Janis Joplin’s posthumous 1971 rendition of “Me and Bobby McGee” is arguably the most famous version of the song, but Kris Kristofferson, the writer, ironically never knew Joplin had plans to cut the record until after her tragically premature death in 1970. By the time she recorded her now iconic version, she and Kristofferson had […]
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