[Harp-L] Subject: Re: Kris Kristofferson playing harp with/without the Highwaymen

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

The Highwaymen with Kris Kristofferson in the lead singing "Help Me Make it  
Through the Night"...a quick glimpse of a harp player, with a slightly better  
look at: 3:53
I thought it was someone other than Mickey Raphael?
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hle_obX-2I_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hle_obX-2I) 
 
 
 
and just for sheer enjoyment...a closeup video of Kris singing the song the  
way he originally wrote it with his then-wife, the gorgeous Rita Coolidge.   
At least here it proves he did have a voice and could carry a tune..wasn't  
always 'gravelly'.
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSrd8jgZu0_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSrd8jgZu0) 

 
 
Then: Here's Kris Kristofferson again playing guitar with a harp in a rack,  
on "Loving Her was Easier"..I'm not sure if his apology at the end to the 
'other  guys' was because of his harp playing ;)
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv8WNzCVAjI_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv8WNzCVAjI) 
 

 
 
and here Willie Nelson takes the lead with The Highwaymen (Johnny  Cash, Kris 
Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings) on the same song..with a fairly  decent 
closeup of the harp player ..Mickey Raphael? - or did another harp player  tour 
with the Highwaymen?  Looking at Mickey Raphael's personal sites,  there are 
no photos or mentions of him touring with them, but only with Willie  Nelson's 
personal tours, so I'm not sure at all..perhaps someone who has the  facts can 
elucidate?
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGGzsiA1dA_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGGzsiA1dA) 
 
 
Boy...sure wish now I'd had a chance to catch even one of their  tours.  This 
was some lineup....
 
Elizabeth



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