I had forgotten my experiences with Kris Kristofferson. He was best buds with my next door neighbor when we lived outside of Fort Worth (that was over 40 years ago), and he would stop by for a visit several times a year when he was in the area. We would sit in the neighbor’s back yard and drink beer when he came. The Neighbor was single and fairly wealthy, who spent much of his time at his house in Hawaii. He would often bring back interesting women. I remember one of them who looked a lot like Raquel Welch and liked to sunbathe nude in his back yard. Only a chain link fence separated our back yards. My wife was not too happy about that.

Red Steagall had a house on the same street at the same time, but about a block away from me. I would see him occasionally, but never met him. I think he was gone most of the time.