Marcie Means of Owensboro loves the music and movies of the 1980s. Her vintage denim jacket is covered with over a hundred buttons celebrating her favorites.
This holiday season Harry Connick Jr. is hitting the big screen in Angels Sing, a modern movie take on the story of a Scrooge who refuses to celebrate Christmas. Along for the ride . . . country music stars Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett and Nashville star Connie Britton. Check out the trailer!
Imagine Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson live on stage together and the ticket price.....free. Seriously. I have a friend who lives in Northern California who, like myself, is a classic country fanatic. So, I call to tell him about a free to the public David Frizzell concert and he fires back with a Haggard/Kristofferson one two punch. Not to reduce the value of the man who made hiring a wino
Alot of country music stars over the years has either did a cameo in a movie or was the main character in a movie like George Strait in "Pure Country" who can forget Jerry Reed as "Snowman" in "Smokey & the Bandit", Tim McGraw in "Flicka" or "The Blind Side" so many movies, so many country stars! Hope you enjoy some video clips of country stars
Kris Kristofferson, who we referenced in Country Stars Birthdays on June 22 celebrates a milestone today. He had the #1 song in Country Music in 1973, WHY ME, LORD? Future wife Rita Coolidge and aspiring singer Larry Gatlin provided backup vocals. Some say the song was Kris's way of protesting the decadence of the 60s and 70s, of which he was a participant.
Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of our time -- Kris Kristofferson. And, a singer, author and movie star! He also a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. I can't remember who said it--maybe his friend Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings--"Ol' Kris never let the right key stand between him and a good song"...
Kris Kristofferson has done it all. He grew up in a military family, he was a Gold Gloves boxer, studied writing, he's a legendary songwriter ("Sunday Morning Coming Down", "Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make it Through the Night"), and he's a terrific actor. In fact...