Kenny Rogers—And What Makes Country Music Great—Has Died

Old School ^ | 3/21/20 | Patrick Rooney

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Janis Joplin me and Bobby McGee written by Kris Kristofferson who has impressive list of well written songs made famous by others. Try Johnny Cash’s Sunday morning coming down. Or for the Good times by Ray Price. Both written by Kristofferson.

You've given me a TON of homework!

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RIP Kenny Rogers. From early pop rock to country, here’s a guy whose life and career saw it and sung it all, and performed via every media and venue there is. May God give you rest, peace, and a never-ending sea of wanting fans.

Amen!

[over3Owithabrain]

Kenny was also a duet master. We Got Tonight (written by Bob Seger) and the all timer Islands in the Stream (written by the Bee Gees).

Also had an iconic psychedelic rock song featured in Big Lebowski.

True music legend.

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He was more of a “pop” country singer. More Vegas than Nashville.

That was the wonderfulness of Kenny,...he was both.

There you go!

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Another story telling song with a twist is his “The Greatest”....

Didn't know that one, OKC Patriot. Just watched--nice song!

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Kenny was also a duet master...

True, over30withabrain!

[ABN 505]

Old Dogs ,Children and watermelon wine.

[Honorary Serb]

May his Memory be Eternal!!!!

[cyclotic]

I agree with the storyteller genre of country music. It’s pretty much lost.

A month or two ago, my son, a trucker lost his job when the company he worked for went bankrupt. As he was leaving, he turned down a dirt road near the shop to see where it went. He drove across a patch of ice that turned out to be a 4 foot deep sinkhole. He lost his job and destroyed his truck within ten minutes.

Then he took a 20 hour Greyhound trip to come pick up a spare car from us.

I told him his life is a country song. He doesn’t even have a tailgate to drink beer on.

[MuttTheHoople]

Now he can’t see what condition his condition is in....

[mumblypeg]

“Kierkegaard was more of a literary genius than a systematic philosopher...His Fear and Trembling is the go to book...”

So Hunter S. Thompson was a Kierkegaard aficionado? Huh. Makes sense, in a twisted sorta way.

[mumblypeg]

My favorite Kenny Rogers song:
But You Know I Love You

https://youtu.be/cMFOUoBKtfo

[inchworm]

Half the new country singers are more into singing about ass shaking and inuendos about sex. I can’t even put it on for the kids to listen to anymore, except for classic country stations.

[MacNaughton]

Good find.

YouTube - The Big Lebowski - Dream Sequence

[MacNaughton]

"Reuben James" is also my favorite of KR's.

YouTube - Reuben James - Kenny Rogers

[rdl6989]

Wasn’t that Willie Nelson?

[Fiji Hill]

This is my favorite tune by Kenny Rogers:

That Crazy Feeling (1958)

[MrEdd]

You might look into Red Sovine as well.

Start with “Phantom 309” and “Giddy Up Go”

[Fiji Hill]

And speaking of story tellers, nobody better than the late Tom T Hall.

This is one of Hall's compositions--a protest song against protesters.

What We're Fighting For--Dave Dudley (1965)

[Mouton]

My error