Kristofferson returns with double disc
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 – In June 2014, Kris Kristofferson hosted a three-day impromptu jam session at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin. It had been a while since Kristofferson had recorded and here was a chance to lay down some of his favorite compositions with a live band.
With Shawn Camp on lead guitar, Kevin Smith on bass, Michael Ramos on keyboard and Mike Meadows on drums, the group ran through 25 of Kristofferson's songs. On the final day, Kristofferson's friend Sheryl Crow came in to sing a duet of "The Loving Gift," a song made famous by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash that he had never recorded.
Two years later, Kristofferson will release "The Cedar Creek Sessions" on June 17, just days before his 80th birthday on June 22. Tamara Saviano and Camp co-produced the sessions.
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CD reviews for Kris Kristofferson
Picture Kris Kristofferson in your mind, and he's likely not a young man. There's probably a salt-and-pepper beard and a wizened look on a lined face that's seen its share of tavern punches. But it's hard to wrap one's head around the concept of the actor/songwriter today at 80. Slowing down has never been in the Texas troubadour's blood, though. And so we come to this 2016 double-album recording of a frantic, mostly-live recording session in Austin from 20214. ...
Even in his youngest days when he was starting out, Kris Kristofferson always managed to sound older than his age. His gruff vocals and his tattered tales, told from the perspective of world-weary souls travelling desolate roads in search of redemption, made songs such as The Pilgrim, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Help Me Make It Through The Night and, yes, Me and Bobby McGee testament to those all the worse for the wear.
It's not surprising then, at the ripe old age of 76, ...
There's a certain something in "Closer to the Bone" that just might make your eyes well up or put a knot in your stomach. It is in the subtlety beautiful guitar work of the late Stephen Bruton, the longtime Kristofferson band member to whom the album is dedicated. And it's also, of course, in the sad, reflective words the celebrated songwriter has penned, but it's the 73-year-old's unmistakable voice, which has aged well and become old-country-singer-enhanced through ...
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