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Released
  
1971

Silver Tongued Devil and I(1971)
  
Border Lord(1972)

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
Monument Records

Length
  
32:49

Artist
  
Kris Kristofferson

Producer
  
Fred Foster

Genre
  
Country music

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Similar
  
Kris Kristofferson albums, Country music albums

Kris kristofferson the silver tongued devil and i 1971 stereo full album


The Silver Tongued Devil and I is the second album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1971 on Monument Records. In the spoken word intro to "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", Kristofferson says he wrote the song about various celebrities. Two of those mentioned, Johnny Cash and Dennis Hopper, later performed the song on The Johnny Cash Show; Another is Donnie Fritts, Kristofferson's keyboardist, Bobby Neuwirth, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin. In the documentary "Harry Dean Stanton, Partly Fiction" Kristofferson says that the song was inspired by Harry Dean Stanton.

Contents

Kris kristofferson the silver tongued devil and i


Track listing

All songs by Kris Kristofferson except as noted

  1. "The Silver Tongued Devil and I" – 4:18
  2. "Jody and the Kid" – 3:06
  3. "Billy Dee" – 2:57
  4. "Good Christian Soldier" (Bobby Bare, Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:22
  5. "Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)" – 2:44
  6. "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" – 3:47
  7. "The Taker" (Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein) – 3:16
  8. "When I Loved Her" – 3:03
  9. "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33" – 3:12
  10. "Epitaph (Black and Blue)" (Donnie Fritts, Kristofferson) – 3:23

Personnel

  • Kris Kristofferson – guitar, vocals
  • Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Shook, Chris Gantry – guitar
  • Norbert Putnam, Bobby Dyson, Billy Swan – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • David Briggs, Donnie Fritts – keyboards
  • Norman Blake – dobro
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica/vibes/trumpet
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Billy Swan, Donnie Fritts, Rita Coolidge – vocals
  • Arrangements by Bergen White
  • Joan Baez sings on "The Taker", credited only as "The Lady"

    • Additional personnel

  • Fred Foster – producer
  • Gene Eichelberger – engineer
  • Tommy Strong – engineer
  • Mort Thomasson – engineer

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    In pop culture

    A copy of the album appears in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, which also quotes a phrase from "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33": "He's a prophet, he's a pusher, partly truth and partly fiction, a walking contradiction."

    The de facto soundtrack for Kristofferson's first film, "Cisco Pike", which features many songs from the album.

    Songs

    1The Silver Tongued Devil and I4:19
    2Jody and the Kid3:06
    3Billy Dee2:58

    References

    The Silver Tongued Devil and I Wikipedia
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