Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) FLAC

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) FLAC

Kris Kristofferson was approaching his mid-thirties and had been kicking around Nashville for several years when he belatedly became an overnight success in 1969-1970. The impetus was "Me and Bobby McGee," which he co-wrote with Fred Foster, who ran Monument Records. Roger Miller cut the song, and his recording peaked in the country Top 20 in August 1969. By that time, Kristofferson had performed at the Newport Folk Festival at the behest of Johnny Cash, and Foster decided to sign him to Monument as a recording artist. Before this debut album was released in 1970, Ray Stevens had scored a pop and country chart entry with Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down."

On the evidence of his first collection of songs, Kristofferson was ahead of his country music peers in realizing that, despite Nashville's conservative political tilt, there was a natural affinity between the country archetype of a hard-drinking, romantically independent loner and the rock & roll archetype of a drug-taking, romantically free hippie. (Of course, lots of rock musicians, especially in Los Angeles, had already noticed this similarity, and formed bands like Poco and the Flying Burrito Brothers to exploit it.)

Track Listing

1 Blame It On The Stones
2 To Beat The Devil 4:43
3 Me And Bobby McGee 4:23
4 Best Of All Possible Worlds 3:02
5 Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:25
6 The Law Is For Protection Of The People 2:40
7 Casey's Last Ride 3:38
8 Just The Other Side Of Nowhere 3:40
9 Darby's Castle 3:19
10 For The Good Times 3:25
11 Duvalier's Dream 2:58
12 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down 4:35
13 The Junkie And The Juicehead, Minus Me 3:24
14 Shadow Of Her Mind 3:13
15 The Lady's Not For Sale 3:28
16 Come Sundown 2:36