{"product_id":"kris-kristofferson-live-at-gilleys-pasadena-tx-september-15-1981-colored","title":"Kris Kristofferson - Live at Gilley's: Pasadena, TX: September 15, 1981 [Red]","description":"\u003cp\u003eKris Kristofferson was in fine, road-hardened form when he and his band rolled into Gilley's, the famous Pasadena, Texas honky-tonk, in 1981. Live at Gilley's preserves that night in a gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy then Kristofferson was as much a movie star as a songwriter, yet on stage he was all troubadour, backed by a band that included guitarist Stephen Bruton, keyboardist Donnie Fritts and Billy Swan. The recording finally surfaced in 2022, offering a vivid snapshot of a writer revisiting the songs that had reshaped country music a decade earlier, in front of a packed and rowdy Texas crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hits are all here and sound gloriously lived-in. \"Me and Bobby McGee\" opens proceedings with an easy, rolling swing, \"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down\" lands with all its hungover melancholy intact, and \"The Pilgrim\" gets the warm, knowing delivery of a man who might have been singing about himself. The night ends with \"Why Me\", a gospel-tinged prayer that turns the honky-tonk briefly reverent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnvarnished and full of the gravel in his voice, this is Kristofferson as audiences heard him on the road rather than in the studio. It makes a fine companion to his classic early-seventies albums and a heartfelt document of a songwriting giant at ease in front of a crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57351093420337,"sku":"607396562114","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Kris_Kristofferson-Live_at_Gilleys_Pasadena_TX_September_15_1981_Red.jpg?v=1794553336","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/kris-kristofferson-live-at-gilleys-pasadena-tx-september-15-1981-colored","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}