East Hampton Public Library, April 5, 2025 “Just the Other Side of Nowhere” (1970). This song is from Kristofferson’s first album, and is clearly autobiographical in its portrait of a young man from a small town who has come to the big city hoping to prove himself there, but instead feels that he’s losing himself … Continue reading Program Notes:  Tennessee Walt’s ‘Big-Time Lonesome Town: The Songs of Kris Kristofferson’