Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn [21]

Title: Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Outlaw Country, Singer-Songwriter, Brownsville, Texas 10/26
Matrix #: KZ 31909 (Monument, US, CBS-distributed; label AL 31909)
Condition: VG++++ (LM) | Members: Kris K (36' - 24') | Producer: Fred Foster
Cultural Facts: [21]

1. Rhodes Scholar With a Mop: Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and an Army helicopter pilot who turned down a job teaching English at West Point to write songs in Nashville. To stay close to the business he took a job sweeping floors at Columbia's Nashville studio, where he was on duty while Bob Dylan recorded Blonde on Blonde.
2. Owed to John Prine: The title song is subtitled Owed to John Prine. Kris had heard the young mailman sing at a Chicago club after hours and helped get him to New York and a record deal, then wrote the liner notes for Prine's 1971 debut.
3. The Song That Led to Why Me: Larry Gatlin, whom Kris had helped get started, invited him to a Sunday service at Nashville's Evangel Temple. When Gatlin sang his song Help Me there, Kris broke down at the altar, then went home and wrote Why Me. Both songs are on this album, and Why Me became his biggest solo hit.