Having a song named after you is always a pleasure, but, ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ is no ordinary song and is a true highlight in Janis’ Joplin’s career that remarkably wouldn’t have existed without Eden. This accolade was something she never expected, but, she has remained forever grateful about. When Eden heard the song on the radio, she couldn’t quite believe it, noting: “Then I started hearing it on the radio and I would just go crazy every time I heard that song.”Įden has been memorialised forever in history on this track. Kristofferson initially gave the song to Roger Miller who had a hit with the track in 1969, before releasing his version on his debut album Kristofferson, which came out in 1970. But I just thought it was the most fantastic song I had ever heard.” Kris said he couldn’t sing very good, but he’ll try. “Fred came in and said, ‘I want you to meet the real Bobby McKee and here’s Kris Kristofferson to sing your song for you,'” Eden recalled to the Star Tribune in 2015. At the time of the song being penned, she was a 29-year-old working as Bryant’s secretary and nicknamed Bobbie. I had it finished by the time I got to Nashville.” I took an old experience with another girl in another country. It was raining and the windshield wipers were going. “One day I was driving between Morgan City and New Orleans. But it must have stuck in the back of my head. Fred Foster, the owner, called me and said, ‘I’ve got a title for you: ‘Me and Bobbie McKee,’ and I thought he said ‘McGee.’ I thought there was no way I could ever write that, and it took me months hiding from him, because I can’t write on assignment. Intro G - C/G G - C/G G Verse G G G G Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin for a train G G D7 D7 When Is. For the intro, strum 2 whole-beat G chords, then 4 half-beat C chords. In Twang – The Ultimate Book of Country Music Quotations, Kristofferson recalled: “I had just gone to work for Combine Music. ME AND BOBBY McGEE (Kris Kristofferson) each chord is the same length thats either one measure or half a measure, depending on how you look at it. Little did he know how the song would change the course of his career. She was the secretary of a friend and colleague of Fred Foster’s, Boudleaux Bryant and Foster then suggested to Kristofferson that he write a song called ‘Me and Bobbie McKee’, which he then did. The inspiration for the track is Barbara McKee, known as Bobbie. And buddy, that was good enough for me.Due to ‘Bobby’ being a gender-neutral term, it fits seamlessly into Joplin’s wheelhouse, and people didn’t question the real Bobby McGee’s identity.And nothin' left was all she left to me,.Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,.She was lookin' for the home I hope she'll find,.That was a lot of explaining to end up saying the lyrics are on the right track. Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away, Are you implying It was good enough for Bobby McGee and me or This is.And every night she kept me from the cold.Standin' right beside me through everythin' I done,.From the coalmines of Kentucky to the California sun,.And buddy, that was good enough for me,.Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues,.And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free,.Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,.Bobby clappin' hands we finally sang up every song.With them windshield wipers slappin' time and.And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues,.Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana.Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,.Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains,.
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