Kris Kristofferson - 9-25

We here at the American Treasure Tour blog are flattered by the devoted attention you give to the important information available here.  That said, we are confident you will recall our post made two full days ago dedicated to the film Semi-Tough starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Kris Kristofferson.  It comes up again today as we highlight another way Kris Kristofferson has reached our audience, specifically in song.

Kristofferson's album The Silver Tongued Devil and I was released in 1971, and includes a spoken word explanation of Kristofferson's inspiration of different celebrities of the era for the songs included.  Johnny Cash, Dennis Hopper and Janis Joplin were three of those other artists.  The album did well in both the country and pop charts, and also received a mention in the 1976 Martin Scorcese film Taxi Driver.

Question:

In 1985, Kris Kristofferson joined three other musicians to create the country music supergroup The Highwaymen.  Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson were two of the other members.  Who was the fourth?

a)  Johnny Paycheck

b)  Dennis Hopper

c)  Roy Orbison

d)  Waylon Jennings

e)  Dolly Parton

Answer Below

Today in History

One of the problems many Americans saw in the new Constitution, intended to replace the Articles of Confederation that had been adopted during the Revolutionary War but that were designed to limit the power of the federal government, was that there were no written protections for individuals.  That is why, on this day in 1789, the United States Congress voted into law the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to be added to the Constitution designed specifically for that purpose.  Since then, seventeen more amendments have been added, which confirm the timelessness of this very important document.

"Jimmy" Doolittle, best known for posterity as the head of an air raid against the mainland of Japan after the successful attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, first made history on September 25th, 1929

when he proved it was possible to fly an airplane blind.  Using instruments during inclement weather, his was the first flight during which an aviator could safely take off, fly, and land with limited visibility.

Births

September 25th, 1897 is a day during which we should celebrate American literature, for it was the birthday of Mississippi's own William Faulkner.  The author of plays, short stories, novels, screenplays and screenplays, Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.  His works include The Sound and the Fury, Absalom Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, and many other highly-regarded pieces that depict life in the South.  His talents were also used to adapt the works of others for the cinema, including Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, released in 1944.

1929 was the year in which Barbara Walters entered the world.  Baby Barbara was born in Boston, the daughter of Jewish immigrants who escaped to the United States to avoid the eastern European pogroms of the late-19th century and early-20th century.  Walters' natural ability to put interview subjects at ease and to

ask thought-provoking questions made her internationally famous, and respected as one of the most-accomplished women to have reached prominence in news reporting.  She has been ranked one of the greatest television stars of all time by TV Guide magazine.

Quote:

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.  -- Barbara Walters

Answer:  d)