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This Old Road Kris Kristofferson Country 2006; Listen on Apple Music. Kristofferson is a true Renaissance man, with so many talents - most particularly song writing. Kris Kristofferson originally did From the Bottle to the Bottom, Billy Dee, The Far Side Banks of Jordan, I've Got to Have You and other songs. Go directly to shout page.


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And the respecting, is for the most part. The writing is so sharp, literate and wise. Audio CD, Import, Limited Edition, April 23, 2007. He was as happens many times with those so gifted, living hard. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists.

Well done, Kris. Kris's performances are so powerful and direct!!". Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. So, with his passing I asked myself whether anyone would be fit to take on the elder's place, and guide Country away from top-40 cookie cutters and American Idol's cable wanna-be shows. This Old Road, Kris Kristofferson - An intimate update of the Pilgrim's progress as he reaches 70. It's been a long time coming and he's worked for every minute of it.

After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Just a great great sound to this CD. With his latest album, This Old Road, Kristofferson lays a chunk of his own soul on every track. Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2006. "This is one of the greatest records I've ever heard. Unable to add item to List. ... Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein. Vintage Kristofferson, to say the least. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website.

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This beautifully sparse recording, produced by Don Was (Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones), puts an emphasis on his fine lyrics and distinctive voice by featuring Kristofferson, his guitar, and harmonica. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Watch the video for This Old Road from Kris Kristofferson's This Old Road for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. This CD is pure gold, from beginning to end. In this album Kris Kristofferson acknowledges the milestone he is fast approaching, and gives us a set of tunes that looks back over his life and assesses its worthiness, and his place in the universe. Start the wiki. A songwriter who sang. Although the voice has lost some of the growl, the feelings and symmetry of writing have not diminished one iota. One of the most beautiful CD's I've bought in a while and one I can listen to from beginning to end without skipping a single song. 11 tracks (36:42). Leave feedback, Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American. Start your free trial * Learn more * New subscribers only. Listen on Apple Music. Since I first heard him (and I am really dating myself here) in the very early 1970s, then started attending his concerts c. 1972 his music has been an integral part of my life. Listening to it through speakers is like having Kristofferson in your living room. The Essential Kris Kristofferson 2004 The Silver Tongued Devil and I 1970 Closer to the Bone 2009 The Austin Sessions 1999 60 million songs. Kris Kristofferson has always identified himself first and foremost as a writer, and true writers know that what works best is giving a piece of themselves to the listener. But I have always thought of him as a songwriter. There's not a wasted note or phrase in these songs. Do you know any background info about this track? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Others are a down-to-earth take on issues and lifestyles that everyone can identify with. The production on this CD is AMAZING. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Kris Kristofferson - This Old Road at Discogs. Complete your Kris Kristofferson collection. I used to reward myself every year on my birthday by either attending a concert or, as the years went by and he would appear more and more often on the silver screen, going to see a movie he was starring in. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Song information for This Old Road - Kris Kristofferson on AllMusic Leave feedback, Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. New West. In 1985, Kristofferson … Actually, if truth be known, more even as a poet than a songwriter as his words always have packed such a powerful punch. This CD is a shinning example of why Kristofferson is one of the best songwriters this country has ever produced. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2010. Yet all these years I have been a fan, never a fanatic, respecting the man and his music - but rather personally and silently except even my husband and children know that Kris holds a special place in my heart. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

With the title cut, "The Last Thing to Go," "The Show Goes On," and "Final Attraction," he takes a look back at the life of a troubadour and decides that, for all the bumps, this road has been one of incomparable rewards. Please try again. Kris himself finally seems comfortable in his skin, and a couple of these songs reflect that.

"Wild Americans" offers a roll call of outspoken heroes--from American Indian activist John Trudell to country maverick Steve Earle--while "In the News" lambastes the very concept of a holy war. Do you know any background info about this album? Start the wiki, Look at that old photographIs it really youSmiling like a baby full of dreamsSmiling ain't so easy nowSome are coming trueNothing's simple as…. Subtle accompaniment is added by Was (bass, piano, backing vocals), longtime sidekick Stephen Bruton (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals) and Jim Keltner (drums).

Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. So it was with great pleasure to find that on one particular song of this CD, "Thank You For A Life" the penultimate cut, he admits to being so happy. 2006. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

I am sure it is an evening he'd rather forget - if he even remembers it. The result is his most consistently compelling release in decades, as well as his most stripped-to-the-bone intimate. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Don Was is a genius producer who took what was already a very simple, straightforward man and his music and brought even more clarity and definition to his work. Not only amazing lyrics, but a great ability to marry lyrics and music to tell some profound American stories. These songs will touch you and make you think. --Don McLeese, From Don Was, producer of This Old Road.

Sad, joyous, controversial. Go directly to shout page. The listener shares the riches. The spare production by bassist Don Was captures Kristofferson in all his rough-edged, plain-spoken, and big-hearted glory, with occasional support from guitarist (and longtime Kristofferson compatriot) Stephen Bruton and drummer Jim Keltner putting the focus on songs that combine the poetic grace of Kristofferson's early classics with a conviction that has grown stronger with the passing years. Yes, the sessions are rough around the edges, but the sound quality, and tone is so stunning. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2015, I love this cd bought it for my husband as xmas present we keep playing it over and over its brilliant, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2016. Three months on us. Yet it's the spiritual side of Kristofferson that really touches the soul, from a father's wonder at the "Holy Creation" of his children's birth to the bittersweet benediction of "Thank You for a Life." It seems most people I talk to nowadays know Kris Kristofferson as an actor. Upon the recent death of Johnny Cash, in my opinion, a certain void formed in Country music. There was that one concert at The Universal Amphitheater where he was only able to perform a few songs before cutting the performance short. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. These days more as a character actor than the leading man/matinee idol from such films as Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and A Star is Born.

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014. Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2007. Some songs are so introspective and mournful, you can see that he was contemplating his life and coming to the end of it. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. I keep finding new layers of nuance in each song we worked on.

The album is so intimate it makes the listener feel as if they are sitting in Kristofferson's living room while he picks and sings just for them. So simple and yet so beautiful all the way around. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Though Kris Kristofferson has long seemed ageless, the approach of his 70th birthday plainly has the songwriter looking back, taking stock and coming to terms with his legacy and his mortality. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Please try again.