CD $15.00
LP $22.00
With that 60 page color booklet, this is one to own, not download!
• Previously unreleased material.
• Project undertaken with full approval of Kris Kristofferson.
• 60-page full-color CD booklet featuring interviews with Kristofferson and the musicians that were present at the sessions, testimonials from Dennis Hopper and Merle Haggard, full lyrics with notes from Kristofferson, rare photos and hand-written lyric sheets.
• Liner notes written by Michael Simmons (MOJO, LA Weekly, Huffington Post).
• Double-LP release is on 180-gram vinyl.
THANK YOU SAM SWEET!
my 2 cents; This is one of the most amazing releases. To have a chronicle of such a huge talent in an early stage of his genius, is something i would have wished for in a dream. in that same dream, a similar LP was in the works with JJ Cale, Al Green and some others i spaced on.
Rhodes Scholar. Boxer. Army officer. Helicopter pilot. Janitor. Songwriter. Musician. Actor. Kris Kristofferson has lived a life full enough for several men. He has followed his own uncompromising path, and in doing so, crafted a career and legacy impossible to duplicate. Try to measure the breadth of his achievements, look at the unlikely turns his life has taken, take stock of the boundless confidence and self-belief of a man who refused the idea of a life with limitations, and think of one of his contemporaries who accomplished what he has. Now think of a similar figure today. Blank stares abound. It is through his music, however, that Kristofferson proved himself a man apart. He wrote songs that were covered by the likes of Ray Price (“For the Good Times”), Waylon Jennings (“The Taker”), Bobby Bare (“Come Sundown”), Johnny Cash (“Sunday Morning Coming Down”) and Janis Joplin (“Me and Bobby McGee”). They were all huge hits for the musicians who recorded them. That was no fluke. Few songwriters have his gift for melody and storytelling. But he has proven to be more than a talented songwriter. Kristofferson is a gifted performer in his own right, both as a musician and an actor (he won a Golden Globe for his performance in “A Star Is Born”). It is a designation that is used far too casually, but it would not be hyperbole to call him an icon. For few have lived a life of possibilities realized, and come as close to the embodiment of the Great American Life.
-via-
* 1. Me and Bobby McGee
* 2. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
* 3. Smile At Me Again
* 4. The Lady's Not For Sale
* 5. Border Lord
* 6. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
* 7. Come Sundown
* 8. Slow Down
* 9. If You Don't Like Hank Williams
* 10. Little Girl Lost
* 11. Duvalier's Dream
* 12. When I Loved Her
* 13. Billy Dee
* 14. Epitaph (Black and Blue)
* 15. Enough For You
* 16. Getting By, High, and Strange
Listen to the whole damn thing! then BUY!!!!
CD $15.00
LP $22.00
With that 60 page color booklet, this is one to own, not download!
• Previously unreleased material.
• Project undertaken with full approval of Kris Kristofferson.
• 60-page full-color CD booklet featuring interviews with Kristofferson and the musicians that were present at the sessions, testimonials from Dennis Hopper and Merle Haggard, full lyrics with notes from Kristofferson, rare photos and hand-written lyric sheets.
• Liner notes written by Michael Simmons (MOJO, LA Weekly, Huffington Post).
• Double-LP release is on 180-gram vinyl.
THANK YOU SAM SWEET!
my 2 cents; This is one of the most amazing releases. To have a chronicle of such a huge talent in an early stage of his genius, is something i would have wished for in a dream. in that same dream, a similar LP was in the works with JJ Cale, Al Green and some others i spaced on.
