Who first recorded Me and Bobby McGee?

Gordon Lightfoot
Me and Bobby McGee/Artists

Who wrote Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson?

Kris Kristofferson
Fred Foster
Me and Bobby McGee/Lyricists

What’s the meaning behind the song Me and Bobby McGee?

In 1969, Foster called up Kristofferson with the song title idea with the hook that Bobby was a woman. 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 Joplin’s version, she switched the genders and made Bobby a man.

Who wrote the song Why Me?

Kris Kristofferson
Why Me/Lyricists

Did Janis Joplin date Kris Kristofferson?

“We hit it off,” Kris Kristofferson said of his relationship with Joplin. “I spent about a month up there in her house living … she was quite different from anything I’d experienced before.” After Joplin died, Kristofferson had the chance to hear her version of his song. It was painful for him.

Why did Kris Kristofferson write the song Why Me Lord?

According to country music historian Bill Malone, Kristofferson wrote the song during an emotionally low period of his life after having attended a religious service conducted by the Rev. Kristofferson said he went with friends to the church service where he was moved by Larry Gatlin’s song “Help Me (Lord)”.

Who has Kris Kristofferson written songs for?

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore Kris Kristofferson Tommy Overstreet
Love Is the Way Kris Kristofferson Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) Kris Kristofferson Waylon Jennings
Magdalene Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson

What are the lyrics to me and Bobby McGee?

Me and Bobby McGee Lyrics. 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 us all the way to New Orleans. I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana. And was blowin’ sad while Bobby sang the blues. With them windshield wipers slappin’ time and.

Who wrote you and Me?

“You and Me” is a song by American alternative rock band Lifehouse . It is the first single released from their third studio album, Lifehouse (2005). The track was written by lead singer Jason Wade and American record producer Jude Cole.

Who sings Bobby McGee?

“Me and Bobby McGee” is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller.