I had it finished by the time I got to Nashville.вЂќ I took an old experience with another girl in another country.

It was raining and the windshield wipers were going. вЂњOne 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, вЂIвЂ™ve got a title for you: вЂMe and Bobbie McKee,вЂ™ and I thought he said вЂMcGee.вЂ™ I thought there was no way I could ever write that, and it took me months hiding from him, because I canвЂ™t write on assignment. In Twang вЂ“ The Ultimate Book of Country Music Quotations, Kristofferson recalled: вЂњI had just gone to work for Combine Music. 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 FosterвЂ™s, Boudleaux Bryant and Foster then suggested to Kristofferson that he write a song called вЂMe and Bobbie McKeeвЂ™, which he then did. The inspiration for the track is Barbara McKee, known as Bobbie. Some of the images in the вЂњMe and Bobby McGeeвЂќ short film may be seen in the upcoming limited edition book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers вЂ“ Scrapbook 1966-68, recently announced by Genesis Publications and the Janis Joplin Estate.Д«oth the new music video and the limited edition book are part of an ongoing celebration of the Pearl albumвЂ™s 50th anniversary.Due to вЂBobbyвЂ™ being a gender-neutral term, it fits seamlessly into JoplinвЂ™s wheelhouse, and people didnвЂ™t question the real Bobby McGeeвЂ™s identity. The animated short film incorporates narrative, representational, abstract and biographic elements illustrating the song through handmade collage, cutouts and digital compositing. The new вЂњMe and Bobby McGeeвЂќ official video is a mixed media work created by Colombian director-designer Sara Serna and Chilean art director Jko SГЎnchez.

JoplinвЂ™s rendition turned the song вЂ“ written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster вЂ“ into an all-time classic. The single was released on Januand became the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach #1 (following Otis ReddingвЂ™s вЂњ(SittinвЂ™ On) The Dock of the Bay in 1968). вЂњMe and Bobby McGeeвЂќ was recorded just days before Janis JoplinвЂ™s death in October 1970. You can watch the animated film вЂ“ the first-ever video for the song вЂ“ in the player below. вЂњMe and Bobby McGeeвЂќ was featured on Janis JoplinвЂ™s Pearl album, released 50 years agoДЄ brand new music video for Janis JoplinвЂ™s вЂњMe and Bobby McGeeвЂќ was released this week, 50 years after the track originally topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

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