Just an amazing songwriter and an interesting man.Īnd Janis Joplin's only #1 song. ME & BOBBY MCGEE (Fred Foster / Kris Kristofferson) Roger Miller - 1969 Janis Joplin - 1971 Also recorded by : Judy Allen Bill Anderson Chet Atkins. I had the privilege of seeing him back in 1985 and I consider myself fortunate. As recently as 2016 he was a Grammy nominated artist with a record called 'The Cedar Creek Sessions'. Currently Kris Kristofferson splits his time between Malibou and Maui. I referred to this quartet in an earlier post as country rocks' Mount Rushmore. Perhaps his biggest endorsement was being a member of 'The Highwaymen' which included Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings Wille Nelson and Kris. 'Me and Bobby McGee' has been covered by countless performers over almost 50 years and it resides at #148 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.
By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free." Kris Kristofferson went on to have a prolific career of his own and he is highly regarded in the songwriting community. But there was something liberating about it.
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'Me and Bobby McGee' is host to several brilliant lines, perhaps none more so than "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." Kristofferson reveals that the line was very autobiographical as he stated in a subsequent interview, following a series of setbacks, "I'd pretty much trashed my act. 'McGee' was a result of Kristofferson misunderstanding Foster's name pronunciation. By naming the character 'Bobby' they ensured the song could be sung by a male or female. The first was Otis Redding with 'Dock of the Bay.' It was co writer Fred Foster who named the songs' character, after a secretary he knew named Bobbi McKee. It was released posthumously on her 'Pearl' album and it became the the second song to hit #1 after the death of the performer. Kristofferson, who had a brief affair with Joplin only found out she had recorded the song after her death. Kris had played it for Janis and she learned it. Joplin recorded the song just a matter of days before her death in October, 1970. Here is where it gets really interesting. He released his version on his debut album in 1970. It's often thought that Kristofferson wrote the song for Janis Joplin but that is not the case. It tells the story of two drifters as they hitchhike through the American South and make their way to California before parting. 'Bobby McGee' is one of those songs that is a story in itself. So let's go back to the beginning.The song was written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster and it was originally recorded and released by a fantastic songwriter the legendary Roger Miller, in 1969. Me and Bobby McGee is an interesting example because there are a few surrounding this song. The best stories around cover songs tend to begin with common misconceptions. They briefly discuss some of the other versions of "Me and Bobby McGee." Other artists to cover it include: Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger Miller, Gordon Lightfoot, Pink, the Statler Brothers and.She ended up becoming a singer while dating a member of the Grateful Dead, performing in bands such as the Full-Tilt Boogie Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and others.Much like Kristofferson, she was shunned, not by her family, but by her community. The hosts move on to talk about Janis Joplin and her unique life as an outcast.Enter Cowboy Jack Clement, who saw the letter from Kris's mother and showed it to Johnny Cash. Having tossed aside his education to become a "music bum," Kristofferson's family shunned him out of shame.Kevin and Butch break down the song and some of its best lines, as well as where they came from.He wrote the song in a time when he was going broke, which informed the song's lyrics. Before his music career, Kristofferson, a Rhodes Scholar who studied at Oxford, was flying planes down in Louisiana.Joplin’s version of the song topped the charts after her death in 1970, making it one of the posthumous number-one hits in Billboard history. The song is about two lovers who are on the run from the law. Who the subject of the song really was - and you may not know that her name wasn't Bobby McGee. Me and Bobby McGee is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and made famous by country music artist Janis Joplin.How Kristofferson conceived and wrote the song, and how Fred Foster fits into the picture.On this episode, Butch and Kevin discuss a number of aspects of the song: So, whose song is it, anyway? Does it belong to Kristofferson? Or Joplin, given it's her version most people remember? But along the way, many artists covered "Bobby McGee," with a wide variety of results. In this episode of Rock 'n' Roll Rabbit Hole, hosts Kevin Gibson and Butch Bays focus on the enduring song "Me and Bobby McGee." Written by Kris Kristofferson, its most successful recorded version was done by Janis Joplin, who topped the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1971 with her take on the tune.
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