Live From Austin Texas (Dig)

Kris Kristofferson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B000FC2EXO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,946 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The latest release from the highly acclaimed Live From Austin, Texas series is an amazing performance from Kris Kristofferson. Shot in September of 1981, this Austin City Limits performance includes many of Kris’s classic songs. Me And Bobby McGee, For The Good Times, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down are all available on this incredible live performance from this legendary songwriter. Kris Kristofferson is truly an American treasure to be enjoyed by all generations of music fans! Also available on DVD

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kristofferson live and at his singin/songwritin' best!, May 30, 2006

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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

Performed in '81, this concert takes us back to the days when Kristofferson was still a "contemporary" songwriter...i.e., he was still having chart success as a writer. He has since become a legend (hell, he was a legend somewhere around the time his first song got recorded), and is an influence to songwriters of every genre, from country to rock, from folk to R&B. Ironically enough, all of those genres find their way onto this stellar live CD.

It's the concert that almost never was...the night of the scheduled show, a rat chewed through some wires, sending the studio into a blackout. Kristofferson returned the next night invigorated (and armed with a new rat joke) and ready to play the whole night through. These sixteen songs are among his best...from the opening rocker "Star Crossed" to the closing gospel ballad "Why Me." Upbeat, rockin' versions of "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Loving Her Was Easier" parallel the Waylon Jennings covers, yet sound as if they were written to be rocked out. Kristofferson gets controversial on "Magdalene" and sentimental on "For the Good Times" and reflective on "The Pilgrim" and stoned on "Sunday Morning Coming Down." The over-all effect of LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX is this: Kris Kristofferson at his performance peak. He's still the best dang singer/songwriter out there, and if you have any doubts in your head about that, just pick up a copy of this album and LISTEN. Listen with your heart and soul, because that's where this music is going to hit you hardest.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live from Austin - Kris at his best -J. from WA, August 2, 2006

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V. Hill (Port Orchard, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

This is a marvelous rendition of many of my favorites.
I am a dedicated fan and have been for his entire career.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live from Austin Texas, May 13, 2007

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Raymond D. Engstrand (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

An earlier Kristofferson recording. It arrived on time and in the condition advertised.