The name of the song became “Bobby McGee” because that’s what Kristofferson heard Foster say that day. The up-and-coming star said he would think about it. He immediately went to his office and called Kris Kristofferson with the idea for a song. Later, he learned that her nickname was “Bobby.”įoster said he loved the name “Bobby McKee” so much that the hair on the back of his neck stood up. Ringtone ID: 27073 Genre: Oldies Downloads: 691 Size: 206 KB Reviews: 0. This secretary’s name was Barbara McKee, but at first, Foster said he had a difficult time remembering her name. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee (Audio) () A Secretary’s Name Helped Inspire Kris Kristofferson to Write ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ĭuring the interview with the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum, Kris Kristofferson said it was Fred Foster who came up with the title “Me and Bobby McGee.”įoster then said he came up with the title thanks to a conversation with a secretary. But, in that one, I can hear her saying, ‘Wait until this son of a b**** hears this. “I love it because of the passion and heart and soul that she put into everything she did. So much love and emotion going into the song and knowing that she wasn’t there to enjoy that. And, uh, he played it for me and I had to leave the room. “But, I remember the producer, he asked me to come by his office the next day. “Unfortunately, the first time I heard Janis’s recording of ‘Bobby McGee’ was when I had just gone down because she had died,” Kristofferson recalled. “I spent about a month up there in her house living … she was quite different from anything I’d experienced before.”Īfter Joplin died, Kristofferson had the chance to hear her version of his song. “We hit it off,” Kris Kristofferson said of his relationship with Joplin.
And, she would later go on to record “Me and Bobby McGee.” 0:00 / 4:37 Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin Karaoke Version KaraFun KaraFun Karaoke 2.42M subscribers Subscribe 2.6K 1.5M views 10 years ago JanisJoplin karafun karaoke Get our. Neuwirth would introduce Kristofferson to Janis Joplin. Kristofferson would later learn that Bob Neuwirth – the road manager for Bob Dylan at the time – taught the song to Janis Joplin. Bob Dylan’s Road Manager Taught ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ to Janis Joplin “I had no idea how she knew it,” Kristofferson said during the interview.
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