Oh, Kris
We went to see Kris Kristofferson this weekend at the Presentation Theatre at USF. People tend to forget just how great a songwriter he is. My wife hadn't even been aware that he was a songwriter. "He's a film star from the '80s, right?" she said, just before being completely blown away by song after terrific song after heartbreaking song. It was a great, inspiring show.
He's definitely still a bit of a peacenik-- he's probably the only country legend you'll hear quoting Howard Zinn from the stage. (He did, I swear.) He may have been playing this stuff up for the San Francisco crowd, who went nuts for it. There was definitely something surreal about how the traditional hootenanny-ish mid-song whoopin' and hollerin' gave way to cries of "bullshit!" when he warned of America's impending action in Iraq. God love him. And them.
Unfortunately I missed the opening act, Paul Williams, but I hear he was good.
Posted by Dr. Frank at July 22, 2002 09:49 AM | TrackBack