The network will air a half-hour TV special
CMT will celebrate the life of artist, singer, songwriter, actor, and activist Kris Kristofferson. The network will air the half-hour special, CMT Remembers: Kris Kristofferson, tonight (Wed, Oct 2nd) at 8 pm ET/PT.
The special will feature standout performances, exclusive interviews, and special moments spanning his storied career.
Encore performances will air on Friday, October 4th at 11 pm ET/PT and Sunday, October 6th at noon ET/PT.
Additionally, a special remembrance package will air in this weekend’s all-new episode of CMT Hot 20 Countdown.
Kristofferson passed away peacefully in his home in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, September 28th, surrounded by family, at 88. Kristofferson changed the language of country music with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive subject matter that found the personal within the political.
He believed that songwriting is a spiritual communion of mind, body, and soul, and he believed that William Blake was correct in asserting that anyone divinely ordered for spiritual communion but buries his talent will be pursued by sorrow and desperation through life and by shame and confusion for eternity.
His influence transcends generations and genres with Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Roger Miller, and others recording his songs.
