Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes scholar, former Army captain and ex-offshore oil rig helicopter pilot who deep down wanted to write songs. So he chucked it all and moved to Nashville where at one point he was a janitor in a recording studio. Kris persuaded Roger Miller to record “Me And Bobby McGee” and got Ray Stevens to record this (BTW Ray turned down “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” to do this), months before Johnny Cash’s definitive version. Kris became one of Music City’s great songwriters and joined Cash, Waylon and Willie as one of the Highwaymen.
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