The Silver Tongued Devil and I
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| Studio album by Kris Kristofferson | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:49 | |||
| Label | Monument | |||
| Producer | Fred Foster | |||
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| The Village Voice | C– |
The Silver Tongued Devil and I is the second album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1971 on Monument Records. In the spoken word intro to "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", Kristofferson says he wrote the song about various celebrities. Two of those mentioned, Johnny Cash and Dennis Hopper, later performed the song on The Johnny Cash Show; Another is Donnie Fritts, Kristofferson's keyboardist, Bobby Neuwirth, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin. In the documentary "Harry Dean Stanton, Partly Fiction" Kristofferson says that the song was inspired by Harry Dean Stanton.
All songs by Kris Kristofferson except as noted
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A copy of the album appears in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, which also quotes a phrase from "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33": "He's a prophet, he's a pusher, partly truth and partly fiction, a walking contradiction."
The de facto soundtrack for Kristofferson's first film, "Cisco Pike", which features many songs from the album.
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