[2009-09-29] Kris Kristofferson "Closer To The Bone" produced by Don Was (New West)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:03 pm

[bigred]Standard Edition[/bigred]

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"One of the most revered songwriters of the last half century" Los Angeles Times

Kris Kristofferson returns to the essentials of his finely honed craft on his new album Closer To The Bone. Like the master singer-songwriter's 2006 New West bow This Old Road, this album is produced by Grammy Award winner Don Was. The previous collection was hailed by critics as "one of the finest albums of his storied career" (Rolling Stone), "a stripped-down stunner" (Esquire), and "a return to his best work" (Q).

Kristofferson says of the new album, "I like the intimacy of the new album. It has a general mood of reflecting on where we all are at this end of life." Closer To The Bone is a deftly observed, honestly executed work about love, separation, loss, and mortality. The subject matter ranges from the musician's family ("From Here to Forever", "The Wonder") to Kristofferson's late friend Johnny Cash ("Good Morning John").

1. Closer To The Bone 2:32
2. From Here To Forever 3:32
3. Holy Woman 2:29
4. Starlight And Stone 3:46
5. Sister Sinead 2:20
6. Hall Of Angels 3:59
7. Love Don t Live Here Anymore 2:01
8. Good Morning John 2:50
9. Tell Me One More Time 2:39
10. Let The Walls Come Down 2:41
11. The Wonder 2:53

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[bigred]Deluxe Edition[/bigred]

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Deluxe 2CD Limited Edition

Includes bonus CD Live From The Olympia Theatre (Dublin, Ireland 3/21/08) and poster. A selection of 8 songs recorded live on the second night of a 3 night, sold-out stand at the legendary concert hall.

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Linda · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:05 pm

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Kristofferson's Latest Cuts 'Closer To The Bone'

by Gary Graff, Detroit | July 27, 2009 9:53 EDT

Kris Kristofferson considers his new album, "Closer to the Bone," a "sequel" of sorts to 2006's acclaimed "This Old Road."

"Emotionally, 'Closer to the Bone' is very much like 'This Old Road,' " Kristofferson tells Billboard.com about the 11-song set, which is due out Sept. 29 on New West Records and was produced by Don Was, who also helmed "This Old Road." "Every album I've made has been about making sense of my life at the time. 'Closer To The Bone' is a reflective album. It's about making sense of life at this end of the game. I used to do records about a year apart with music covering issues of human rights, military aggression or whatever was going on in the world. These last two records have been more reflective about my own life."

Was says the personal nature of the album also guided his sonic approach. "On 'This Old Road' we attempted to capture the experience of having Kris Kristofferson sit three feet away from you, look you in the eyes and sing 10 songs," the producer explains. "People really seemed to respond positively to that, so we went for the same effect on this new album...to eliminate everything that creates distance between the listener and Kris."

Many of "Closer to the Bone's" songs focus solely on Kristofferson and his acoustic guitar, but other players -- including Was on bass, Wallflowers/Foo Fighters keyboardist Rami Jaffee and drummer Jim Keltner -- also contribute. The album marks some of the final recordings by the late Stephen Bruton, a close friend of Kristofferson's who passed away in May. Bruton played guitar and co-wrote the track "From Here to Forever."

"I can't think of Stephen without heartbreak," says Kristofferson, who dedicated the album to Bruton. "We were soul brothers. I'm just grateful that he was able to play on this."

The track "Good Morning John" comes from a letter Kristofferson wrote to Johnny Cash for a sobriety party. "Everyone was supposed to say something inspirational, so I wrote a song," Kristofferson says. "I tried to record this once before with Willie Nelson and my band. When I sang the chorus, they echoed me when I would sing 'Good morning John.' When I got to the line that said 'I love you John,' Willie said 'He loves you John' and we all cracked up laughing. We never finished it, so I finished it myself. Kristofferson wrote "Hall of Angels" for the late Eddie Rabbit after Rabbit's son Timmy died following an unsuccessful liver transplant.

Kristofferson has no tour booked yet to promote "Closer to the Bone." He will perform on Nov. 1 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and on Nov. 10 he'll receive the BMI Icon Award during the BMI Country Awards in Nashville.

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

This looks like a good one. I'll buy the deluxe version to get the live tracks.

JGordonBD · 17 Aug 2007

Kris Kristofferson is a national treasure. He's not one of our greatest singers (to me), but his songwriting is superb. I do like him singing his own songs, because the writer generally knows best how to interpret them. My favorite is "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)". This is going on my want list.

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

I like his Sunday morning hangover song.

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

My mother used to love his music when she was young, so I took her to see him in a solo accoustic show a while back.

Jerry · 30 Mar 2008

It looks like it runs only about 33 minutes long.

[2009-09-29] Kris Kristofferson "Closer To The Bone" produced by Don Was (New West)

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