Jako syn generálmajora amerického letectva vyrůstal na různých vojenských základnách v Texasu a Kalifornii. Od dětství byl obdivovatelem hudby country (Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie) a v jedenácti letech složil první písně. Navštěvoval Pomona...

Píseň: Epitaph (Black And Blue)

Interpret:
Kris Kristofferson
Album:
The Silver Tongued Devil And I
Her close friends have gathered
Lord, ain't it a shame
Grievin' together
Sharin' the blame


But when she was dyin'
Lord, we let her down
There's no use cryin'
It can't help her now


The party's all over
Drink up and go home
It's too late to love her
And leave her alone


Just say she was someone
Lord, so far from home
Whose life was so lonesome
She died all alone


Who dreamed pretty dreams
That never came true
Lord, why was she born
So black and blue


Oh, why was she born
So black and blue