Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at ... The song seemed to represent the “Sunday Morning Coming Down” character even further down a dark road: “Lord help me Jesus, I’ve wasted it ...

“Kris got me through some rough times.” “Sunday Morning Coming Down” was written by Kristofferson in 1969, though it was initially recorded by Ray Stevens. Fellow country star and ...

flew his National Guard helicopter to Cash’s home to hand deliver a demo tape of the sobering “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down.” “I knew John before then,” said Kristofferson in 2008.

But it’s Kristofferson’s own take from his self-titled debut that most vividly captures the bottom-of-the-bottle despair of a guy who “woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that ...

That’s probably why so many Kristofferson songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, whether it’s Joplin’s “Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down ...

(soundbite of song, "sunday mornin' comin' down") KRISTOFFERSON: (Singing) And there's nothing short of dying half as lonesome as the sound on the sleeping city sidewalks, Sunday morning coming down.

McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully ... misery of that time in one of his most heartfelt songs, “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” “Well, I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold ...

Destiny or not, stardom happened. Kris Kristofferson has written hit after hit, "Sunday Morning Coming Down," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," and "Me and Bobby McGee." He earned a place in ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the ... best embodied in one of his earliest hits, "Sunday Morning, Coming Down" (see below); a later song, "From the Bottle to the Bottom," features the ...

including “Me and Bobby McGee” for Janis Joplin and “Sunday Morning Coming Down” for Johnny Cash, before a second act in film. Kris Kristofferson in 1970. His songs explored themes of ...

Kristofferson made his name as a songwriter in Nashville starting in the late 1960s, penning songs including "Me and Bobby McGee," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the ...