I don't think that Jerry ever sings Me and Bobby McGee, this is a Bobby(Weir) song.
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Yes. Janis changed Bobby McGee to a male character though. The Grateful Dead also played the song with Bobby as a female. After Janis died the Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter wrote a song commemorating Janis Called 'Birds Song'
"Bobby sang the blues" is part of a line from "Me and Bobby McGee"."Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster.
"Me and Bobby McGee"??? was a hit for Roger Miller in 1969 and for Janis Joplin in 1971.
This song can be found on the boxset titled The Mercury Years Part 2.
bobby mcgee was originally female, the charachter changed to male by janis joplin for her last recorded song before she died. believed to be the same subject of the song "the rose" about billie holliday. Bobby Mcgee was written by Kris Kristofferson in 1969. It was always rumored that he wrote it for Janis Joplin about Janis Joplin, however he claimed on an episode of Saturday night live, that he wrote it for a woman named Bobby Paisner. The film La Strada was an inspiration for the song
Yes. Janis changed Bobby McGee to a male character though. The Grateful Dead also played the song with Bobby as a female. After Janis died the Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter wrote a song commemorating Janis Called 'Birds Song'
Jerry McGee was born on 1943-07-21.
Jerry McGee died on 1943-07-21.
"Bobby sang the blues" is part of a line from "Me and Bobby McGee"."Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster.
I am not sure who most recently did it, but Roger Miller was the first to ever record Me & Bobby McGee in 1969
Jerry Bossard goes by Peppy McGee.
"Me and Bobby McGee"??? was a hit for Roger Miller in 1969 and for Janis Joplin in 1971.
Songs containing the name Bobby include: Me and Bobby McGee Bobby Brown
no she didn't
Somewhere near Salinas
In the song, "Me and Bobby Mcgee", it's near where Kris (or Janice) let Bobby slip away.
Feeling good was good enough for me, good enough for Me and my Bobby McGee. Me and Bobby McGee.....Janis Joplin, Kris Kristoferson,, and many more.