Interestingly, they somehow go back eastward to Kentucky, before making their way back westward to California. Alternatively, and much more likely based upon the lyrics that say they are "Busted flat in Baton Rouge and waiting for a train," the "diesel" in question was a diesel train, which took the pair the relatively short distance from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
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The pair hitch a ride from a truck driver and sing as they drive through the American South. The song is the story of two drifters, the narrator and Bobby McGee. He explained that he was trying to convey the despair of the last scene of Federico Fellini’s La Strada in which a broken, war-torn, inebriated man (played by Anthony Quinn) stares up from the beach at the night's stars, and breaks down sobbing. The titular character was named for a studio secretary, Barbara "Bobbie" McKee, but Kristofferson had misheard her surname. The suggestion for the title was a cordial challenge from producer and Monument Records founder Fred Foster to Kris Kristofferson.
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Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. Gordon Lightfoot and Jerry Lee Lewis also released versions reaching number 1 on the country charts in 19 respectively. chart history after " (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kris Kristofferson intended. Stream + Purchase TIME CAPSULE here.Ġ6/24 - St." Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller, whose songs "King Of The Road," "Dang Me" and "Do-Wacka-Do" defined a generation of crossover country music.
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Feelings painted together like a collage, as if 90s alt, 60s psych, 70s electric jazz, and some abstract future were all magazines - chopped up and somehow cohesively glued together by Micah’s voice and lyrics. TIME CAPSULE takes listeners on a trip through various genres, ideas and sounds - an eclectic palette of sonic colors, both familiar and exploratory. Available digitally, on compact disc and inside a limited edition hempcrete time capsule, forged by Micah himself. A 26-song musical journey through time, space and consciousness. Micah Nelson released his experimental, psychedelic, future-folk magnum opus, TIME CAPSULE, under his Particle Kid moniker in April. I cut the video together using a combination of time-lapse footage I shot at Luck, concert footage of me and my dad performing the song live, and some animated portraits I created digitally of him at different times in his life.” So this song is for the real Willie fans too. They know how incredible and one of a kind he is. But believe it or not I do relate to the Willie fans because I am one of them. I would never try to be him, or even pretend, because nobody will ever be him. HE is the one who gave me my Particle Kid moniker after all. A tribute.Īt the same time I realized it’s also a sort of ‘fuck you’ to anyone who ever thought of me as some lost prodigal son who doesn’t understand him or respect his legacy just because I’ve never imitated his style or pandered to his audience.
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That night I wrote it for him, about him. You better write the rest of it quick.’ He said. It took me a second to process, but I said, ‘Dad, that's the best song title I ever heard. A limited-edition, wood carved single of “Die When I’m High (Halfway To Heaven)” will be available exclusively at the dates.ĭiscussing the creative spark behind the track, Micah offered, “Sometime back in December 2020, in between endless rounds of chess and dominos, my dad looked up at me and said, ‘If I die when I’m high I’ll be halfway to heaven’. Particle Kid and Willie Nelson will hit the road starting next week as part of the Outlaw Music Festival, across the U.S. The duo shared a video today via Rolling Stone, prior to the track dropping via all DSPs tomorrow - pre-save here.
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Particle Kid, aka Micah Nelson, and his legendary father Willie Nelson duet on a new single, “ Die When I’m High (Halfway To Heaven)”.