Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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Theme: Songs of Kris Kristofferson.
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| Kris Kristofferson performs at The International Folk Music Awards (2017) |
Kris Kristofferson – who recently retired from performing and recording – had tremendous success as a singer and songwriter, and, as an actor.
I met Kris a couple of times. In 2007, we spent an hour together onstage, and a few minutes chatting beforehand, when I moderated a panel discussion at the Ottawa Folk Festival on the enduring legacy of Woody Guthrie and Kris, along with Nora Guthrie and Jimmy LaFave, was one of the panelists. Then, in 2017, I was an award recipient at the International Folk Music Awards in Kansas City during the Folk Alliance International conference, and Kris was one of the artists who performed at the ceremony, and we had a nice chat at the reception. In both of my encounters with him, Kris couldn’t have been nicer or more humble.
Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil
Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)
Gordon Lightfoot- Me and Bobby McGee
If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)
Katie Moore- Sunday Morning Coming Down
Only Thing Worse (Borealis)
Johnny Cash- Just the Other Side of Nowhere
Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)
The Little Willies- For the Good Times
For the Good Times (Milking Bull)
Kris Kristofferson- The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)
I noted that Kris Kristofferson was a panelist in a discussion on the enduring influence of Woody Guthrie that I moderated at the Ottawa Folk Festival in 2007. At one point, we were talking about Woody Guthrie’s song, “Tom Joad,” which was essentially a synopsis of John Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes of Wrath, and I mentioned to Kris that one of the few parts of the book that Woody left out of his song was the scene that Kris described in his song, “Here Comes That Rainbow Again.”
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| Mike Regenstreif, Nora Guthrie, Kris Kristofferson & Jimmy LaFave (2007) |
Anne Hills- Here Comes That Rainbow Again
Woman of a Calm Heart (Flying Fish)
Willie Nelson- The Legend
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Marta Gómez- The Circle
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson- Duvalier’s Dream
Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)
Jessica Chastain- Help Me Make It Through the Night
George & Tammy soundtrack (Sony Masterworks)
Roy Orbison- Something They Can’t Take Away from Me
For the Good Times: The Songs of Kris Kristofferson (Ace)
Joan Osborne- Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends
Pretty Little Stranger (Vanguard)
Chris Hillman- The Taker
Morning Sky (Sugar Hill)
Kris Kristofferson- Jody and the Kid
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)
Kris Kristofferson- Broken Freedom Song
The Cedar Creek Sessions (KK)
Johnny Cash- Casey’s Last Ride
Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)
Rosanne Cash- Lovin’ Him was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God- Darby’s Castle
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson- The Pilgrim: Chapter 33
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)
Janis Joplin- Me and Bobby McGee
Pearl (Columbia)
Next week: Gamblers.
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--Mike Regenstreif
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