"And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt...
Legend has it that Kristofferson wanted Johnny Cash to record it so badly that he stole a military helicopter and landed it in Johnny's front yard to personally hand the song over to him. Likely the story is apocryphal but evidently some truth to it.
I mean if he had actually stolen a military helicopter (and he did know how to fly them), he'd have gone to the brig, or something.
He was flying helicopters off oil rigs in that period, I believe.
I mean if he had actually stolen a military helicopter (and he did know how to fly them), he’d have gone to the brig, or something.
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If Kriss had no prior chopper flying experience, there is no way in hell he stole one of those whirly birds and survived. It’s many times more difficult to fly than a fixed wing craft. The story makes it seem like he toke a joy ride in a stolen car. I agree that his “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down” is a great musical story.
I would argue that the “greatest single work of art” that Kristofferson left behind was “Why Me, Lord.”
I would argue that the “greatest single work of art” that Kristofferson left behind was “Why Me, Lord.”
Not military, otherwise broadly true.
He was working for PHI, Petroleum Helicopters Int’l, out of New Orleans at the time.