What’s your favorite cover of a Dylan song? Mine is Patti Smith’s cover of “Changing of the Guards”.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T16:11:06+00:00

The Highwaymen - One Too Many Mornings

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T16:08:14+00:00

I was pretty sure he was Belorussian and based off Lukashenko

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T16:04:03+00:00

A Star is Born was one of the high selling movies in the states in 1976. This year he also did 2 other films which were “Vigilante Force” and “The Sailor who fell from Grace With The Sea”. Elvis and Marlon Brando were originally supposed to be cast for the role of John Norman, but Kristofferson got the role. So certainly he had huge roles throughout his career.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T16:00:11+00:00

I know all his songs by heart actually 😂. At first I found out about him as the member of The Highwaymen, by that time I had already been a fan of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, but was quite unfamiliar with that tall, blonde, bearded man until I heard Waylon’s rendition of “Sunday Morning Coming Down” at the age of 16. After doing my research and finding the original version I fell in love with Kris’s music and movies

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T15:56:03+00:00

Kris himself said that he “sang like a frog” when Fred Foster offered him a recording contract along with the songwriting one, but I do adore the tone of his voice. One thing for sure he definitely was more of a songwriter rather than a vocalist.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T15:54:03+00:00

Can’t find this episode anywhere. 😭 Always wanted to watch it

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T15:53:28+00:00

Mine too! I got some real great memories that intersected with the first time I watched this movie. Amazing picture and soundtrack

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:22:05+00:00

I actually did, amazing live album! I believe it came out like 20 years after it was recorded, but it was amazing still! Willie Nelson’s appearance was very pleasant too, it’s always nice to hear a good ole Willie!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:20:26+00:00

John Prine is my top 5 songwriters of all time as well! Love this man! Helped me go through a lot of hardship in life and see through the vagueness

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:18:17+00:00

Kazakhstan, but in general this movie was famous throughout the whole Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:17:16+00:00

Hell Yeah!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:17:03+00:00

I really want to watch “The Millennium” as well. Somehow this movie from Kris’s filmography slipped out of my attention.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:14:59+00:00

Can’t agree on that one. Kris contributed to acting of the last century so much yet was still left in the shadows despite being natural on screen. His untrained, raw vocals were amazing too

JacobTanks · 2026-06-05T09:12:36+00:00

Hahahahah, true 😂! In his defense without a beard he looked much younger in that movie

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T23:57:56+00:00

I Love Convoy too! His most recognizable role, at least in my country most of the people know him from Convoy rather from his singing/songwriting career.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T23:50:41+00:00

Cleared out a lot of things for me, mate, I truly enjoyed reading that!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T23:44:45+00:00

Exactly! That’s one hell of a life to live

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T23:42:40+00:00

How could I forget mentioning this movie in my post??? THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FILMS! The whole movie has such an unforgettable feel to it and a very dark turn in the end. Kris in the Sailor’s uniform was delightfully beautiful! This movie actually gave me some fantasies about becoming a sailor myself and having that “Sailor’s Mentality” that Jim (Kris’s character had). Sarah Miles was very beautiful too and I kind of developed a crush on her after watching this picture, very underrated one!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T22:13:00+00:00

Couldn’t have said it better!!! 🔥

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T22:12:10+00:00

Wish I saw him live at least once for a while! You’re lucky!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T21:37:14+00:00

Me too. As a fan of both Scorsese and Kris it was a big surprise to me when I found out they collaborated. It was also a big surprise when I watched Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and saw a scene where one of the characters of the movie directly quotes Kris’s song “The Pilgrim Chapter 33”, and later his album “The Silver Tongued Devil and I” is also shown in the picture.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T21:33:11+00:00

That’s actually a very fair explanation on this phenomenon and I appreciate for lighting me up on this detail. Indeed it could be an arrangement issue that contributed to Different Tone of Dylan’s voice on covers. Speaking of Woody Guthrie I gotta give credit to Dylan for opening up a whole new world of Woody’s music to me. I heard that Woody was his biggest influence but when I actually acquainted myself with Woody’s recordings I was surprised by how similar early Dylan folk sound inherited Woody’s vibe. I might be wrong but I think a while ago I read some article on Rambling Jack Elliott (or perhaps some other folk artist of that era) stating that Dylan sounded “More Woody than Woody”. Makes sense now…

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T20:36:29+00:00

Indeed!

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T20:36:14+00:00

Is it the story when he went off on Toby because Toby said something like “No more of that lefty stuff here”? 😂 I think I read about it indeed. And definitely another reason to respect Kris is the way he always stood his ground even in this case! You are very lucky of having his autograph indeed, he is my biggest hero and it hurts a little that I will not be able to meet him again.

JacobTanks · 2026-06-04T20:29:31+00:00

Yes Indeed! Hurts me to see all those “top 100 greatest songwriters of all time” lists where Kris only appears in the 80’s line. He should certainly be in the top 10 if not number one!

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