re: Me and Bobby McGee

Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:23 pm to Big Scrub TX

Posted by Nativebullet

Natchez, MS

Member since Feb 2011

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Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:23 pm to Big Scrub TX

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and BTW, I think he ended up being by far the wealthiest Highwayman).

Wow. This is wrong. Actually he ranks 4 out of the 4 Highwayman. Where did you get this information?

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I definitely prefer Janis' version to any other.

Kris gave it to her. And he agrees her version is awesome.

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Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free

--- I like this version.

Kris worked off coast of Louisiana in the oil rigs. he wrote that song during that time.

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Posted by Big Scrub TX

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 2/2/16 at 7:43 pm to Nativebullet

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Wow. This is wrong. Actually he ranks 4 out of the 4 Highwayman. Where did you get this information?

Well, it would be my guess to start off with because he wrote so many songs and had a Hollywood career also and because he is notably intelligent (Rhodes Scholar). Also, I know that Jesse Colter auctioned off all of Waylon's stuff in 2014, which certainly can't bode well for the size of the estate he left.

Some simple googling around for net worth yields the following:

Kris - $160 million

Willie - $25 Million

As a comparison, Hank Jr. (often thought to be "the 5th highwayman") is listed at $45 Million.

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Johnny - Hard to tell, but looks like 100-150 million when he died

Waylon - Hard to know exactly what they mean, but estimates $7M when he died

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