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The Cedar Creek Sessions (2016)

Where the lyrics of The Cedar Creek Sessions take you, and where it was really made.

The final studio album of Kris Kristofferson was recorded in Austin, Texas, and still earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album.

Key places

Recorded at Cedar Creek Recording (2016)

Recording site Mirrorball Studios — The album was recorded at Cedar Creek Recording in Austin, Texas. The point marks the city of Austin, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Cedar Creek Sessions: the 22nd and final studio album by Kris Kristofferson
• Released June 17, 2016
• Two discs, 25 tracks in total
• Disc 1 has 13 tracks; Disc 2 has 12 tracks
• Credited personnel: Kris Kristofferson on vocals, Shawn Camp on lead guitar, Kevin Smith on bass guitar, Michael Ramos on keyboards, Mike Meadows on drums

Background

• Kristofferson's final studio album, closing a long recording career with 22 studio albums
• Earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album
• Track listing includes "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
• Includes a duet with Sheryl Crow on "The Loving Gift"

Recording

• Recorded at Cedar Creek Recording in Austin, Texas

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• 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.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released June 17, 2016 as Kris Kristofferson's 22nd and final studio album
• Double-disc release with 25 tracks: 13 on Disc 1 and 12 on Disc 2
• Disc 1 opens with "Duvalier's Dream" and closes with "Winter"
• Disc 2 opens with "Darby's Castle" and closes with "To Beat the Devil"
• "The Loving Gift" is credited as a duet with Sheryl Crow
• The band credits list Shawn Camp on lead guitar, Kevin Smith on bass guitar, Michael Ramos on keyboards and Mike Meadows on drums, with Kristofferson on vocals

Records

• Earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Loving Gift features Sheryl Crow as a guest on the Disc 1 track list.
• The album was recorded at Cedar Creek Recording in Austin, Texas.
• The album is Kristofferson's 22nd studio album and his last one.
• The Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album was the award-level recognition for this record.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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