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. 'Me and Bobby McGee' is one of Kris Kristoffersons most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on it since 1969. Having tossed aside his education to become a "music bum," Kristofferson's family shunned him out of shame. Me And Bobby Mcgee Charlie Pride A Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin for the train E Feelin nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down, Just before it rained A Took us all the way to New Orleans A I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna D And was blowing sad while Bobby sang the blues With those windshield.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.Who the subject of the song really was - and you may not know that her name wasn't Bobby McGee.
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? Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin for a trainAnd Is feelin near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
It rode us all the way into New Orleans
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
Is playin soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah
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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