Take a Rhodes scholar, a singing legend, a helicopter and a beer and you have one of the most famous stories in the country history. In 1970, former Rhodes scholar and helicopter pilot Kris Kristofferson was giving new meaning to the term “struggling songwriter” He was paying his dues by working as a janitor at CBS recording studio in Nashville by night, while trying to write songs during the morning hours. Every time Johnny Cash stepped into the studio, Kris would “press the flesh” shoving a tape of his original songs into Johnny’s hand. But Johnny mostly ignored Kris’s attempts....
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