Betcha Didn't Know......

.....maybe you did, I sure as hell didn't know, but Kris Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer who studied creative writing at Pomona College in California. The Phi Beta Kappa graduate earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford, where he boxed, played rugby and continued to write songs. After graduating from Oxford, Kristofferson served in the army as an Airborne Ranger helicopter pilot and achieved the rank of Captain. In 1965, Kristofferson turned down an assignment to teach at West Point and, inspired by songwriters like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, moved to Nashville to pursue his music. He turned down that assignment at West Point because he wanted to volunteer to fly helicopters in Viet Nam, they wanted him to teach, he got pissed, so he bailed!

Now I know why

Ray Scott

sings in his song "My Kind of Music" that Kris Kristofferson is "the man".

Great tune.