Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, from Keith Whitley’s country smash I’m No Stranger To The Rain to the Everly ...
He’d give Barbara lyrics to type up after he and Felice emerged from their office, songs in hand after a spree of ...
For the rhythm, Kristofferson was influenced by Mickey Newbury’s “Why You Been Gone So Long?” As for the song’s general narrative, of the hitchhikers’ journey across the country, Kristofferson said in ...