The Origin of Me and Bobby McGee

This is explains the beginnings of Kris Kristoffersons's recording career, where Me and Bobbi McGee came from, how Janis Joplin came to record it and her relationship with Kristofferson.

That video is very personal and moving. Thanks for posting that. Didn't know about Barbara McKee or story.

I saw Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Synanon Street Fair in SF in 1967. Before they released their first album. Sitting up on a hill. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/239403
She was full of energy, really projected it. Sold me right away. Bought the album as soon as it came out. She was wild and a beautiful, free spirit. Thought her best music was with Big Brother too.

1967 Monterey Pop. Wildness of the times comes through in this music video. Way out of key singing/playing. Album version much better, but Janis Joplin looked great then! Kris thought so too.

BillTre said:

This is explains the beginnings of Kris Kristoffersons's recording career, where Me and Bobbi McGee came from, how Janis Joplin came to record it and her relationship with Kristofferson.

Make that Bobby McGee...

difalcojr said:

I saw Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Synanon Street Fair in SF in 1967.

I saw them plus Jefferson Airplane at the Hollywood Bowl 0n September 15 of 1967. I had to look up the date by searching for the events at this venue for that year. Apparently, Grateful Dead were also on the bill, but either they didn't show up or my wife and I showed up after their set.

difalcojr said:

Thought her best music was with Big Brother too.

That's my opinion as well. My most favorite Janis Joplin song is "Take Another Piece of My Heart," (Faith Hill's version is better IMO), and my least favorite song is the one about a Mercedes Benz, when she had gone solo (I think).

It's interesting to note that one of the lines in the MB song is "My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends." As the picture in post #2 shows, Joplin did have a 1964 Porsche 356C, which she had painted by one of the Big Brother roadies. I belong to PCA (Porsche Car Assn.) and by coincidence the current issue has an article about her car and its color scheme. That car is still in existence and recently sold for $1.76 million USD.

Wow, quite a coincidence with the magazine article. Wonder how the paint job is after all these years?! 1967.

In the song was Bobbi McKee, I think.