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Me and Bobby McGee
  • Introduction & Top Questions
  • Theme: “Freedom’s just another word”
  • Inspiration: “Busted flat in Baton Rouge”
  • Recording: “When Bobby sang the blues”
  • Legacy
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Me and Bobby McGee: References & Edit History

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  • Kris Kristofferson
    / Music career
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    / Counterculture icon and death at age 27

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  • René Ostberg
    René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. 

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