Kris Kristofferson - Essential Kris Kristofferson (CD)

As an artist and as a songwriter Kris Kristofferson holds a special place in country music history. THE ESSENTIAL KRIS KRISTOFFERSON is a definitive 2-CD career spanning compilation of Kris's best-loved recordings. Album tracks include "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Just the Other Side of Nowhere," "Darby's Castle." Higher education and loads of life experience gave this immensely talented songwriter a vast palette. His songs have been covered by over 500 artists, and this 2-CD anthology collects all his essentials: Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again); Jesus Was a Capricorn; Why Me; Me and Bobby McGee; Highwayman (with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash); For the Good Times , and 31 more!

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
2. To Beat the Devil
3. Just the Other Side of Nowhere
4. Me and Bobby McGee
5. The Best of All Possible Worlds
6. Casey's Last Ride
7. Help Me Make It Through the Night
8. Darby's Castle
9. Jody and the Kid
10. Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
11. For the Good Times
12. Come Sundown
13. From the Bottle to the Bottom
14. Billy Dee
15. Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)
16. The Silver Tongued Devil and I
17. The Taker
18. The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 (Live)

Disc: 2

1. Border Lord
2. The Sabre and the Rose
3. Broken Freedom Song
4. Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
5. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)
6. Sugar Man
7. The Last Time
8. Nobody Wins
9. I'd Rather Be Sorry - Rita Coolidge
10. Highwayman
11. Don't Cuss the Fiddle
12. The Bigger the Fool, the Harder the Fall
13. Stranger
14. If You Don't Like Hank Williams
15. Here Comes the Rainbow Again
16. Once More with Feeling
17. How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around - Willie Nelson
18. Why Me
19. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends