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Jerry Lee Lewis - Me and Bobby McGee

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Uploaded by on Jan 2, 2008

Live in London, in 1983.

ME AND BOBBY McGEE:
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller, but best remembered for Janis Joplin's cover of the song, recorded a few days before her death in October 1970.

In the original version of the song, Bobby is a woman; Janis Joplin, who was a lover and a friend of Kristofferson's from the beginning of her career to her death, changed the gender and a few of the lyrics in her cover. It was the last song she recorded before her untimely death. Kristofferson states he did not write this song for her, but the song is associated with her. Especially, he has said, in the line, "Somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away."

Jerry Lee recorded it in 1971, and it was the flip side of "Would You Take Another Chance on Me".

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  • "The Killer" could do this song (as well as others) five different ways to Sunday...his band was never quite sure where he was going and for how long he would play...a sometimes out of control entertainer....what a joy to see him live.

  • the best version of this song ever done!

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  • better then kris

  • @wiffley .....The badest mother that ever lived....

  • God my Daddy drove me nuts growing up listening to this. and then my friends and I were lost in Texas and ended up at Billy Bob's one night and guess who the hell was playing!! And it was SUCH a rocking good time - called my Dad collect from the show lol

  • Also went to see the musical "The Million Dollar Quartet", he was the star in that too, even though it wasn't him.

  • this guy is crazy mad sick good ;)

  • Excellent!

  • The man is brilliant.

  • simply nice

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