Ha, yes. I believe this is a photo of him.
Posted on 02/18/2024 3:43:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
Ha, yes. I believe this is a photo of him.
Not one of his better songs. “The Gambler” or “I Am the Greatest” were much better, in the story-song genre. Kenny Rogers was an excellent vocalist, very smooth and controlled.
I remember the parody of it by Rob Hart - Chicken of the County being played on the Dr Demento show back then. It seems like it’s been scrubbed from the internet. I finally found it on archive dot org in a radio show someone posted
https://archive.org/details/cftp-2003-12-19
i like the song... on the album it was misnamed the coward of the country...
the uncle seems to say he watched after tommy not stalk him after he got married... and his first hand knowledge of the battle behind locked bar doors suggests he was there... but not participating in the fight.
and the gatlin boys were a country group, not rivals of kenny... so i take it as a joke...
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