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"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. [ 1 ]
Gregory Skyler Taylor (born December 24, 1982), known professionally as Skyzoo, is an American rapper and songwriter.He has released a number of notable solo and collaborative albums, including Cloud 9: The 3 Day High with 9th Wonder in 2006, The Salvation in 2009, A Dream Deferred in 2012, Music For My Friends in 2015, and his most recent solo album All the Brilliant Things.
The album includes the single, "Me and Bobby McGee". This is her first album recorded with Motown Records under the Mowest label. Two versions of the album were issued, a ten track version in the US and a fourteen track version in the UK and Germany. [2] The album was reissued on CD in an expanded edition by Soulmusic Records in 2012.
Roger Miller's recording of "Me and Bobby McGee" was a Top 20 country hit in 1969, but Janis Joplin's rendition of the song became the definitive one. The soulful rock singer recorded the song ...
In the summer of 1970, Janis Joplin recorded "Me and Bobby McGee" with her newly formed Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her version was released after her death in October 1970; it reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 and was included on the 1971 release Pearl . [ 43 ]
The Austin Sessions is a studio album by Kris Kristofferson, released on Atlantic Records in 1999. It features stripped-down versions of Kristofferson's most famous material, including "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night".
Jerry Reed – electric guitar on "You Show Me Yours" Grady Martin – electric guitar on You Show Me Yours," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" Albert Lee – electric guitar on "The Pilgrim" Booker T. Jones – organ on "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson – backing vocals; Technical. Bradley Hartman, Harold Lee – engineer; Norman Seeff – photography
Border Lord was released in February 1972 but failed to achieve the success its predecessors had. At the time of its release, Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone was unkind, charging that Kristofferson was “a fast-livin’, hard lovin’ dude who has just enough time between ballin’ and brawlin’ to jot down a tune or two.