Great Regulars: [Kris] Kristofferson was being lined up

to teach literature at West Point, but he left to become a writer of country music. His father understood, but his mother all but disowned him. In Brownsville, he'd grown up amid the sounds of Mexican and country music.

from Bryan Appleyard: The Sunday Times: Kris Kristofferson proves he's still an outlaw with This Old Road

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