Kris Kristofferson Concert

Kris Kristofferson Live! — The Vermont Concert (2008)
Produced by Kingdom County Productions in association with Moody Street Pictures.

Produced by Jay Craven and Emily McNamara; Executive Producers: Hathalee Higgs, John MacNeil. Edited by Sascha Stanton-Craven. Camera Operators: Michael Yip, Rick Digregorio. Sound Recordist, Dennis Caroll.

Recorded April 24, 2005—Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Proceeds to benefit Kingdom County Productions, producer of Jay Craven’s film, Disappearances starring Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold, Charlie McDermott, Gary Farmer, William Sanderson, Lothaire Bluteau, Bill Raymond, Rusty Dewees, Heather Rae.

Kris Kristofferson’s resume reads like the great American novel—or maybe a post-modern Western that reworks the usual beats into a narrative of darkness and light. He’s been a Golden Gloves boxer, Army helicopter pilot, Rhodes Scholar, and successful singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Emmy Lou Harris, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, and hundreds more.

In a 2005 story in the music journal, No Depression, Bill Friskics-Warren wrote that Kristofferson’s songs opened up new possibilities for what country music could say and mean. “Kristofferson writes the restlessly self-surpassing song of himself….taking every “wrong” direction and in the process finding himself on his lean, often lonely, ultimately transformative way back home.” In this spirit, Kris works his own imperfections into a story of himself. And it’s how he approaches his film characters, including in my 2005 picture, Disappearances, for which Kris performed this benefit concert. He shines in the picture as schemer and dreamer Quebec Bill Bonhomme, chasing down a cache of bootleg whiskey from the treacherous Canadian whiskey pirate, Carcajou.

Many of us see our own flawed selves in Kris’ songs, which weave a quintessentially American narrative. Think about his indelible line from “Me and Bobby McGee.” By writing, “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” Kristofferson mines his own low ebb for resonance, capturing powerful meaning that remains a touchstone for an entire generation.

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Kris Kristofferson Performing 30 songs including:
Shipwrecked in the Eighties
Darby's Castle
Me & Bobby McGee
Broken Freedom Song
Best of All Possible Worlds
They Killed Him
In the News
Anthem '84
Jesus Was A Capricorn
Duvalier's Dream
Heart
Johnny Lobo
Here Comes That Rainbow Again
Help Me Make it Through the Night
Casey's Last Ride
Nobody Wins
The Hero
Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
The Pilgrim
Jody and the Kid
This Old Road
To Beat the Devil
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Silver Tongued Devil and I
For the Good Times
Love is the Way
Why Me?
A Moment of Forever
Don't Let the Bastards (Get you Down)
Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends