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Kristofferson debuts at MerleFest

Thursday, April 26, 2018 – MerleFest kicked off its 31st annual homecoming today with a line-up that marked the debut of Kirs Kristofferson at the festival at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C.

Kristofferson was backed by The Strangers, Merle Haggard's original backing band and son Ben Haggard.

Also on the mainstage, Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen, funky roots outfit Shinyribs, Wilkesboro, N.C.-based Kruger Brothers and The Mavericks played.

Kristofferson's setlist was:
Shipwrecked in the 80's
That's The Way Love Goes
Darby's Castle
Me and Bobby McGee
Here Comes That Rainbow
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Okie From Muskogee
Casey's Last Ride
Loving Her Was Easier
Just the Other Side of Nowhere
Sing Me Back Home
The Pilgrim
Jesus Was A Capricorn
Stay Here And Drink
Sunday Morning Coming Down
For The Good Times
A Moment of Forever
Why Me

Encore: Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends

Robert Earl Keen setlist:
Hot Corn
Shades
Feelin' Good Again
Twisted Laurel
Copenhagen
Bass
If I Were King
Man Behind Drums
I Gotta Go
The Road Goes on Forever


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