Working My Way Around It

YouTube had to pull the video of Kris Kristofferson accepting the Johnny Cash Visionary Award on the CMT Awards last week….so….I’ve found the transcript of the speech and three great full length videos of Johnny and Kris singing some of Kris’ greatest songs…

Help Me Make it Through the Night

Me and Bobby McGee

Sunday Morning Coming Down

“About 42 years ago, back when I was still wearing an Army uniform and I was older than Hank Williams was when he died, I shook Johnny Cash’s hand backstage at the Ryman Auditorium,” he said. “And it changed my life. He was my hero. He was my inspiration. He was my champion. And ultimately — incredibly — he was my friend.

“I got to go around the world making music with him and seeing that spiritual communion that went down between John and his audience. I wrote a song for him called ‘Good Morning, John.’ It was for one of his birthdays or his sobriety celebration or something like that. In it, I said, ‘I love you, John. In the cold and holy darkness, you were always shining brighter than a star.’

“God bless you, John, for the love and joy you’ve given and the living inspiration that you are. Bob Dylan said it the best. He said that John was like the North Star: You could guide your ship by him.”