The 1970s were, arguably, the golden age of classic TV Christmas specials. Before variety shows and specials all but disappeared from the lineups of the three major networks (and before cable TV took over and shrank network viewership), each holiday season brought forth highly rated variety specials to please nearly …
Read More »Kris Kristofferson to Receive Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Honor at CMA Awards
Kris Kristofferson will be the subject of a special tribute during next week’s 53rd annual CMA Awards — the iconic tunesmith is the recipient of the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. In a musical homage to the songwriter (who will not be in attendance; he’s playing a show in Iowa …
Read More »See Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson's Elegiac Tribute to Johnny Cash
It’s more than two decades since the Highwaymen regrouped for The Road Goes on Forever, the final album from the country supergroup. Even so, three of the band’s members – two living and one deceased – team up in a way on “Forever/I Still Miss Someone,” the kickoff track from …
Read More »Hear Kris Kristofferson, Lou Reed Talk Songcraft on Rare Live Album
Kris Kristofferson and Lou Reed shared a stage once in their storied careers and the performance is now available via the live album Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson: In Their Own Words with Vin Scelsa, recorded at the Bottom Line club in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood in 1994. …
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