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Kris Kristofferson, the author of the legendary compositions, says that “ Help me get through the night “, ” Sunday morning is coming ” And ” Me and Bobby McGee “Samedi died at the age of 88. À la fois romantic poet, folk troubadour and country music performer, he turned words into literature, like people willing to do so.

De Kristofferson’s porter, Abi McFarland, confirmed the music’s death, adding, ” Artist, singer, songwriter, actor and activist (…) are here in the home of Maui, Hawaii (…) entouré de sa famille ” The cause of death is not a communiqué.

Kris Kristofferson is a man of many talents. In addition to being the author of the chanson, Etat is also a Golden Globe-awarded actor, boxer, film director, US Army veteran and pilot. It’s more than lyricism that sparked a seismic change in the perception of country music late last year.

Of three children, Kristoffer Kristofferson was born on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas. They are the father, son of a Swiss Army veteran, a pilot and division general in the American Army, and a vanguard of labor at Pan American Airways. The family had a child and settled in San Mateo, California, where Kristofferson attends college. The model, part of a creative writing student at Pomona College, is also the source of the highest prices. He received a Rhodes diploma in 1958 while a student at Oxford University in Angleterre.

Il concentre ses études sur la poésie of William Blake et écrit et interprète ses premières chansons à Cette époque. I registered my first singles (under the name “Chris Carson”) with Top Rank Records, although they were not yet published at that time. After receiving a master’s degree in English literature from Oxford in 1960, he returned to California and married his two children. Pluto, back in Oxford, Kris Kristofferson joined the army. He was a helicopter pilot and achieved the rank of captain. Au cours de ses trois ans en Allemagne de l’Ouest (with a woman and a girl), il monte un groupe and studies the songs of Bob Dylan. Lors d’une Permission au Springemps 1965, Kristofferson surrenders to the Nashville premiere, voyage qui bouleverse ses project de vie: ” I came to Nashvilletell-t-il à Rolling Stone in 2009. I play in an army band, as well as those people who are present now, it’s like I haven’t seen them yet. Tout le monde m’appelait encore “Capitaine”. I read September, listened to ten songs at the current premiere. Je me suis dit que si je ne réussissais pas en tant qu’auteur-compositeur, j’aurais au moins de quoi devenir le Grand Romancier Américain. Les gens et leslieux que je voyais étaient plus stimulants that say I am vais jamais vu. »

Louis and his family settled in Nashville and continued to write chanson. Il travaille à l’entertien des studios d’enregistrement Columbia (” Look at the Sendryrs and Balayers in the sunshine. “, dit-il), tout en étant Pilote d’élicoptère à partiel pour faire des Allers-Retours entre les Plate-formes Petrolières offshore dans le Golfe du Mexique. The son’s marriage begins on vacation and, when the children develop health problems, the couple puts a good face on billions of dollars in medical bills. Sa femme part with les enfants vivre en California tandis, qu’il continue à faire de la musique.

In 1967, Kristofferson recorded his first single as a translator: ” Golden idol “, which failed. Cependant, son travail d’Auteur-Compositeur prend de l’Ampleur et ses chansons se Retrouvent dans les hit-parades Grace à Des Artists Comme Roy Drusky (” Jodie and baby “), Billy Walker (” From bottle to bottom “), Ray Stevens (” Sunday morning “Comin’ Down” “), Jerry Lee Lewis (” Once again with feeling “), Faron Young (” Your time has come “), and Roger Miller (” Me and Bobby McGee “, “ The best of all possible worlds “, ” Darby Castle “). At the end of these exciting years, amid the folk scenes in New York, Kristofferson played at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village, or celebrities such as Bob Dylan became a producer. Kristofferson is one of the most in-demand singer-songwriters in Nashville, but not in his debuts.

In 1969, Carl Perkins turned down Johnny Cash’s selection and premiere party to allow Kristofferson to make his debut at the Newport Folk Festival. L’homme en black l’a également laisser accessed aux coulisses de son émission hebdomadaire sur ABC. Kristofferson is the best of the artists and sells demo versions of songs. After signing with Fred Foster to Monument Records in 1970, Kristofferson released his self-titled album, which included new original compositions as well as selected successes from other artists. This is the second album The Devil with a Silver Tongue and Me (1971), half sold, and the first album was released under its name. Me and Bobby McGee Profits from the success of chanson, the posthumous pop success of Janis Joplin. Kristofferson and Joplin formed a temporary ensemble in Mill Valley, California, or jam sessions with other musicians, actors and other European chimes. (Il joué au Festival de l’ile de Wight during l’été 1970, participant in l’affiche avec Jimi Hendrix, qui allait mourir d’une overdose quelques semaines later).

Artists also include Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Simon and Patti Page, who continue to perform these songs. Kristofferson holds the title for most repeats at the Grammy Awards and reports three trophies in her lifetime. Don’t miss the best country songs for ” Help me get through the night “in 1971. Un titre de son deuxième album, le nostalgique « Loving her was easier (than anything I’ll ever do again) “, is included in the Top 5.

In parallel with his commercial activities in music, Kristofferson makes his film debut in the film The last movie Dennis Hopper in 1971. Horribly marketed and critically acclaimed, the film came into its own with Dennis Hopper in the title role. Cisco Pikewith Gene Hackman. In 1973, Kristofferson married his second wife, singer Rita Coolidge, with a girlfriend. The son worked in the cinema with the appearance of Johnny Cash in the film, The Gospel Road: The Story of Jesus. This is the role of Billy Dance. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Sam Peckinpah, in a book about the beloved Bob Dylan, has been nominated for a BAFTA Award for Excellence. In 1974, part of a poster for Ellen Burstyn in the film. Alice is not a plus icicreated by Martin Scorsese and winning an Oscar.

These performances on screen are occult for debate: in 1976, erotic drama. Le Marin rejeté par la mer He is accompanied by a scandalous publication in Playboy with Sarah Miles. Même année, partage l’écran with Barbra Streisand in a rock ‘n’ roll reboot Etoile is not her. Three films are the most profitable of the year: “Il n’en est pas moins décrié par la Critique”, “et la tension between Streisand and Kristofferson on the road to Hollywood legend.”

At the end of these soixante dix years, Kristofferson single-handedly sorted through new albums with mixed results. It received a premiere and unique success in the country and the best pop single with ” Why me “, who spent 19 weeks in a variety class.

Among the albums of a duet with a woman, Coolidge, Kristofferson released an album in 1974. Creepy Lady SideshowDon’t add captions declaring celebrities and drug addicts thinking about croissants against alcohol. After reporting on the Golden Globes, he was detained Etoile is not her.

Kristofferson’s film career spanned the next four decades. Teaming up with longtime friends Willie Nelson for the film Songwriter In 1984, but the following year was a very fruitful business, the two friends reunited with Cash and Waylon Jennings to sign up for a tour called the Highwaymen. The supergroup registers a chanson ” highwayman » Jimmy Webb, who strayed from Kristofferson’s second and final country.

Kristofferson’s 1986 political album, seized, This is the premiere project in just five years, even noted “ They killed him “, a tribute to Gandhi, Jesus and Martin Luther King Jr., which Dylan later rebuked. Protection of political goals throughout the entire journey. In the years of 1980 it was a congress in Nicaragua and a critique of the influence of nation states. His son’s activism in Central America inspired the concept album. Third World Warrior (1990).

” The whole world now disagrees with what IKristofferson explained in au magazine. Progressive in 1991. For a few more months, concerts are organized according to the principle of “debut at the end,” “a feeling that manifests itself in the human spirit.” I didn’t think that you could come and answer the princes. »

Kris Kristofferson will announce his retirement in January 2021.

In 1970, he purchased property in Hana, an isolated town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Besides his three children and his age, Kris Kristofferson raised five children with his three women, Lisa Meyers. When I started to experience memory (eventually due to Lyme disease), Lisa Meyers became indispensable. In addition, he refused to act as the manager’s son: ” It’s edible. He can’t get pastat-elle stated Rolling Stone. Si quelqu’un lui dit de passer une bonne journée, il repondra: “Ne me dites pas ce que je dois faire.” “But this stubbornness makes it possible to obtain permission for artistic competitions. Il était is unapologetic in his compositions, in his acting and on stage.

” I feel no pain in the idea of ​​being in control of my own life.– Kris Kristofferson explains. Rolling Stone in 2016. In a sense, this voice will be brilliant and functional. It doesn’t depend on me or you. I feel that I have a chance that (la vie) will last a long time, because I believe that I choose that auraient pu m’en faire sortir. Mais j’ai toujours le sense qu’il sait ce qu’il fait. »

Stephen L. Betts

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