”The Gambler” Kenny Rogers passes away
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Correct, he started out in folk. He also played bass. "Just Dropped In" is my favorite song of his. Also, some early use of chroma key, or "green screen", for TV in that video you posted earlier (although they are using blue, which is sometimes used).
Another version of "Just Dropped In" from the Ed Sullivan Show, with live vocal on a backing track. This song is pretty hard to sing live. There are some fully live versions on YouTube that sound a little rough. Kenny with a Nehru jacket and awesome beard...great look for him!
Damn this sucks. He wasn’t looking to good with his last performance with dolly.
He had some pretty bad plastic surgery done. Looked horrible the last few times I saw him on tv.
LOL I loved those skits. They had one he did his own version of The Apprentice too that was funny. Even had a Seinfeld episode
Sad news. All of the great talents of that era are getting very much up there in years now. It's likely we'll see big names like this come up on news sites with more and more frequency (which sucks, but time marches on). It's amazing to think about how many who got their country music start in the 60s and 70s and continued to be popular on the radio and on tour well into the 80s are already gone and have been for some time now. Conway Twitty (whose country recordings date back to 1956) died in 1993. Lynn Anderson died in 2015. Tammy Wynette died in 1998. Waylon Jennings (whose first recording was 1959) died in 2002. Dottie West died in 1991. Eddie Rabbit died in 1998. George Jones (whose country recordings date back to 1954) died in 2013. Merle Haggard died in 2016.
You know you're getting old when so many of the people you grew up listening to on the radio are gone (in any genre).
You know you're getting old when so many of the people you grew up listening to on the radio are gone (in any genre).
Sad news. All of the great talents of that era are getting very much up there in years now. It's likely we'll see big names like this come up on news sites with more and more frequency (which sucks, but time marches on). It's amazing to think about how many who got their country music start in the 60s and 70s and continued to be popular on the radio and on tour well into the 80s are already gone and have been for some time now. Conway Twitty (whose country recordings date back to 1956) died in 1993. Lynn Anderson died in 2015. Tammy Wynette died in 1998. Waylon Jennings (whose first recording was 1959) died in 2002. Dottie West died in 1991. Eddie Rabbit died in 1998. George Jones (whose country recordings date back to 1954) died in 2013. Merle Haggard died in 2016.
You know you're getting old when so many of the people you grew up listening to on the radio are gone (in any genre).
Now THAT'S a list of country superstars
No click track. No bro country. Actual talent.... If we lose Dolly or Willie....meh.....I don't even want to think about it.
"For god sakes, turn around." That line always gives me chills.
Song was written by Mel Tillis, first recorded by Waylon Jennings.
CycloneErik
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I never knew these songs. He's excellent there, too.
And a phenomenal birthday party:
Billboard has a really nice article on the back story for "Islands In The Stream," the number 1 Hot 100, AC, and Country duet with Dolly Parton.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...lly-parton-islands-in-the-stream-forever-no-1
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...lly-parton-islands-in-the-stream-forever-no-1
