The Essential Kris Kristofferson

Original Release Date:  March 2, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
• 2. To Beat the Devil
• 3. Just the Other Side of Nowhere
• 4. Me and Bobby McGee
• 5. The Best of All Possible Worlds
• 6. Casey's Last Ride
• 7. Help Me Make It Throught the Night
• 8. Darby's Castle
• 9. Jody and the Kid
• 10. Loving Her Was Easier (That Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
• 11. For the Good Times
• 12. Come Sundown
• 13. From the Bottle to the Bottom
• 14. Billy Dee
• 15. Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)
• 16. The Silver Tongued Devil and I
• 17. The Taker
• 18. The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 [Live]
• 19. Border Lord
• 20. The Sabre and the Rose
• 21. Broken Freedom Song
• 22. Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
• 23. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)
• 24. Sugar Man
• 25. The Last Time
• 26. Nobody Wins
• 27. I'd Rather Be Sorry
• 28. Highwayman
• 29. Don't Cuss the Fiddle
• 30. The Bigger the Fool, The Harder the Fall
• 31. Stranger
• 32. If You Don't Like Hank Williams
• 33. Here Comes That Rainbow Again
• 34. Once More With Feeling
• 35. How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around
• 36. Why Me
• 37. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends

Credits

• John Jackson: Project Director
• Norman Blake: Dobro
• Josh Graves: Dobro
• Waylon Jennings: Composer
• Kris Kristofferson: Guitar, Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Mickey Newbury: Vocals (Background)
• Buddy Spicher: Fiddle
• Shel Silverstein: Composer
• Rita Coolidge: Vocals (Background)
• Gary Busey: Vocals (Background)
• Pete Drake: Guitar (Steel)
• Donnie Fritts: Composer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
• Chris Gantry: Guitar
• Mac Gayden: Guitar
• Steve Gibson: Guitar
• Clydie King: Vocals (Background)
• Dennis Linde: Guitar, Producer
• Larry Murray: Vocals (Background)
• Billy Swan: Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Jimmy Webb: Composer
• Sammi Smith: Vocals (Background)
• Jack Skinner: Vocals (Background)
• Grady Martin: Guitar
• Bobby Wood: Keyboards
• Larry Gatlin: Vocals (Background)
• Steven Berkowitz: A&R
• Buzz Cason: Vocals (Background)
• Bobbye Hall: Percussion
• David Anderle: Producer
• John Beland: Vocals (Background)
• Dennis Belfield: Bass
• Byron Berline: Vocals (Background)
• Stephen Bruton: Guitar, Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Kenny Buttrey: Drums
• Harrison Calloway: Horn
• Jerry Carrigan: Drums
• Nancy Carlen: Producer
• James Cason: Vocals (Background)
• Charles Chalmers: Vocals (Background)
• Sandra Chalmers: Vocals (Background)
• Chip Young: Guitar
• Gene Chrisman: Drums
• Johnny Christopher: Guitar
• Tommy Cogbill: Bass
• Jim Colvard: Guitar
• Jim Cox: Keyboards
• Sammy Creason: Drums
• Nick DeCaro: Accordion
• Terry Dearmore: Vocals (Background)
• Shane Keister: Keyboards
• Bobby Dyson: Bass
• Ronnie Eades: Horn
• Ray Edenton: Guitar
• Bobby Emmons: Keyboards
• Venetta Fields: Vocals (Background)
• Chuck Findley: Horn
• Fred Foster: Composer, Producer
• Paul Franklin: Guitar (Steel)
• Don Gant: Vocals (Background)
• Gregg Geller: Compilation Producer
• John Harris: Keyboards
• Hoyt Hawkins: Vocals (Background)
• Jim Horn: Horn
• Tommy Jackson: Fiddle
• Booker T. Jones: Producer
• Jackie Kelso: Horn
• Jerry Kennedy: Guitar
• Millie Kirkham: Vocals (Background)
• Mark Knopfler: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Mike Leech: Bass
• Darrell Leonard: Horn
• Tommy McClure: Bass
• Jerry McGee: Dobro, Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Vocals (Background)
• Fred Mollin: Producer
• Chips Moman: Producer
• Farrell Morris: Percussion
• Wayne Moss: Guitar
• Weldon Myrick: Guitar (Steel)
• Andy Newmark: Drums
• June Page: Vocals (Background)
• Terry Paul: Bass, Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Larry Paxton: Bass
• Herb Pedersen: Vocals (Background)
• Earl Lon Price: Horn
• Alan Rush: Vocals (Background)
• Don Sheffield: Horn
• Jerry Shook: Guitar
• Lee Sklar: Bass
• Dwight Smith: Horn
• Gordon Stoker: Vocals (Background)
• Fred Tackett: Guitar, Mandolin
• Harvey Thompson: Horn
• Jimmy Tittle: Bass
• Mike Utley: Composer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
• Allan Wald: Vocals (Background)
• D. Bergen White: Vocals (Background)
• Benny Whitehead: Vocals (Background)
• John "Bucky" Wilkin: Guitar
• Mentor Williams: Vocals (Background)
• John Willis: Guitar
• Dick Hyde: Horn
• Charlie McCoy: Harmonica, Horn
• Fred Carter, Jr.: Guitar
• Ray C. Walker: Vocals (Background)
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• David Gahr: Photography
• Vic Anesini: Mastering
• Norbert Putman: Bass, Producer
• Ron Kellum: Design
• John Christiana: Packaging Manager
• Darren Salmieri: A&R
• Norman Bruton: Mandolin
• Randy Cutlers: Vocals (Background)
• David Briggs: Keyboards
• Sherlie Matthews: Vocals (Background)
• Jim Marshall: Photography
• Fred L. Foster: Composer
• Steve Burton: Composer