" I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountains in the skies, Achin' with the feelin' of the freedom of an eagle when she flies ... " When I first heard these lines on a (now lost and almost forgotten) cassette tape some 30 years ago, I was grabbed by the picture these words were painting in my mind. The coarse voice singing them was so different from anything that I heard heard before and they seemed such a perfect fit to the rough-looking, bearded guy with those steel-blue eyes on the cover of the tape. As this was long before the internet and the cassette tape did not hold much more information other than the track listing, it took a while to find out that the painter of this sonic picture ("Loving Her Was Easier [Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again]") was Kris Kristofferson . Little did I know at that time, that this would be the beginning of a long love-affair and fascination with unique voices and music with great lyrics. Lyrics th...
