![]() I was hoping it would be released in other environments, for example as a download from Amazon, but that hasn't happened, so I decided to just let you all know that it is on iTunes. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped. It was always one of my favorite tracks on that amazing album.Īs I said at the start, this is only available on iTunes. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. Lightfoot's version of "Me and Bobby McGee" is on his first Warner Brothers album, If You Could Read My Mind. Hawkins, Kristofferson and Lightfoot laid down their vocal tracks at Hawkins' home, surrounded by close friends who joined in the final chorus Nelson was recorded later in his tour bus. Obviously, iTunes is easy for everybody else, but not for me. It took me only about an hour to figure out how to buy this thing and then play it. Thankfully, I have an iPad, which I use only for testing websites. After 3 weeks of wondering, and watching the video trailer which has only Kris and Ronnie, I decided to take the plunge. I have never used iTunes (I download from Amazon or Google), and I don't have iTunes on my PC. This wonderful video was released in Augit is available only at iTunes, and only as a video. Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68 will be published June 10 and is available to preorder at: video now on You Tube, but I kept the original article for now. Written by the people who really knew Janis and those inspired by her, the book’s in-depth text provides a fascinating, new account of the singer’s extraordinary life. Featured alongside are previously unpublished items from her personal archive, including letters she wrote home to her family and a preceding scrapbook from her senior high school years, 1956-59. Throughout it all, she collected posters, souvenirs, press clippings, photographs and records, and annotated them with her comments. ![]() During her career, Janis Joplin created a personal record of her meteoric rise to fame and the flowering of Sixties counterculture. Some of the images in the “Me and Bobby McGee” short film may be seen in the upcoming limited edition book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68, recently announced by Genesis Publications and the Janis Joplin Estate. Serna and Sánchez recently created the official music video for “Bob Marley & The Wailers – Jammin (Tropkillaz Remix) featuring Tiwa Savage. Originally released on January 11, 1971–three months after Joplin’s passing on October 4, 1970, and eight days before what would have been her 28th birthday on January 19– Pearl debuted Janis’ last completed studio recordings as well as intimations of what the influential American country-soul-blues-rock singer was capable of delivering.Ĭolombian director-designer Sara Serna developed a multi-dimensional perspective and mixed media approach to her cinematic interpretation of “Me and Bobby McGee.” Serna worked with her frequent collaborator, Chilean art director Jko Sánchez, to create an immersive animated short film incorporating narrative, representational, abstract and biographic elements illustrating the song through handmade collage, cutouts and digital compositing. The new “Me and Bobby McGee” official video is part of an ongoing celebration and appreciation of Janis Joplin and her music surrounding the 50th anniversary of Pearl, the artist’s final studio album. Released on January 12, 1971, Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” became the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach #1 the first was Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, in 1968. With her indelible iconic performance, Janis made “Me and Bobby McGee” her own. Written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, “Me and Bobby McGee”, Joplin’s transcendent rendition–recorded days before her death in October 1970–turned the song into an all-time classic. The new “Me and Bobby McGee” short film was released on Saturday, March 20, the 50th anniversary of the track topping the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. Columbia Records, Legacy Recordings and the Janis Joplin Estate Release First-Ever Official Music Video for Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” on March 20, 50th Anniversary of Classic Track Hitting #1 on Billboard Hot 100Ĭolumbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, and the Janis Joplin Estate announce the debut of the first-ever official music video created especially for Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” the artist’s #1 single and one of the enduring signature performances in Janis’ studio repertoire. ![]()
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