Maps of Music

Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco (2003)

Where the lyrics of Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco take you, and where it was really made.

Few of Kris Kristofferson's best-known songs appear on this live set; the title track is one of the few exceptions.

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Live show San Francisco — The album was recorded live in San Francisco on July 19, 2002, and released in 2003 on Oh Boy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco: live album by Kris Kristofferson
Released in 2003 on the Oh Boy record label
Recorded in San Francisco on July 19, 2002
15 tracks; most songs are written by Kristofferson, with exceptions credited on the track listing
Subject matter is largely political
Many of the numbers are protest songs
Several love songs were performed as well

Recorded live in San Francisco on July 19, 2002
Set list centers on newer and political material rather than Kristofferson's best-known songs
The title track, "Broken Freedom Song", is the one well-known song included

1	Shipwrecked in the 80’s	4:13
2	Darby’s Castle	3:53
3	Broken Freedom Song	4:24
4	Shandy	3:43
5	What About Me	2:58
6	Here Comes That Rainbow Again	2:45
7	Nobody Wins	2:47
8	The Race	2:05
9	The Captive	3:15
10	The Circle	6:20
11	Sky King	2:45
12	Sandinista	3:38
13	Moment of Forever	2:44
14	Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down	2:59
15	Road Warrior’s Lament	4:20

American musician, songwriter and actor, born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas; died September 28, 2024 in Hana, Hawaii, aged 88.
A pioneer of the 1970s outlaw country movement, moving away from the polished Nashville sound toward a rawer, introspective style.
Signed to Monument Records in 1969 after one single for Epic Records; recorded ten albums for Monument.
Songs such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" became hits for other artists.
"Why Me" and "Highwayman" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1973 and 1985.
Member of the supergroup the Highwaymen (with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash) from 1985 to 1995.
Acting career in films including A Star Is Born (1976, Golden Globe for Best Actor), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Heaven's Gate (1980) and the Blade trilogy.
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004; received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014; three Grammy wins from 13 nominations.
Announced retirement from performing in January 2021; final performance at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29, 2023.

The album's content is described as largely political, with many protest songs
Several love songs are included among the protest material
Few of Kristofferson's most well-known songs appear on the track listing
The title track is one of the sole exceptions to that absence
The mix of protest and love songs is the main characteristic noted for the set
The song list runs 15 tracks, with the longest, "The Circle (Song for Layla Al-Attar and Los Olvidados of Argentina)", at 6:20

No chart positions, sales figures, certifications, or awards are given in the source for this album

The title track is one of the few well-known songs on an album otherwise made of less familiar material.
The opening track is "Shipwrecked in the Eighties", at 4:12.
"Moment of Forever" is credited to Kristofferson and Daniel Timms, the only co-written credit noted on the track list.
The closing track is "Road Warrior's Lament", at 4:19.