Seeing Kristofferson Again Was Heavenly

I have seen the mornin' burnin' golden on the mountains in the sky... and Lovin' HIM is Easy! Kris Kristofferson came to see me again. At 80, he's still burning up the highways!

Lovin' Me Was Easier (well, that's what I wrote down)... was just before intermission.

And, yes, it was Heavenly. Nancy and I were in the first row of the 2nd Balcony. We might as well been on the roof! That is, up until intermission, Since the lower floor wasn't completely filled, we went down and sat next to Maxi for the rest of the show!

1. Kris started with Shipwrecked in the '80's, which he always does.
   Darby's Castle
   Me & Bobby McGee
   Here Comes that Rainbow Again
   Best of All Possible Worlds
   Help Me Make it through the Night
   Billy Dee
   Bandits of Beverly Hills (I think)/Wrong... It was Rocket to Stardom !
   Casey's Last Ride
   Nobody Wins
   Feelin' Mortal
   From Here to Forever
   Song of Freedom
   Lovin' Me Was Easier (well, that's what I wrote down...)
   
   15 minute intermission
   
   The Other Side of Nowhere
   I'd Rather Be Sorry For Something I've Done (than for something that I didn't do)
   They Killed Him
   Jody and The Kid
   The Pilgrim - Chapter 33
   Jesus Was A Capricorn
   To Beat the Devil
   Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
   Silver Tongued Devil and I
   For the Good Times
   A Moment of Forever
   Why Me
   Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends

As usual, I've started in the middle again.

Geeze, we had the tickets for 5 months.

When I heard Kris was coming to Columbus again, I just about fell over. His coming to see me ONCE was nothing short of incredible... but here he was, gonna do it again.

This man is 80 years old. Gonna be 81 next month... but he's like the Energizer Bunny. He's everywhere!

May 17, 2017 was the date. It was the middle of December. I'd gotten a little extra money working a precinct for the election in November... So, I got the best of the cheap seats. First row of the second balcony. Yes, that was heaven.

I'd already gotten my Cleanest Dirty Shirt for myself as a Birthday present.

In March, I found this shirt on eBay... and I HAD to have it. I wore it when I met Nancy, on April 26. We went down to the area of the theatre and went to lunch at a little bar and restaurant, called The Little Palace, thinking maybe everyone would like to meet somewhere like that before the concert. Well, that ended up being poo pawed. Nobody wanted to walk 2 1/2 blocks (well, me, neither!), and were not going to move their car once they checked into the hotel. But we each enjoyed their meat ball sandwich and shared an order of Brussels Sprouts, that were out of this world delicious!

Nancy took this picture outside of the Westin Hotel and it has graced my facebook page Cover ever since, up to the concert, when I put up a group picture of 'us' afterwards.

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The Westin Hotel is another sight to see. The theatre is only a small corner of the building, that was built over 100 years ago.

Diane and Carter from West Virginia stayed there, as well as Annmarie and Mary from New Jersey.

Well, that stud muffin snuck out and got a picture with Kris!

I'd been out there and had a picture taken with Maxi behind the bus. If I'd have stayed with him, I'd have gotten in the picture!

See Maxi's shirt front? Below KRISTOFFERSON it sez.

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." ~ William Blake

Maxi knew of Kris' fondness for Blake, especially this quote, and that he had named his youngest son, Blake.

And Maxi had a shirt made for Kris...

Tour dates of the places Maxi has...and will... see Kris.

As well as a form of the US flag and Demnark's, together. The stars and stripes swirling around Denmark's cross.

Aarhus, Denmark - September 11, 2016

Costa Mesa, California USA - November 5, 2016

Norman, Oklahoma USA - April 8, 2017

Columbus, Ohio USA - May 17, 2017

Royal Oak, Michigan - May 19, 2017

Randers, Denmark - June 17, 2017

You see Kris walk out on stage...
and THIS is what he blows your mind with! (I half expected that WHOOOO....)

Instead of 'Thank You!' when it was over, Kris resounded, 'Well, Hello, Columbus!'

Of course, the crowd went wild!

It was one song after another until Lovin' Her Was Easier. You've seen the set list...

This is my All Time Favorite Song... of any singer or genre`... I gave up I Can't Stop Loving You for this one! Now, I love a lot of music, but none has ever compared to this one for me.

You'll get a better perception by seeing this video from 1971.

Nancy and I went downstairs looking for her Mother and Hubby.... Norma and Hal. We met Angel and her hubby, Jim, who nailed a gig selling Kris CD's at the entrance to the theatre.

I got to meet Norma who I had spoke to on the phone when they were coming to the theatre, lost in traffic... Nancy is hearing impaired so she asked me to speak to her Mother because she couldn't get a text response. They weren't far away so we had gone up to (heaven), our 2nd balcony seats, leaving their tickets with reps at the door. Now, at intermission, I went down and got Maxi to drag him up to meet them all, Nancy and I ended up sitting with him about 8th row... for the rest of the concert. We really lucked out there because I heard someone say the theatre was 95% sold out.

And we could sure tell that from the crowd responses... many standing ovations, and a MASSIVE ONE after Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends!

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wanted THIS story to end... but we knew it must... after 27 songs by our Hero!

We congregated back in the lobby of the Westin for this picture... all but Angel and Jim.

I imagine they were selling more Kris CD's to the patrons leaving the concert!

A good time was truly had by all.