Brandi Carlile wrote a long essay about her late friend Kris Kristofferson -- and revealed that he introduced her to Joni Mitchell.
Carlile posted on Instagram, "I had the profound pleasure and honor of being in Kris’s band for a little while. The twins and I will never forget that shine we stood in when we played music next to him. Kris believed in me a long time ago when he agreed to act in my tiny little music video about addiction and forgiveness… for free by the way. He never told me why he did it and I never asked. I will never forget his chuckle and the twinkle in his eye when I asked him if he thought The Highwomen was a good idea."
"Kris and Lisa [his widow] literally brought me to Joni. They’ve changed my life in countless ways over the last fifteen years or so that we’ve been in one another’s life....Wherever we were, I’d belt out an audaciously loud yodeling version of “Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams. It was his favorite song! And Lisa and I would get such a laugh because it made Kris so damn happy to hear it! His memory got foggy later in life, and every time I sang it for him he was hearing it for the first time. Imagine that: getting to hear your favorite song for the first time forever…"
She concluded, "What a ride, Kristoffersons! I hope you know we all love you so… and we are so grateful for the years you gave us with your once-in-a-lifetime man."