Kris Kristofferson: The Road From Rhodes
Jacoba Atlas, Circus, October 1970
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON looks his songs. He looks as if he's been where he sings about and not surprisingly, he has. Now thirty-four, the singer has been everything from a Rhodes Scholar to an oil driller and back again. Intensely uncomfortable on stage, he is not coping well at all with his sudden recognition and acclaimed album, Kris Kristofferson (Monument).
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