Comment by beth warriner on January 29, 2013 at 1:59pm

I have not had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Kristofferson in concert or elsewhere. But my favorite song is Sunday Morning Coming Down. Whenever I hear it I am amazed at two things: the fact that he so eloquently captured what meaning and impact a particular day of the week means in our culture and how those meanings and rituals can make a person "on the outside" feel, and I am amazed (and comforted) to know I am not the only one to have felt those things.

Comment by jenny on January 29, 2013 at 2:10pm

the lyrics, the voice! an original. always been partial to 'chase the feeling'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaalvZ5S4Aw

Comment by renee olson on January 29, 2013 at 2:37pm

i FINALLY got to see kris kristofferson in victoria, bc, only 4 years ago.  decades ago, my father had introduced me to his music when i was a little girl.  he would sit with a cold beer listening to "loving her was easier than anything i'll ever do again", tears in his eyes as together we missed his wife, my mother, who died several years earlier at age 41.  for this long anticipated show i was front row centre and  the minute this beautiful human, all in black save for his beloved, scruffy cowboy boots, walked out onto the stage, alone save for his guitar and that voice, the emotions and tears welled up in me in spite of or because of the sheer joy of it all.  i've actually seen him twice since and each time, i have felt the nearness of my father.  kris brings and shares the love wherever he goes.  we are blessed.   

Comment by FJD Parks on January 29, 2013 at 2:47pm

My Mom was (and is at 76 still) a huge KK fan.  We owned a couple dozen albums in my house growing up - one that stands out clearly is Me and Bobbie McGee.  I have attended many KK concerts with her.  One stands out.  In the early-1980s (after my father had passed away), my Mom financed the purchase of my first car a 1980 Toyota Tercel.  Only stipulation was that I had to chaffeur her around occassionaly as she had never driven.

We had similiar tastes in a lot of things, like music - she had taken me to Johnny Cash & The Carter Family at The Fabulous Forum in LA as well as Waylon Jennings at the Santa Monica Civic Centre when we lived there in the 1970s.

In the 1980s, we were back home in Canada - and Ontario Place had opened a few years back.  Part of the initial allure was free concerts by great musicians at the round, revolving amphitheatre - a few thousand could attend great shows for the price of admission.

I drove my Mom and I the 1 hour trip down the 401 and Gardener Expressway from Kitchener to Toronto one evening to catch KK and his band.  Like always we knew all the words to his great songs and sang along and had a great time.

Kris has always been a great songwriter and a great presenter of his own material.  He has also always been easy on the eyes for his female fans.  That was part of my Mom's initial attraction to him, of course.

During the show, an excited female fan - carrying her 1-year old - jumped the short stage barrier and then slipped and tripped on the revolving stage in an attempt to reach out to the gorgeous Kris.  Both Mom and child were okay but Kris, ever the reasonable man, remarked in his smoky baritone " Hey ma'am, I understand what you're doing, but please watch out for your kid!"   The crowd applauded a lot and laughed a bit.  Kris is one for the ages - singer, songwriter, actor, activist, citizen.

Comment by Sadie Cooper on January 29, 2013 at 3:01pm

It seems like I've loved Kris all my life, or at least since I was a teenager in the 60's.  Love his voice and love his lyrics starting with Me & Bobby McGee and ending with....well, there is no end.  I never got to hear him live though, until a couple of years ago when he performed with Merle Haggard at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.  It was truely thrilling to see and hear both Kris and Merle!

Comment by Paul Wilner on January 29, 2013 at 3:13pm

Hey, I loved Kris flirting with Moms Mabley  (and vice-versa)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qE4FUvQD4&feature=share&li...

But Joe Maynard gets my vote - hard to top breakfast with Kris! What a great thread. I  hope The Man gets a chance to read it, feel all the love...

Comment by Joe Owers on January 29, 2013 at 4:15pm

Saw Kris in a small club in New Haven Ct early 80 or 81.Seemed like most of the crowd was there to see the "movie star" Kris.What they got was the songwriter/picker Kris do a great show not to common to the New Haven area.

Comment by steve hillenberg on January 29, 2013 at 5:23pm

"Loving' her was easier" is one of my favorites, along with "Sunday morning coming down".

Comment by Rex Steele on January 29, 2013 at 6:24pm

My wife and I went to see Kris at a hotel south of Harrisburg, PA.  This was many years ago, I think it was the mid 80s.  Billy Swan opened the show.  Then Billy's band backed Kris.   The story I heard was that this was an impromptu show, added to an open date between shows on the tour.  The word was the tour added this show for for free lodging and other considerations.  The show was in a ballroom and the entire show had the atmosphere of something thrown together.  But what a great show!

Billy's band played a nice opening set.  Between sets I headed for a pit stop, trying to make it back before Kris began playing.  Rushing in the hall to get back to our seat, I almost bumped in to Kris.  He was walking by himself down the hallway.  He looked like a regular guy, dressed in his black t-shirt and jeans, and smiled as we passed each other.

Before the show began I told my wife about seeing Kris in the hall.  That is when I learned that my wife has had a crush on Kris Kristofferson for a long time.  What a show!  The band was tight and Kris seemed to be having a great time.  It was a great set.  We were about four rows from the stage, a little to the band's right.  About two thirds of the way through the show there was a long ovation right after For the Good Times.  As Kris was acknowledging the crowd, by chance he made eye contact with my wife.  He gave her a genuine smile as their eyes met.  One simple gesture made a lifelong highlight that my wife will always treasure. 

Comment by Chris Aaland on January 30, 2013 at 7:29am

I had the chance to meet Kris when he played the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in 2006. The day that tickets went on-sale, my buddy Michael and I bought four front-row tickets. We didn't want to miss a note. Kris delivered the goods, just he and his guitar and a packed house of mostly diehard fans. He even politely handled a right-wing heckler during "Pilgrim's Progress" -- a woman who accused him of being anti-American during a song. Kris just faced her, bowed while singing and playing guitar, and sang with even more passion. But the evening's real highlight was after the show when the venue manager asked me if my wife and I wanted to meet Kris. Shelly was quite pregnant with our first son, Otto. We walked down the hallway toward backstage and Kris met us and a handful of other fans. He talked to me about fatherhood and what I had in store. Then he bent over and started talking and singing to Shelly's belly. It was a surreal moment and one we'll never forget. Every time we hear Kris on the radio (it's great to live in a town where public and college radio rule the roost, not Top 40 nonesense) or see him in a movie, we remind Otto that that's the guy who talked to him through Mommy's belly. It's no surprise that my six-year-old's favorite artists are Split Lip Rayfield, the Replacements, Truckstop Honeymoon and Johnny Cash ... Kris planted a seed in the little guy's brain.

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