Kris Kristofferson To Hit Ryman Stage In September

Country Music Hall of Famer Kris Kristofferson will perform an intimate solo acoustic show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on Saturday September 13, 2014 at 8:00pm. Tickets went on sale last Friday (August 15) and are priced at $49.50 and $39.50 (plus applicable service charges will be applied).

Kristofferson ranks among the most versatile of American talents. He’s been a Golden Gloves boxer, a Rhodes scholar, a college football player, an acclaimed actor, a military officer, a helicopter pilot, a Grammy-winner, and an icon. His songwriting credits include “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and “For The Good Times,” as well as a slew of other empathetic, incisive gems. Kristofferson—along with contemporaries Tom T. Hall, Mickey Newbury, Willie Nelson, John Prine, and Guy Clark—enhanced the scope of country music songwriting, focusing on layering, nuance, empathy and emotional truth.

“Going back to the beginning, the songs have been reflections of where I was at that point in my life,” he says. “I always try to be as honest as I can in the songwriting, otherwise there’s no point in doing it: I might as well be doing an advertising job or something. And what I’m finding, to my pleasant surprise at this age, is that I’m more inclined to laughter than tears. I hope I’ll feel this creative and this grateful until they throw dirt over me.”

Kristofferson has reached living legend status, but that hasn’t changed or hindered his creativity. His current CD, Feeling Mortal, contains eleven gems that explore love, gratitude, aging, and his ever-present theme of freedom. 

Tickets for Kristofferson's Ryman show are available through ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, Ryman box office, ryman.com or by calling 800-745-3000. All proceeds will go to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.