Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
To attract Cash's attention, Kristofferson landed a helicopter in Cash's property. [21] Cash eventually invited Kristofferson to a "guitar pull" party in his house. Cash was impressed and invited Kristofferson to perform with him at the 1969 Newport Folk Festival. [22] Unsatisfied by Buckhorn Music, Kristofferson decided to change labels.
Kristofferson is the debut album by the singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson.It was produced by Fred Foster and released in June 1970 by Monument Records.After working a series of temporary jobs, Kristofferson became a helicopter pilot for oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico.
There Kristofferson met June Carter, whom he gave a demo tape of his music to pass along to her husband Johnny Cash. After weeks without a reply, Kristofferson landed a helicopter in Cash’s yard ...
Interestingly, Kristofferson is said to have done the same thing, landing a helicopter on Johnny Cash’s property in the late sixties in hopes of giving the country star a few of his demos.) Another recurring theme in Kristofferson’s songs – the debasement of women – is addressed again in "Easy, Come On".
Kris Kristofferson, who has died aged 88, was among the most prolific artists of his generation. ... Johnny Cash, that he landed a helicopter on his lawn, beer in hand, to give him the demo tape. ...
Kris Kristofferson, ... became a helicopter pilot and reached the rank of captain. ... Cash's rendition for The Johnny Cash Show live album won song of the year at the CMA Awards in 1970 and ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home on Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88.
At times, the legend of Kristofferson was larger than real life. Johnny Cash liked to tell a mostly exaggerated story of how Kristofferson, a former U.S. Army pilot, landed a helicopter on Cash’s lawn to give him a tape of “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” with a beer in one hand.