Kris Kristofferson

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Mary G. Hurd is retired from East Tennessee State University, where she was Director of Film Studies and a member of the English department faculty. She is the author of Women Directors and Their Films, Praeger Publishers, 2007, and numerous articles and reviews.

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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 Music's 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 Music's 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1: Beginnings and Influences: "Pick up that guitar, Go break a heart" Chapter 2: "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose": 1965-1970 Chapter 3: "Had to try to tame a thirst he couldn't name": 1971-1975 Chapter 4: "The going up was worth the coming down": 1977-1984 Chapter 5: Rebels, Outlaws, Highwaymen, 1985-1995 Chapter 6: "I don't believe that no one wants to know," 1985-1991 Chapter 7: "Ain't you come a long way down this old road": 1995-2014 Chapter 8 Conclusion Further Reading Further Listening Further Watching About the Author

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Mary G. Hurd is retired from East Tennessee State University, where she was director of film studies and a member of the English department faculty. She is the author of Women Directors and Their Films and numerous articles and reviews.

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With a career in music and film that has spanned over forty years, Kristofferson began as a singer-songwriter. In this book, Mary G. Hurd surveys the life and works of this highly respected American songwriter, exploring the uncommon depth and lyricism of his work.

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Introduction Chapter 1: Beginnings and Influences: "Pick up that guitar, Go break a heart" Chapter 2: "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose": 1965-1970 Chapter 3: "Had to try to tame a thirst he couldn't name": 1971-1975 Chapter 4: "The going up was worth the coming down": 1977-1984 Chapter 5: Rebels, Outlaws, Highwaymen, 1985-1995 Chapter 6: "I don't believe that no one wants to know," 1985-1991 Chapter 7: "Ain't you come a long way down this old road": 1995-2014 Chapter 8 Conclusion Further Reading Further Listening Further Watching About the Author