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RM · 08-19-2010, 10:15 PM

Thanks for the heads-up. Sounds like it will be a treat.

Reading the reviews at Amazon, part of one has this tidbit :

"There is an excellent booklet that comes with the digipack which reveals a number of unknown facts about the making of these songs. Most intriguing of all is the story behind the credit Fred Foster shares with Kristofferson on "Me and Bobby McGee" that highlights the warmth and honesty of the man. Basically Fred Foster telephoned Kris up and told him he should write a song with the title "Me and Bobby McKee", the hook being that the subject was a woman instead of a man (there apparently was a Bobby McKee that worked with the songwriting team of Boudeleaux and Felice Bryant). After he wrote the song Kristofferson he was told he was crazy to split the royalty on what was clearly going to be a hit song -- and this was before he had any money to speak of -- Kristofferson responded by saying "man, I wouldn'ta written it if he hadn'ta told me to!" "

08-19-2010, 10:15 PM	#3
RM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,965	Re: Kristofferson demos Thanks for the heads-up. Sounds like it will be a treat. Reading the reviews at Amazon, part of one has this tidbit : "There is an excellent booklet that comes with the digipack which reveals a number of unknown facts about the making of these songs. Most intriguing of all is the story behind the credit Fred Foster shares with Kristofferson on "Me and Bobby McGee" that highlights the warmth and honesty of the man. Basically Fred Foster telephoned Kris up and told him he should write a song with the title "Me and Bobby McKee", the hook being that the subject was a woman instead of a man (there apparently was a Bobby McKee that worked with the songwriting team of Boudeleaux and Felice Bryant). After he wrote the song Kristofferson he was told he was crazy to split the royalty on what was clearly going to be a hit song -- and this was before he had any money to speak of -- Kristofferson responded by saying "man, I wouldn'ta written it if he hadn'ta told me to!" "