The Highwaymen – Help Me Make It Through The Night
user 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,…
The Everly Brothers – When Will I Be Loved
About The Song When Will I Be Loved was a song written by Phil Everly. He wrote this in his car, parked outside an A&W root beer stand. He took…
Billy Joel – New York State Of Mind
About The Song New York City has a charm all its own. Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel had been living in Los Angeles for a few years back in the early…
The Everly Brothers – On The Wings Of A Nightingale
About The Song “On the Wings of a Nightingale” is a song written by Paul McCartney and recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1984 for their album EB 84, which…
Billy Joel – My Life
About The Song “My Life” is a song by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 1978 album 52nd Street. A single version was released in the fall of 1978…
The Everly Brothers – Devoted To You
About The Song When you dive into “Devoted to You” by The Everly Brothers, you’re transported to a time when love was not just a feeling but also a resonant…
Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire
About The Song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a song written by American musician Billy Joel. The song was released as a single on September 18, 1989, and later…
The Everly Brothers – Love Hurts
About The Song “Love Hurts” was written by the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. It was one of the many great songs they wrote for The Everly…