Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and ...

He was out of the country shooting a film when she recorded it. More than a half-century after it was written, “Me and Bobby ...

A Nashville musician once offered Kris Kristofferson some feedback on “Me and Bobby McGee,” the 1971 Janis ... he was a thinker-poet who pushed country music in existentialist directions.

More than 50 years ago, Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, ...

The song was Kristofferson's only solo country hit, reaching No. 1 in 1973. "Me and Bobby McGee" became one of the most iconic songs of the 1970s. Kristofferson co-wrote it with his producer ...

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, ...

Television: The evening reaches its high point when Daniel O’Donnell and Shona McGarty perform the late Kris Kristofferson’s ...

Part Romantic poet, part folk troubadour, part country-music storyteller ... Time’s Comin'”), and Roger Miller (“Me and Bobby McGee,” “Best of All Possible Worlds,” “Darby’s ...

“Me and Bobby McGee,” his best-known song ... becoming a part of the country music super-group the Highwaymen, with Nelson, Cash and Waylon Jennings. When they invited Kristofferson in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country ... Bobby McGee.” Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his ...

Kris Kristofferson didn’t just write songs like he was destined for country ... in Kristofferson’s very wise catalog. “Me and Bobby McGee” topped the Hot 100 in March 1971, less than ...

Kris Kristofferson plays at the International Festival of Country Music ... One of his most recorded songs, “Me and Bobby McGee,” was written based on a recommendation from Monument Records ...