His platoon leader, impressed by Mr. Kristofferson’s songs, connected him with an aunt, country songwriter Marijohn Wilkin. Her encouragement led Mr. Kristofferson to visit Nashville in July ...

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Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images Supported by By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren writes about country ... the song’s protagonist is experiencing. Steeped in a neo-Romantic ...

Kris Kristofferson, a country singer-songwriter ... Howard in the heart-wrenching 1976 romantic drama opposite Streisand’s Esther Hoffman led him to a Golden Globe win for Best Performance ...

The country singer and songwriter ... precise and old-fashioned as a song from Ernest Tubb or Hank Williams, “Nobody Wins” perfectly dissects and settles a romantic dead end.

Kris Kristofferson, who attained success as both a groundbreaking country ... songs on its soundtrack. Through the ‘70s, he enjoyed a rising movie profile, playing the romantic lead opposite ...

No less an eminence than Bob Dylan said of him, “You can look at Nashville ... According to legend, this deeply romantic song was inspired by an interview with Frank Sinatra in which ol ...

But the band was bound and determined not to make the song sound too much like a country ... on him emotionally. One might assume this is about a former girlfriend or some kind of romantic love ...

Part Romantic poet ... learning the Bob Dylan songs as recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary (his band’s Dobro player gave him the folk trio’s LPs). On leave in the spring of 1965, Kristofferson ...