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Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
youtube ^ | 3/21/2020 | Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Posted on 03/21/2020 3:09:40 PM PDT by mdittmar

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler


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KEYWORDS: country; kennyrogers
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 posted on 03/21/2020 3:09:40 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

This is one of my favorites and lesser known by Kenny.
Reuben James:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIwz1vBX0RI


2 posted on 03/21/2020 3:14:34 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: mdittmar
I think The Gambler is one of the wisest, most clever songs ever written, with several layers of meaning. Every word of it is true.

The only problem is that if you're young enough to really need the advice, you're probably also too young to realize you do need it, and also too young to figure out how to put the wisdom of the song to use in your own life. But that doesn't mean it's not worth thinking about; I certainly did, when I was young and heard The Gambler on the radio all the time.

The man who wrote The Gambler, who's name is Don Schlitz, was only 23 at the time he wrote it; this blows me away.

3 posted on 03/21/2020 3:19:12 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: mdittmar
One of Kenney Rodgers' first big hits, 60's psychedelic rock, a lot different from his classic country style, What Condition My Condition is In
4 posted on 03/21/2020 3:19:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: mdittmar

Loved this guy.

And he had GREAT corn products in his chicken shops. I mean, better than anything! Definitely better than Boston Chicken. But of course his died out basically when Seinfeld featured it. Still stuck with dull New England cooking 20 years later.


5 posted on 03/21/2020 3:21:18 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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Not at all a Kenny Rogers fan after the way he treated his wife, Marianne Gordon. Mistreat your wife, and you’re my enemy.


6 posted on 03/21/2020 3:29:04 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Steely Tom

Schlitz’ first hit as a songwriter was Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler”, which
became a crossover country hit upon its release in 1978, later becoming one
of Rogers’ signature songs. Since then, Schlitz has written numerous country
songs and penned several hits for other country artists. Among his biggest
hits are two Number One songs which he co-wrote with Paul Overstreet,
“Forever and Ever, Amen” by Randy Travis and “When You Say Nothing at
All” by Keith Whitley. He has 24 number 1 hits on the Country Charts.

United States President George H. W. Bush also commissioned Schlitz to
write a theme song for his “Points of Light” program. This song,
“Point of Light”, was a No. 3 country hit for Randy Travis in 1991.

Schlitz also worked with Kenny Rogers again in 1998. Rogers joked at
the time that “every 20 years I will record a Don Schlitz song”.
The result was a hit single called “The Greatest”. Rogers also
recorded several more of his songs in 2013 for his best-selling
You Can’t Make Old Friends album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz


7 posted on 03/21/2020 3:32:28 PM PDT by deport
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To: mdittmar

Bookmark


8 posted on 03/21/2020 3:33:42 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus)
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To: deport
There's people who are just very, very talented.

Mason Williams, who wrote Classical Gas, was also the Smothers Brothers' head comedy writer; he also essentially created The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He created the "Pat Paulson for President" campaign, and won an Emmy award for his comedy writing on the show in 1968.

In addition, he helped launch the career of Steve Martin by hiring him as a writer on the Smothers Brothers' show. Initially, Williams paid Martin out of his own pocket.

Here he is performing the song: Classical Gas.

Here's someone a little cuter playing it: Classical Gas - Gabriella Quevedo.

9 posted on 03/21/2020 3:45:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom
Here's someone a little cuter playing it: Classical Gas - Gabriella Quevedo.

And here she is was someone a little less cute playing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcKPiQPcT9o

It's a TE standard.

10 posted on 03/21/2020 4:53:32 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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here she is was > here she is with


11 posted on 03/21/2020 5:00:56 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: mdittmar

R.I.P. Kenny - been listening since The First Edition.


12 posted on 03/22/2020 12:15:20 AM PDT by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: mdittmar

Man courted lots of fine women

I salute you Kenny and I liked First Edition


13 posted on 03/22/2020 12:36:34 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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