Brandi Carlile Remembers Kris Kristofferson in Heartfelt New Post: ‘I Will Never Forget Him’
11-time Grammy winner and Americana track luminary Brandi Carlile is amongst the ones paying tribute to the overdue singer-songwriter, actor and political activist Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday, Sept. 28 at future 88.
“Just sitting in a hotel cafe and crying into my coffee today…” Carlile mentioned in an Instagram post revealed on Monday (Sept. 30). “Yesterday I didn’t know how to talk about the passing of Kris Kristofferson. My feelings about it can’t be contained in these kinds of micro expressions. I do know we need them, and that engaging in the celebration of someone’s life over social media and on these tiny screens is righteous and necessary … it’s emotionally galvanizing for our community and it helps us all to process the loss of a great, great man. But I have to admit, it is hard to grieve this here. I’m missing my friends today.”
Kristofferson up to now gave the impression within the 2012 track video for Carlile’s music “That Wasn’t Me,” and Carlile was once a part of Kristofferson’s backing band in 2016. “I had the profound pleasure and honor of being in Kris’s band for a little while. The [Hanseroth] twins and I will never forget that shine we stood in when we played music next to him,” she mentioned in her submit. “Kris believed in me a long time ago when he agreed to act in my tiny little music video about addiction and forgiveness… for free by the way. He never told me why he did it and I never asked.”
She added that she would “never forget his chuckle and the twinkle in his eye when I asked him if he thought The Highwomen was a good idea…” The 2019 copy The Highwomen (from Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby) was once impressed by way of the country supergroup The Highwaymen, which featured Kristofferson, Johnny Money, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Carlile and Kristofferson additionally collaborated at the music “A Case of You,” featured at the Joni Mitchell-honoring are living copy Joni 75: A Birthday Party. In her commentary, Carlile mentioned that the rocker and his spouse Lisa “literally brought me to Joni” and “changed my life in countless ways over the last fifteen years.”
Last her submit, Carlile added that “I will never forget him and I’ll never forget a single shot of whisky with him,” prior to providing her reliefs to the singer’s public. “What a ride, Kristoffersons! I hope you know we all love you so … and we are so grateful for the years you gave us with your once-in-a-lifetime man.”
Carlile is one in all many artists honoring Kristofferson’s multitude of skills and multi-faceted profession, along Dolly Parton, Eric Church, Reba McEntire and others.
Learn Carlile’s complete tribute to Kristofferson underneath.