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“At the time Ray [Stevens] cut it, nobody had ever put that much money and effort into one of my songs,” Kristofferson tells The Boot. “He’s a wonderful singer. The first time I heard it, I had to leave the publishing house. I went out and sat on the steps and wept. Of course, the record company didn’t want him to put it out and go in that direction, because he was having success with those novelty songs at the time he cut it. Then John did it, and he had the hit with it.”

Cory and I were together for 10 years and problems starting arrive when people work that long together. But, Cory is….my show will still maintain its spirit, my part of it won’t change. But when Cory Yonts was on, he was the best sideman that I will ever have. That’s it. No one will ever sing with me like Cory. No one will ever interact with me like Cory on stage. And so, but its like we were just getting to a point. There were some decisions made that affected out positions with each other and they way we felt about each other. And, they were arbitrated on both sides. And I think, that I just think it is time for a change. I will never try to replace Cory, it can’t be done. And my stage show will have to change too. I’m gonna come out with a little bit more of a band now. There is no one person that’s ever gonna take his place.

“The steel guitar I really love was played by guys like Johnny Sibert and Jerry Byrd and Joaquin Murphey — guys that played without pedals, when it was more a melody instrument than a chordal instrument,” Scruggs said. “You can lose a little soul when the note is moved by a mechanism being pressed by your foot, versus that slow, soulful feel you get from slanting your bar up or back. I steal all of Johnny’s licks, but then he isn’t using them anymore.”

Music Fog: Madison Violet – “Best Part of Your Love”