Watch Kris Kristofferson's previously unreleased performance of "Me and Bobby McGee," live from Gilley's, below: "Me and Bobby McGee" is one of 15 songs included in this brand new collection, ...

Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson perform live in 1990. Join Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson — "the Mt. Rushmore of country ...

She formally recorded “Me and Bobby McGee” in September 1970. It was released in January 1971. Between those two dates, the singer died of a heroin overdose.

Texas native Kris Kristofferson, ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ songwriter and singer, ... “Everything he writes is a standard and we’re all just going to have to live with that. ...

In a 2006 interview with Esquire, Kristofferson revealed he wrote the chorus to “Me and Bobby McGee” while he was working as a helicopter pilot. “I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs ...

She formally recorded “Me and Bobby McGee” in September 1970. It was released in January 1971. Between those two dates, the singer died of a heroin overdose.

Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, was a Rhodes Scholar and an Army Ranger before taking a chance at songwriting. "Me and Bobby McGee" is perhaps his most famous song. Originally broadcast in 1999.

NASHVILLE — “Me and Bobby McGee” is one of Kris Kristofferson’s most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on it since 1969.

Dierks Bentley and Sheryl Crow performed "Me and Bobby MeGee" alongside Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Chris Janson and John Osborne of Brothers Osborne.