SIGforum.com    Main Page  Hop To Forum Categories  The Lair    I Just Learned That Kris Kristofferson Died
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
I Just Learned That Kris Kristofferson Died Login/Join 
Legalize the Constitution
Picture of TMats
posted
He was 88. He wrote some great songs, although I wouldn’t say I was a huge fan of him on stage. He was a big part of the important Outlaw movement in Country Music along with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and others. Of course Kristofferson and those three resurrected their careers with the formation of The Highwaymen.

Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. [Wiki]

He was a U.S. Army captain who flew helos and also earned a Ranger tab.

Kristofferson Biographical Sketch


_______________________________________________________
despite them
 
Posts: 13601 | Location: Wyoming | Registered: January 10, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
Just saw the headline also. Fantastic career.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/musi...b55eba7d0ed714&ei=16
 
Posts: 3409 | Location: Fairfax Co. VA | Registered: August 03, 2015Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Staring back
from the abyss
Picture of Gustofer
posted Hide Post
Dang that's too bad...but expected I suppose. He was one of my favorites. I regret that I didn't get a chance to see him live.



________________________________________________________
"Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
 
Posts: 20633 | Location: Montana | Registered: November 01, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Barbarian at the Gate
Picture of Belwolf
posted Hide Post
Just saw this as well. Great singer, songwriter and pretty decent actor.

Lived a long, full, and amazing life.



“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”
― John Adams

"Fire can be our friend; whether it's toasting marshmallows, or raining down on Charlie."
- Principal Skinner.


 
Posts: 4385 | Location: Thonotosassa, FL | Registered: February 02, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Peace through
superior firepower
Picture of parabellum
posted Hide Post




____________________________________________________

"I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023
 
Posts: 109176 | Registered: January 20, 2000Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Lost
Picture of kkina
posted Hide Post
He grew up in my hometown San Mateo (although born in Texas) and attended the same grammar school- St. Matthews, albeit a few years before me. The older nuns would mention him sometimes.



ACCU-STRUT FOR MINI-14
"First, Eyes."
 
Posts: 16969 | Location: SF Bay Area | Registered: December 11, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Get my pies
outta the oven!

Picture of PASig
posted Hide Post
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner around the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still





 
Posts: 34658 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: November 12, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
I enjoyed him in several movies he was in - the “Blade” movies come to mind. He was also a proud veteran who served our country as an Army helicopter pilot in the early 60’s. He had a good, long run.



 
Posts: 5235 | Location: WI | Registered: July 02, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Get my pies
outta the oven!

Picture of PASig
posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by BMR:
I enjoyed him in several movies he was in - the “Blade” movies come to mind. He was also a proud veteran who served our country as an Army helicopter pilot in the early 60’s. He had a good, long run.


He was in the 1987 miniseries Amerika as well.

Set in 1997, 10 years after the Soviet Union defeated and occupied the USA.

Little did we know that they would only last another 4 years


 
Posts: 34658 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: November 12, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
Picture of Prefontaine
posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by BMR:
I enjoyed him in several movies he was in - the “Blade” movies come to mind. He was also a proud veteran who served our country as an Army helicopter pilot in the early 60’s. He had a good, long run.


Blade was my favorite role of his. Probably “Convoy” to Blade was my window. I really enjoyed his work. RIP.



What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
 
Posts: 12965 | Location: Down South | Registered: January 16, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
I saw him in the twilight of his career. His daughter was on stage with him and helping him remember the words. I thought he had dementia, turns out he had Lyme disease and made a good comeback. He talked as much as he played. I am glad that I saw him.
 
Posts: 17537 | Location: Stuck at home | Registered: January 02, 2015Reply With QuoteReport This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  
 

SIGforum.com    Main Page  Hop To Forum Categories  The Lair    I Just Learned That Kris Kristofferson Died

© SIGforum 2024