◇ image via WikipediaMe and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Kris Kristofferson and Roger Miller. Those roots explain a lot about how Me and Bobby McGee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Piece of My Heart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, The Statler Brothers and Janis Joplin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Me and Bobby McGee, reaching back through Kris Kristofferson and forward to Roger Miller. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. Gordon Lightfoot had previously released a version that reached number 1 on the Canadian country charts in 1970. Jerry Lee Lewis released a version that was number 1 on the country charts in December 1971/January 1972 as the "B" side of "Would You Take Another Chance on Me". Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971.
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Me and Bobby McGee grew out of Kris Kristofferson and Roger Miller, shares an orbit with Piece of My Heart, went on to shape Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot and The Statler Brothers. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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