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I'm headed to a Kris Kristofferson concert at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) in a couple of hours. I haven't seen Kris live since a concert in a smokey club on Cannery Row some twenty years ago. Bobby McGee was the first song I learned to play on the guitar. Anybody else love his music?

mikaele wrote:

I'm headed to a Kris Kristofferson concert at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) in a couple of hours. I haven't seen Kris live since a concert in a smokey club on Cannery Row some twenty years ago. Bobby McGee was the first song I learned to play on the guitar. Anybody else love his music?

I love Kris. Would love to hear him play "Sunday Morning Coming Down"!

Hope you have a great time!

MJ

I saw Kris at the Glasgow Apollo in 1978 - great song writer. Have a great evening.

r

You live in Hawaii?

Home from the concert. At 73 Kris is still an icon. Needed help from the audience recalling a few lines of the lyrics, which only added to the charm of the evening. Just him and his guitar and harmonica.

Sunday Morning Coming Down was a highlight of the evening for me. The images evoked in his poetry are powerful. There was a different line that I hadn't heard in any of the recorded versions. Something about the taste in his mouth after having licked an ashtray. Not a pretty picture, but easy to relate to.

Yes, I live in Hawaii—after a lifetime of teaching in CA. Aloha.

Kris Kristofferson what a legend, and what a poet! I just love to sit down, close my eyes and listen to the magic poetry of casey's Last Ride.

mikaele wrote:

Home from the concert. At 73 Kris is still an icon. Needed help from the audience recalling a few lines of the lyrics, which only added to the charm of the evening. Just him and his guitar and harmonica.

Sunday Morning Coming Down was a highlight of the evening for me. The images evoked in his poetry are powerful. There was a different line that I hadn't heard in any of the recorded versions. Something about the taste in his mouth after having licked an ashtray. Not a pretty picture, but easy to relate to.

Yes, I live in Hawaii—after a lifetime of teaching in CA. Aloha.

HOI from the Neterlands,,glad you enjoyed the concert...

Very nice. I live on Oahu. That makes at least 2 of us in Hawaii active on TG. I have two friends with free accounts but they're not active.

Did he not write another classic song called Mr. Bojangles? I'm sure a google search would clear that up, but I'd rather hear about it on TG.

"Mr. Bojangles" is a popular pop song written and recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered by many other artists.