LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 12, 2020- ON THIS DATE IN 1971 THE SINGLE ‘ME AND BOBBY McGEE’ WAS RELEASED IN AMERICA. JOPLIN RECORDED THE SONG FOR INCLUSION ON HER ‘PEARL’ ALBUM ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE HER DEATH IN OCTOBER 1970. JOPLIN ACTUALLY PLAYS GUITAR ON THE SONG. THE SONG WAS JOPLIN’S ONLY #1 SINGLE, AND IS ONLY THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS # 1 SINGLE IN ROCK HISTORY. ( THE OTHER BEING ‘SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY’)
THIS IS RARE AUDIO OF JOPLIN IN THE RECORDING STUDIO RECORDING ‘ME AND BOBBY McGEE’
