European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile Kristofferson flying Low and dangerous by Tony Nauroth after in hour of autographing album covers lit Ihu a  Exchange in Fiji la Germany list weft Kris Kristofferson bore the Battle scars of stardom fingers blackened by the Marf Cef he used to sign his name. The lira of fans still reached in he Duir bul to had just one hour to spare time was up. Lie fuse placed Ihu  fingertips on he Lable Anil in in apologetic Grunt said Well i Jolla  despite the cavernous Eye socket that hide China Blue eyes despite the dry riverbeds thai Elc i his  like a National geographic map and despite his bristly Black Nyrl White Sagebrush Lward he looked As if his Mother just caught him Wilh his  in the cookie Jar. He Hiilis to disappoint people. Underneath the is year old cruel and behind the Unior Lindic voice that he says sunds like ,1 curl damned Frog a Puppy Rijh , his wife Lisa his six children soldiers veterans and the sandinista government of Nicaragua he  a bin k to shirt Given it him by ii group of Detroit veterans. Over it. He wears n leather jacket with .1 political Bullon pinned in ii pocket. Ii reads Slop . W,,tij3imt nissm Iliia. Neither is Jum or Prilly. He islands for both at tin.1 Man Limi ind bean up Ivel under the weight of the contradiction a Calm Eye in a Hurricane of controversy whirling around him Kristofferson hurts nut the seams of my Box people try in Slit k him in and his career is shooting less toward Ihu Slars than in is careening into a Black Hole of notoriety. Twenty five years i Jjo things were simpler when he clutched a passion to his breast that burst through in its of flying Low and dangerous in n helicopter Over the Countryside around bad Kreuz Nach Germany. At night he Sang wit h a band called the 1 Osers on the army club circuit and spent Ion much Lime gel i ing drunk and gel i ing  i  .1 Jred Wilf of if Boriff in per and flight is hols anal tin Ilu Ninni of a family Rich in military1 tradition. His  her had his Eye put out by a Spear during Ihu i philippine insurrection. His i Wilhur  in air font major Gonczol and hi1 Van led dust Ertuly logo to Vietnam. In Learl they will him lowest Point to Leach Ijichi Piluri in inc to dts. Ii or wac Wise. Kri Lofft Sun was a crack is urgent crack Enn Ujah i d earn a Rhodes scholarship in English literature at Oxford University. Bul he did t want thai. My thinking Back Ihen was a lot like Ollie North a j he1 said. It scares it Hull Oul of me in think  i i lit have Doni in the1  of duly if i Hart gone to  one habit he did pick up while serving m a i Plain with the 8lh inf div was a taste for drink Al a Lime when he lacked the judgment to Lake it easy. Before his tour was up he crashed two cars and four motor codes. Evi r since i sobered up it seems like i be been doing no Hinr bul explaining myself he said last Vic cd in a hotel Beer Garden where he sipped  . Kristofferson is Slit flying univ and Drin Itous bul As an airborne Ranger in the Var for peace calmly trying la i Plain himself Tine More Lime explaining Why a plaque  Recti in cry Fratin .1 i  group Enik d up in i hi.1  Viliy he tramps around Nicaragua to bring Back stories of Contra in Jilk a against Ihu k  govern men an. Lorries Loami Vitti Ihu fans wearing Cowboy Hals boots i inc jims Hiil showed worn Circle son their Baik pot Kels where the chewing tobacco gets stuffed cheered him on country folks applauding his Between Sopr Soapbox speeches on Nicaragua. Kris Offerson s heart is in protest songs for peace now. Bul for nostalgia s Sake and for i fans he song old Star Bys like me and Bobby Mccue and Sui Tity Momin comin Down flying dangerously is one thing bul he has no intention of committing prok  unless it s absolutely necessary. I Lis new album. Repossessed echoes themes of peace and love Hal marked the fios bul without the Slop. They re Gritty Lough and Llie Ydo make folks nervous. They carry the Power that conies close to the  of singing Star Kris Kristoff non it tarrying on the american tradition of dissent. Uso Board of governors and stands behind veterans Grupi and lights his own Battles or it acc. I think you can support the warriors without supporting the War he said. He also Speaks passionately Boul duly about How the things he sings of Are in the Besl or Odilion of whal Ica stands for and How he just want. People to Lilun to what he s saying. It believe in duty to my country. Hove my country and i love my children but if they re going to do something that will Hurt them i la Stop it. Dissent is wha t this country is All  Kris Kristofferson All protest songs Barry Mac fire s f be of destruction. Kirbt Offerson insists he is not a country Singer even though he  writing country songs while Al Oxford when his music hero was Hank Williams. He was also Johnny Cash s janitor for a while before he brought a tape to the Man in Black. I was in the National guard and i was flying a Mission when i landed in Johnny s backyard to deliver the tape. He never used the song although he still insists in was sunday Mornin comin Down he was impressed with the helicopter  somehow Kristofferson managed to talk his Way Oul of the West Point Job and even Oul of the Active army after his first visit to Nashville. In a Miami Herald interview Las year i said the military is contrary to every natural impulse in my body. I hate to gel up on Lime and to Wear a uniform. There ire so Many rules to be  but he still is a Soldier and still picking up Battle scars. He is a member of the makes me uneasy Hal there Are people out there who Don l like a that i m doing. I believe in duly to my nun try i love my country and i love my children but if they re going to do something that will Hurt them i la Slop it. Dissent is what this country is All  Al a concert in Lima Ohio a group of veterans were planning to protest his appearance. One Guy said i should be shot for fraternizing with the enemy. We Sal Down and  they did t Sii ool him. They did t even protest. Talking with Krul Offerson is like talking Wilh your Besl buddy in a cozy bar when you be had Only one Beer. Me also leaves the impression of on Buer vulnerability by talking a guardedly Aboul his deepest convictions. Krisl Offerson turns conversation to the subject of Nicaragua reciting instances of Deal h in Frt filth and Day care enlers Lealh at the hands of the con Rasas Lold he him by Church leaders who have been in that Sci ulry fur 30 years. I be almost guts preachy. We have a sorry record South of the Border he said and the entire third world is  his duly he says is to carry the message. To Tell tile truth. To Pul a human face on the people being  he  he did t like the Basic premise of Russia versus the . In a Indrika bul i dirt like the ideas of patriotism anal duly to country. I Lurnel Down the part of Devin Milford several times before Lisa convinced me i should do m. I decided j did l want souk right Wing portrayal Hal Woultz just play on those Voltl cold War  Kristofferson s activities make his record company nervous. Ilisa Jenl wishes he would just a movies because they Al Lead make Money. Antl his fans Don l understand Why he s abandoning them. Vii Iii i m doing does nol make sense As a career  bul lit leaves no re Publ Hal he s going in keep doing in anyway. Thisu Eek Kristofferson is wrapping up in three Day concert in Moscow and already has a new album in the works More fat on the fire of controversy tentatively called third world w.. To will Likely take off from where his final song on kill Isid ends where he sings about people their problems of War peace love and cod look inter my butt Lher we re Kil in  other Well belter Slop. Lift is a re ill life is tin Miner Ami Coti is i if reason am Tom if Tow w,iy." Friend id veterans and vocal sup jul Rwjr i the american Way Kristofferson has also been called the Jane Fonda of country musk1, somehow he embraces All sides with a disarming conviction. 24 Tori pro it Flunt  to f9b7