“He’s drunk and ends up howling at the stars on the beach,” Kristofferson described. He asks her, “Where did you hear that song?” And she tells him, “It was this little girl who had showed up in town, and nobody knew where she was from, and later she died.” That night, Quinn’s character goes to a bar and gets in a fight. Later in the film, he sees this woman hanging out the laundry and singing a melody that a girl used to play on the trombone. Here’s Why It’s Fun To Stay At The Y.M.C.A. He got to the point where he couldn’t put up with her anymore and left her by the side of the road while she was sleeping,” he explained. “For some reason, I thought of ‘La Strada,’ this Fellini film, and a scene where Anthony Quinn is going around on this motorcycle, and Giulietta Masina is the feeble-minded girl with him, playing the trombone. Kristofferson was influenced by people and films, not just fellow musicians. Photo by Mark Humphrey / Associated Press Fred Foster and Barbara “Bobbie” McKee Eden. Just the name Bobby McGee wasn’t enough to go off of. And that’s when he contacted Kristofferson, who had to then look for inspiration to produce the next big hit. In response to all the teasing, Foster promised he would make a song about her. Looking for Inspirationīryant would taunt Foster that the only reason he would even come to his office was to see Bobby. Foster’s friend can even attest to it… Bobby was the 29-year-old secretary to Boudleaux Bryant, a composer and friend of Foster that worked in the same building. And Bobby was clearly the apple of Foster’s eye, if he made all these trips to see her. And that woman was Barbara “Bobby” McKee, a secretary at an office that Fred Foster (from Monument Records) would see on Nashville’s Music Row. What many people don’t know is that Bobby was actually a woman.
So, who is this “Bobby”? James Gurley, Janis Joplin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, Peter Albin, and dog. He probably also didn’t anticipate the kind of following his song would emulate. Little did he know that his very own song would eventually be sung by the likes of Janis Joplin (as well as many others) and go on to be highly respected among country music fans, aficionados, and casual listeners alike. While Kristofferson did agree to write the song, he later admitted that it took him a very long time to develop all the components of the track. Kristofferson later recalled that he thought he heard “McGee,” and so he named it accordingly. Kristofferson only half-heartedly wanted to do the song, which was meant to be called Me and Bobby McKee. Photo by Moviestore Collection / Shutterstock He had just signed to Monument Records and was about to head to Nashville for another job when he was briefed on an idea for a song by Fred Foster, the record label’s founder. This epic journey of an even more epic song started in 1969, with Kris Kristofferson, who at the time was a struggling musician. While Kristofferson does indeed get the credit he deserves for penning the original it’s Joplin who stole his thunder.īut what is it that makes this song so epic? What’s the real story? Well, you’re about to find out… The Beginning of a Journey The album sold over four million copies, so yeah, I think it’s safe to say that this song is kind of a big deal. Me and Bobby McGee went on to become Joplin’s only number-one single, which was released on her posthumous album Pearl. But what’s more notable – and tragic – about the song is that Joplin’s version came out just four months after she died, which was on October 4, 1970. It might actually come as a surprise to at least a few people. Now, just in case this isn’t common knowledge, her song is a cover version of Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster’s original song. On January 11, 1971, Janis Joplin’s infamous Me and Bobby McGee was released as a single. Var finalLink = originalLink + sid + ".aspx?Source=Media" Was_ad_clicked : boolean, was_ad_closed : boolean, close_reason : (string | null), was_ad_liked : boolean*/ *spot_id : string, spot_size : string, spot_scroll_position : number, ad_id : string,ĭemand_source : string, widget_id : (string | null), widget_type : (string | null),Īd_format : (string | null), display_duration : (null | number), was_ad_watched : boolean, _API.FireAdEngagementPixel("etoro_aff_" + kw, "", 0, kw, "etoro", null, "keyword", null, null, true, true, false, null, false) Googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest() adjust the bid in real time before the auction takes place
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