Kris Kristofferson: Award for lifetime achievement presented to Willie Nelson

The pair then teamed on hits like 'Crazy' and 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' during an invitation-only gathering at the venue known as a songwriter's showcase.

By Chris Talbott,?Associated Press / January 28, 2013

Willie Nelson arrives at the 46th Annual Country Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena, in Nov., in Nashville, Tenn.

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Willie?Nelson?and Kris Kristofferson don't get together as much as they'd like. When they do, something amazing usually happens.

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This time Kristofferson awarded?Nelson?with the first Kris Kristofferson Award, the Nashville Songwriters Association International's new lifetime achievement award. Then the two played together Sunday night at The Bluebird Cafe.

"I really thought I was there giving you an award,"?Nelson?joked with Kristofferson afterward during an interview on?Nelson's?bus. "I had a great speech. Next time."

The pair teamed on hits like "Crazy" and "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" as Jamey Johnson looked on from a corner and producer Fred Foster watched from a stage-side table during an invitation-only gathering at the venue known as a songwriter's showcase.

The 76-year-old Kristofferson joked he was embarrassed the NSAI named the award after him. He's a founding member of the songwriter's organization and like the 79-year-old?Nelson?a member of its hall of fame.

"If I had seen what's happening right now before right now I would've thought I was dreaming because when I came to Nashville, Nashville was the most exciting place for a creative artist to be," Kristofferson told the crowd. "And the people I hung around with were serious songwriters who were totally unselfish, and their hero and my hero was a guy that nobody else knew. It was?Willie?Nelson. He's unlike anybody else."

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