Composer of Janis Joplin’s ‘Me and Bobby McGee’
He is also an actor who has worked with Sam Peckinpah and Martin Scorsese.
Legendary American country singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson has passed away. Age 88.
According to foreign media such as the New York Times and the Associated Press on the 30th (local time), Kristofferson passed away at his home in Maui, Hawaii, USA on the 28th. However, the spokesperson did not disclose the cause of death.
The deceased is known as a musician who brought depth to country music with literary lyrics. He also achieved great success as a movie actor.
Songs that represent the deceased as a composer include ‘For the Good Times’, which topped the country charts, and ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down’ sung by Johnny Cash.
Christofferson’s songs, which were imbued with a neo-romantic sensibility indebted to British poet John Keats, the 1950s semi-established youth group ‘Beat Generation’, and the godfather of folk rock Bob Dylan, particularly discussed themes such as freedom and devotion, alienation and desire, darkness and light. I took a look.
In particular, Kristofferson wrote in “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Freedom is just another word for having nothing to lose / Worth nothing, but it’s free.” Janis Joplin (1943-1970), a first-generation female rock star who was once in a romantic relationship with Kristofferson, recorded this mournful song and posthumously released a No. 1 single in 1971.
Later that year, Kristofferson released “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” which topped the country charts and became a Top 10 pop hit. He received ‘Country Song of the Year’ at the 1972 Grammy Awards with this song.
He also won Grammys for ‘From the Bottle to the Bottom’ (1973) and ‘Lover Please’ (1975), sung with American singer-songwriter Rita Coolidge, to whom he was married for most of the 1970s. Won the ‘Best Country Vocal Performance by Duo/Group’ category. The two also appeared together in films including Sam Peckinpah’s western ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’ (1973).
Film master Martin Scorsese also cast Kristofferson in the critically acclaimed film ‘Alice the Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ (1974). In particular, he starred alongside Barbra Streisand in Frank Pearson’s A Star Is Born (1976), for which he received a Golden Globe Award. In this film, a remake of the 1937 original, Kristofferson received favorable reviews for his free-spirited and rebellious spirit.
Kristofferson appeared in more than 50 films over a span of nearly 40 years. Among them were ‘Heaven’s Gate’ (1980), a box office failure, and John Sayles’ Oscar-nominated neo-western ‘Lone Star’ (1996).
The New York Times commented, “Singer-songwriters are not the most promising of movie stars, but Kristofferson has consistently shown exceptional charm and command on the screen.” Kristofferson was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2006 along with Matthew McConaughey and others.
Kristofferson’s last major hit as a recording artist was the 1985 No. 1 country single “The Highwayman.” The Highwaymen were a country supergroup formed by the deceased with his long-time musician friends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.
In a 2006 interview with the online music magazine Country Standard Time, Kristofferson looked back on his career and said, “If it weren’t for songwriting, I wouldn’t have done anything.” “I wouldn’t have been able to make the album if I hadn’t written. If I hadn’t written, I wouldn’t have been able to go on tour. “And if I wasn’t known as a writer, I wouldn’t have been asked to appear in a movie.” The New York Times reported that ‘writer’ was the occupation listed on Kristofferson’s passport.
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