The Silver Tongued Devil and I is probably one of Kristofferson’s most loved albums of all time.
Chris Gantry shared this pic and post from around 1966. I am guessing that some of the songs that made it onto the album were already being born.
Pilgrim, Chapter 33
“The Pilgrim, Chapter 33” describes a man who has fallen upon hard times. The character had a past full of “money, love and dreams” that he traded for his current life as he went after his purpose despite of the consequences.[17] The song was inspired by Kristofferson’s own experience of living as a songwriter, as well as that of one of his often-unemployed peers.[22] He opened the song by listing the artists who inspired it; Chris Gantry, Johnny Cash, Bobby Neuwirth, Norman Norbert, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Dennis Hopper, Jerry Jeff Walker and Paul Siebel. The song is also featured in Cisco Pike.[23]
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_Tongued_Devil_and_I