Kris Kristofferson brings old songs to a new audience

Kris Kristofferson has had an eclectic career, in the early years watching other people from Janis Joplin to Willie Nelson gain fame performing his songs.

But the singer-songwriter has steadily grown as an icon over decades of acting and performing onstage, as his voice ages and hits including “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” sound even more beautiful and poignant.

Now Kristofferson is on tour again at age 80, playing songs from the Grammy-winning “The Cedar Creek Sessions,” a double album of 25 tracks of old songs he recorded in just three days. He is scheduled to perform at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Saturday, Jan.