March 24, 2004
WADE IS NOT SAYING HE IS THE SECOND COMING OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, BUT READING HIS BIO ON IMDB.COM REALLY MADE HIM SMILE! IT REALLY, REALLY MADE HIS DAY (see section about Johnny Cash):
Kris' father was an Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Ponoma College in California. From there, he earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford. He ultimately joined the Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot, which served him well later. In 1965, he resigned his commission to pursue songwriting. He had just been assigned to become a teacher at West Point.
He got a job sweeping floors in Nashville studios. There he met Johnny Cash, who initially took some of his songs but ignored them. He was also working as a commercial 'copter pilot at the time. He got Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard and gave him some more tapes. Cash then recorded Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down", which went on to become voted 1970's Song Of The Year by the Country Music Association.
Kris was noted for his heavy boozing. He lost his 'copter pilot job when he passed out at the controls. He also caused the divorce from wife, Rita Coolidge, when he was reaching a bottle and half of Jack Daniels daily. Kris gave up alcohol in 1976. His acting career nose-dived after making Heaven's Gate (1980) in 1980. In recent years, he has made a comeback with his musical and acting careers. He does say that he prefers his music, but says his children are his true legacy.
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Kris' father was an Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Ponoma College in California. From there, he earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford. He ultimately joined the Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot, which served him well later. In 1965, he resigned his commission to pursue songwriting. He had just been assigned to become a teacher at West Point.
He got a job sweeping floors in Nashville studios. There he met Johnny Cash, who initially took some of his songs but ignored them. He was also working as a commercial 'copter pilot at the time. He got Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard and gave him some more tapes. Cash then recorded Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down", which went on to become voted 1970's Song Of The Year by the Country Music Association.
Kris was noted for his heavy boozing. He lost his 'copter pilot job when he passed out at the controls. He also caused the divorce from wife, Rita Coolidge, when he was reaching a bottle and half of Jack Daniels daily. Kris gave up alcohol in 1976. His acting career nose-dived after making Heaven's Gate (1980) in 1980. In recent years, he has made a comeback with his musical and acting careers. He does say that he prefers his music, but says his children are his true legacy.
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