RE: [Harp-L] Subject: Re: Kris Kristofferson playing harp with/withoutthe Highwaymen

["Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's Mickey Raphael, probably there hanging with his boy Willie. No
mistaking that hair-do, unless Lee Oskar was in town :^)

But geez, they really murdered the song on that first link, in my
opinion. Sounded like a midi-backing track. Real karaoke like. Just goes
to show you, even with a powerhouse lineup, you aren't guaranteed a
great show. Often that many superstars getting together you get the
exact opposite, for a number of reasons. The one with Rita Coolidge was
fabulous, thanks for that. 

Kristofferson to me was always the epitome of "you don't have to be a
great singer to be a famous singer". You could say that about Neil Young
and others. Kris was a great songwriter, but to me his voice was always
like nails on a chalkboard. In the one older cut he leans heavily on
Rita (now that girl can sing) and just does the right thing and tries to
harmonize a little. I felt the same way about June Carter Cash, I
couldn't stand that voice. But you see in the youtube comments some
folks feel that Kris's voice is 'breathtaking'. Ah well, to each his/her
own!

Bill Hines
Hershey, PA

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Subject: [Harp-L] Subject: Re: Kris Kristofferson playing harp
with/withoutthe Highwaymen

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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