On what would have been his 90th birthday, we remember not the man behind "Me and Bobby McGee," a songwriter whose work ...

Kris Kristofferson wrote "Me and Bobby McGee" based on a scene in a classic 1954 film, and it became Janis Joplin's resonant ...

Kris Kristofferson once told Creg Lovett at Houston Press: “I always feel like Houston is the place I play that’s closest to my favorite place on Earth.” His favorite place on earth was his hometown, ...

Ask anyone which is one of Kris Kristofferson’s more popular songs, and the answer will undoubtedly be “Me And Bobby McGee”. Written by Kristofferson and Fred Foster, it was first released by Roger ...

Over half a century since her sudden death at the age of 27, Janis Joplin's loss remains one of the most tragic in rock history. Particularly heartbreaking is the fact that the iconic singer recorded ...

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose / Nothin’, don’t mean nothin’, honey, if it ain’t free. Written by Kris Kristofferson and immortalized by Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee” stands ...

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.