Kris Kristofferson was one of a kind. In the wake of the country legend’s death on September 28, ... He used that skill to earn some cash by flying to off-shore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, ... and a commercial helicopter pilot flying to and from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Kris Kristofferson took a helicopter in order to get his song to Johnny Cash. ... When he left the military, he flew helicopters to offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Kris Kristofferson - Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. ... in addition to working as a part-time helicopter pilot flying back and forth between offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Kris Kristofferson, ... in addition to working as a part-time helicopter pilot flying back and forth between offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Country music legend and Army veteran Kris Kristofferson has a list of accomplishments so long, ... Tennessee, where he worked as a janitor and flew helicopters for oil rigs.

Kris Kristofferson, Idol of Country Music and the Movies, Dies at 88. Mike ... Kristofferson flew commercial helicopters and worked as a janitor at Columbia and on oil rigs in the Gulf of ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died on Saturday at 88, ... “I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs. I’d lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter.