Costello were Kris Kristofferson and (Ravi Shankar's little girl) Norah Jones, John ("no longer Cougar") Mellencamp and Johnny Cash's daughter Roseanne. Diana Krall" (Elvis Costello) hosts a show which recently featured a stage-full of songwriter/performers. buried on Disc 2 (track 15) of this splendid retrospective of Kris Kristofferson's career, is the song Johnny Cash considered the very best (of those he didn't write himself). 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings.ĭid you ever 'discover' a song that you can't hear without weeping? That touches your heart with the simplest of words? Well. Disc 2 provides a good sense of the path Kristofferson's work took, with good hints as to which albums listeners might wish to examine in full.
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This is a good starter set, though anyone bitten by the works on disc 1 will want to pick up the full first two albums. Included are tracks recorded throughout the '70s, including "Highwayman" with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, and duets with Willie Nelson, and then-wife Rita Coolidge. Disc 2 does an adequate job of surveying the work that followed Kristofferson's initial burst of genius. Disc 1 is only bettered by buying Kristofferson's first two albums as reissues (something that any serious fan is highly recommended to do). That said, what's here is magnificent, and shows off Kristofferson's lyrical poetry to great effect. To be fair, one can't help but draw heavily upon Kristofferson's early pair, but given that disc 2 already fails to keep a linear timeline, it might have helped to add a few of the earlier tracks to disc 2. The result is a highly consistent disc 1, and a more erratic disc 2. Disc 2, on the other hand, samples a dozen different albums, stopping for more than once at any particular release only a few times. These two albums alone contribute 16 of disc 1's 18 tracks.
As a recording artist, Kristofferson hit the ground in full sprint on his debut album, "Kristofferson." The follow-up, "The Silver Tongued Devil and I" was just as strong. These two discs lean heavily on Kristofferson's earlier work, which, for most listeners will be the right mix. Similarly, for "Help Me Make it Through the Night" and "For the Good Times" the hits became icons for Sammi Smith and Ray Price, respectively, but Kristofferson's own versions are perhaps even more unforgettable for his earthier, less-polished voice. Jopin sung the hell out of "Me and Bobby McGee," but she lost some of the down-and-out brokenness Kristofferson laid into it. Still, Kristofferson's own recordings, especially those of songs made popular by others, are intimate and revealing in ways that no one else's could ever really be. Without the hits that others launched from Kristofferson's pen, you can't assemble a full view of his impact on Nashville and pop music in general. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends Kris Kristofferson and Mark Knopfler VideoĪn artist as prolific as Kristofferson is necessarily difficult to capture in compilation, not least of which because his songs and singing are half his artistic story. Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) Video How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson Highwayman Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson Video I'd Rather Be Sorry Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge Video
Nobody Wins Kris Kristofferson and Catie Curtis Video The track’s new incarnation includes vocals recorded by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in 2014.Loving Her Was Easier (That Anything I'll Ever Do Again)įor The Good Times Matraca Berg and Kris Kristofferson Video The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws is a deluxe 3CD/1DVD (or 3CD/1 Blu-ray) box set including a) two audio discs recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, Mab) an audio disc with tracks recorded live at various Farm Aid Festivals and c) a previously unreleased full-length concert film recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, Maand transferred from the original film reels especially for this collection.Īs an added bonus, The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws debuts a previously unreleased recording of “One Too Many Mornings,” an alternate take of a Bob Dylan song which appeared on Heroes, a 1986 collaboration album by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.
The Highwaymen - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson - were country music’s first bonafide “supergroup,” an epic quartet of blockbuster star power comprised of the four prime forces of America’s outlaw country music revolution.
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