Reelin’ in the Years 221: Me and Bobby McGee. RIP Gordon Lightfoot

And so now Gordon Lightfoot has gone.

I noted his song If you Could Read My Mind here.

His first single was Me and Bobby McGee which subsequently had a substantial after life. The many artists to have recorded it include its writer Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Janis Joplin, Charley Pride and Jerry Lee Lewis. Janis Joplin’s version has had over 1,000,000 sales/streams.

Gordon Lightfoot: Me and Bobby McGee

 

Janis Joplin: Me and Bobbie McGee

 

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot:17/11/1938 – May 1/5/2023. So it goes.

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