Music Appreciation

BluesRunTheGame

(1,621 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2020, 05:59 PM Jan 2020

The very first person to cover "Me and Bobby Mcgee" was...

...Roger Miller. Didn’t know this before today.

Yeah, Roger Miller was the “King of the Road” guy.

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The very first person to cover "Me and Bobby Mcgee" was... (Original Post) BluesRunTheGame Jan 2020 OP

Ken Burns' "Country Music" had a good piece on Roger Miller who recorded it first and redstateblues Jan 2020 #1

I was in Las Vegas with some friends MuseRider Jan 2020 #2

There is a back story to my preference. saidsimplesimon Jan 2020 #3

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

1. Ken Burns' "Country Music" had a good piece on Roger Miller who recorded it first and

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Thu Jan 2, 2020, 06:07 PM

Jan 2020

Kris Kristofferson, who wrote it. As usual Burns does an amazing job.

MuseRider

(34,135 posts)

2. I was in Las Vegas with some friends

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Thu Jan 2, 2020, 06:21 PM

Jan 2020

long ago at a nursing conference and we were looking for something to do. Roger Miller was playing at one of the casinos and the other half of the show was Gabe Kaplan. Great show. We knew who Miller was after all the silly songs that had played on the radio over the years but were really amazed at how good he really was. I would guess it was around 1982 or 83. I did not know he covered this song. Not his best.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

3. There is a back story to my preference.

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Thu Jan 2, 2020, 06:22 PM

Jan 2020

I am grateful that while hanging out in the 60's, I resisted.

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