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Kenny Rogers—And What Makes Country Music Great—Has Died
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| 3/21/20
| Patrick Rooney
Posted on 03/21/2020 5:49:30 AM PDT by rebuildus
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The day the (country) music died...
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:49:30 AM PDT
by
rebuildus
To: rebuildus
I worked at Kenny Rogers 50th birthday party out in LA. set up the stage, sound and lighting. Dolly was his surprise guest. She flew in from filming a movie in Louisiana I think. They did an impromptu
Islands in the Stream ( not my favorite song) and Dolly couldn’t keep up. She apologized for ‘not having enough wind’ but she hasn’t sung in a long time. Kenny was so gracious.
And speaking of story tellers, nobody better than the late Tom T Hall.
Homecoming is one of most underrated country songs ever.
Thanks for sharing and praying for Susan.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:56:19 AM PDT
by
KierkegaardMAN
(This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
To: rebuildus
Yikes. Condolences to family and friends of Kenny Rogers. R.I.P., sir. Thanks. love
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:56:55 AM PDT
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: PGalt
Got to run my recording of the Miami vice episode where he was a retired Texas ranger.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:59:32 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The media is the enemy of the people.)
To: KierkegaardMAN
Dolly couldn’t keep up. She apologized for ‘not having enough wind’ . . . Dolly Parton ran out of lung capacity? I would not have expected that.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:00:59 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: KierkegaardMAN
I like the one about horses, whiskey, money, and women best of Tom’s work.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:02:53 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
To: rebuildus
“The Gambler” was a classic song, that is for sure.
JoMa
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:04:23 AM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
To: KierkegaardMAN
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:10:08 AM PDT
by
KierkegaardMAN
(This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
To: rebuildus
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:11:08 AM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(I love Mankind - It's Just Most Of The People That I Can't Stand)
To: wally_bert
For Kenny Rogers my favorite was “Reuben James” (which reminds me of Walter Brennan’s “Old Rivers”) and from Tom T. Hall it would have to be “Old Dogs Children & Watermelon Wine”.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:12:00 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: KierkegaardMAN
I like Ruby... Don’t take your love to town. Powerful story. I think he’s a vet
Whose in a wheelchair married to an unfaithful gal.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:13:27 AM PDT
by
KierkegaardMAN
(This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
To: rebuildus
I always thought his song “Coward of the County” really nailed that story theme. Especially the line “Everyone considered him, the Coward of the County”. For most of the song the context implies the prevailing thought around town about the subject’s character, but the last time it is sung the implication is that it’s the way people used to think of the song’s subject.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:15:47 AM PDT
by
Crolis
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
To: rebuildus
Think I’ll visit the used record shop today...
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:17:53 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: rebuildus
I just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)...
And now I see this.
RIP, Kenny.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:19:08 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
To: Crolis
I suspect Coward of the County may soon apply to America’s silent majority...
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:19:47 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: polymuser
I like to play a game with people the best first line of a song. for example “busted flat in baton Rouge waiting for a train.” But I really like “in a bar in Toledo across from a Depot on a barstool she took off her ring”.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:20:08 AM PDT
by
KierkegaardMAN
(This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
To: KierkegaardMAN
Thanks, KierkegaardMAN, for the Kenny Rogers and Dolly story, and for introducing me to Tom T Hall. I know, “introducing,” right! I just gave “Homecoming” a listen, and I know what you mean now about storytelling!
Oh, and I’ve never read Kierkagaard either! Guess I’m not too cultured!
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:20:10 AM PDT
by
rebuildus
(MAGA! Last chance, folks!)
To: Pollster1
Dolly Parton ran out of lung capacity? I would not have expected that. No kidding!
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:21:27 AM PDT
by
rebuildus
(MAGA! Last chance, folks!)
To: polymuser
Think I’ll visit the used record shop today...You can't do that in Pennsylvania, Tommie the Commie closed them too.
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:22:00 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
To: KierkegaardMAN
I like Ruby... Don’t take your love to town. Powerful story. I think he’s a vet Whose in a wheelchair married to an unfaithful gal. You're right KM, Ruby is great!
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posted on
03/21/2020 6:23:25 AM PDT
by
rebuildus
(MAGA! Last chance, folks!)
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