Kristofferson recorded a few songs under the name Kris Carson while overseas before leaving Oxford with a predoctoral graduate degree in 1960 to join the U.S. Army, where he served in West Germany ...
As far as country songwriters go — or songwriters of any genre — Kris Kristofferson was among the most authentic. That’s a word that Nashville loves to freely toss around, but in the case of the Texas ...
KrisKristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home on ...