

Kristofferson released his own version in his debut album "Kristofferson" with Monument Records in 1970. Kristofferson played the song for Roger Miller, a country-pop singer who was the first artist to cut it in 1969, and made it a Top 12 country hit. But I just thought it was the most fantastic song I had ever heard." Me and Bobby McGee written by Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster. Kris said he couldn't sing very good, but he'll try. An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work. "Fred came in and said, 'I want you to meet the real Bobby McKee and here's Kris Kristofferson to sing your song for you,'" Eden said, laughing. Me And Bobby Mcgee Busted flat in baton rouge headin for the trains feelin nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained took.

Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (Lyrics). In Joplin's version, she switched the genders and made Bobby a man.Įden remembers the day that Kristofferson and Foster came into the office to sing her the song. Unlimited free Roger Miller music - Click to play King of the Road, Dang Me and whatever else you want. TextText file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. Kristofferson apparently took his own liberties, changing McKee to McGee, and invented a road song story about a pair of travelers who drifted apart. In 1969, Foster called up Kristofferson with the song title idea with the hook that Bobby was a woman. and chorus, walk up to the next chord (this can be as simple as playing a C7 before the F. "He was so intelligent, so gifted, so talented and he didn't sound like anybody I had ever heard," Foster said.
