Eagles – Take It to the Limit
user About The Song Randy Meisner penned several songs for the Eagles, but “Take It To The Limit” is arguably his best effort. The high note Meisner hits at the end…
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Elvis’s ’68 Comeback Special
Elvis’s ’68 Comeback Special: The story of the greatest comeback gig of all time Elvis Presley is not just one of the greatest musicians of all time, he’s a cultural…
Janis Joplin – Cry Baby
About The Song The track was originally performed by Garnett Mims and The Enchanters but only found notoriety when Joplin picked up the mic and added her own capsizing lungs…
Kris Kristofferson’s Final Live Performance
Kris Kristofferson performed at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday party concert in April 2023, and following his death, it became his final live performance. The legendary Kris Kristofferson passed away on…
The Highwaymen – Good Hearted Woman
About The Song When Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson joined forces, the world expected nothing less than quality and brilliance. Luckily, we were never proven wrong when they’d written the…
The Highwaymen – Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
About The Song Kris Kristofferson recorded one of the classic hits in the ’70s, “Lovin’ Her Was Easier, (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again).” Some people say that love is…
The Highwaymen – Desperados Waiting for a Train
About The Song The American country music group the Highwaymen – composed of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson – released “Desperados Waiting For A Train” off…
The Highwaymen – Help Me Make It Through The Night
About The Song The 1970s was the time provocative songs like ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ was unwelcome. Well, they were unwelcomed, but listeners secretly craved for it.…
The Highwaymen – Sunday Morning Coming Down
About The Song On Oct. 10, 1970, Johnny Cash took the Kris Kristofferson-penned song “Sunday Morning Coming Down” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Charts. Cash’s recording…
The Highwaymen – (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
About The Song “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. A number…
The Highwaymen – Highwayman
About The Song Country music won’t be the same without the supergroup that made the greatest hits of all time. When the Highwaymen decided to make music together in 1985,…
Kris Kristofferson – Here Comes That Rainbow Again
About The Song As I’ve been thinking of how I can move more intentionally to respond to our times, a song has been stuck in my head. Kris Kristofferson wrote…
Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
About The Song One of the things that always struck me about Janis was how bursting with life she was. She’d finally found her tribe in the se.x, drugs, and…
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – Loving Arms
About The Song “Loving Arms” is a song written by Tom Jans and first recorded as a duet by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge for their 1973 album Full Moon.…
Kris Kristofferson – The Best Of All Possible Worlds
About The Song Kris Kristofferson’s “Best of All Possible Worlds” is one of the icon’s previously unreleased tracks that fans get to hear on the reissue of his 1997 album,…
Kris Kristofferson – The Pilgrim, Chapter 33
About The Song Kristofferson writes with such emotional insight that you have to believe that he saw a lot of himself in the character as well. As he told CMT…
Kris Kristofferson – Casey’s Last Ride
About The Song Today we will attempt to explicate what I find to be Kris Kristofferson’s most somber and subversive piece, “Casey’s Last Ride. You see, Kristofferson is widely regarded…
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson – A Star Is Born
About The Song A Star Is Born is the soundtrack album to the 1976 musical film of the same name, performed by its stars Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. The…
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Oh, Boy!
About The Song When Holly and The Crickets recorded his version of the song, some of the lyrics and the title were changed. The song was now called “Oh, Boy!”…
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day
About The Song Some records are destined to outlive their creators. Buddy Holly’s 1956 single ‘That’ll Be The Day’ is one such record. In the decades since it was released,…