Grammy-winning country star Kris Kristofferson has announced his retirement after more than five decades in the entertainment industry.
Although Kristofferson officially retired last year, the public was not aware of the ruling in the controversy until it was mentioned in a press release on Wednesday (January 27) to announce a change in the management of Kristofferson’s estate.
Morris Higham Management – who also manages the estates of Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion and Roger Miller – took control of Kristofferson’s estate and took over from his longtime manager, Tamara Saviano.
It was also said that Kristofferson’s son, John, stepped in to oversee his father’s business transactions, including his record label, KK Records.
“In addition, the statement reads in the wake of his father’s retirement in 2020,” Kristofferson’s son John stepped in to oversee all of the family’s affairs. ‘
According to Variety, Saviano said that Kristofferson’s decision to retire ‘was not of great importance in the land’.
‘[Not] like ‘I’m retiring! I do not do that anymore! ‘, It was an evolution, and it just felt very organic.
“Kris is getting older; Kris is 84. It did not feel like such big news to us. Therefore, there was no announcement: it was just a slow change of guard. ‘
The country music poet remained active until February last year and toured with members of Merle Haggard’s orchestra The Strangers.
A songwriter, actor and touring musician, Kristofferson, held his last full concert in January 2020 as part of the fifth annual Outlaw Country Cruise, where he was also the subject of a tribute aboard musicians he influenced, including Steve Earle, Shooter Jennings and Lucinda Williams.
Check out the performance below:
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the second album of Texas-born Oxford scholar ‘The Silver Tongued Devil and I’, which boasts his hit songs ‘Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do) ‘and’ The Pilgrim ‘, Chapter 33’.
Kristofferson’s debut album, ‘Kristofferson’, was released in 1970 and features the classic ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’ and ‘For the Good Times’.
According to Kristofferson’s camp, there is a series of ‘special projects’ celebrating the second year’s 50th anniversary, as well as Kristofferson’s 85th birthday in June.
In addition to the release of nearly 20 studio albums, Kristofferson’s songwriting credits include Janis Joplin’s’ Me and Bobby McGee ‘and’ Sunday Morning ‘Comin’ Down by Johnny Cash.
Kristofferson was a member of the supergroup The Highwaymen along with Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, and the orchestra becomes a driving force in the outlaw country music movement.
In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and is also a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
A well-known actor, Kristofferson, has appeared in several films, including Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Blade, Hemelpoort and the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born with Barbara Streisand, for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his portrayal of John Norman Howard.
In 2019 Kristofferson and Streisand have their first live performance of ‘The Love Inside’ by A Star Is Born, about 40 years after the original release of the film.