[2015-06-16] Kris Kristofferson "Country Highwayman" hardcover by Mary G. Hurd

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:23 pm

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With a career in music and film that has spanned over forty years, Kristofferson began as a singer-songwriter. The oldest son in a military family that had planned for him to continue the tradition of military service, he resigned his commission to pursue a career in songwriting. In Nashville, where he spent five years working menial jobs and learning to write songs, he combined his loneliness and alienation with countercultural directness to produce raw, emotional songs, generating eight studio albums through the 1970s that regularly joined the top 100 on U.S. country charts—including four of which broken into the top ten. A fallow period followed in the 1980s and 1990s until the mid-2000s when Kristofferson re-emerged at age 70 with new studio albums that again broke through both country and indie charts.

In Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman, Mary G. Hurd surveys the life and works of this highly respected American songwriter, exploring the uncommon depth and lyricism of his work. Kristofferson’s songs for many remain the gold standard for many modern songwriters, and Kris Kristofferson follows the commitment to freedom of expression that has characterized his songwriting and struggles with the music industry. She also explore his film career, his work with The Highwaymen, his liberal activism, his decision to write and record two albums of material protesting U.S. government's intrusion in Central America, his reflowering as a musical artist with the release of This Old Road in 2006 and studio albums since.

Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman should appeal not only to dedicated fans of Kristofferson’s work as an artist, but to anyone interested in country music and its influence on the modern Americana and roots music traditions.

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[2015-06-16] Kris Kristofferson "Country Highwayman" hardcover by Mary G. Hurd

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