You never know how much you love somebody until they’re gone. I’ve had so many wonderful years and wonderful times with my friend Kenny, but above all the music and the success I loved him as a wonderful man and a true friend. pic.twitter.com/hIQLIvt8pr
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) March 21, 2020
March 21, 2020
"Well, I couldn't believe it when I got up this morning and turned on the TV, checking to see what the coronavirus was doing, and they told me that my friend and singing partner, Kenny Rogers, had passed away..."
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And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even ...
RIP Kenny.
Kinney was the real Dude
She is total class.
Great singer, enjoyed his work for decades. 81 years is a good life.
RIP, Kenny.
Dolly Pardon is eternally lovely.
She didnt know what condition his condition was in. RIP
Howard said...
Kinney was the real Dude
3/21/20, 10:19 AM
Is this you taking the piss again?
I got to see him in concert a couple of times. Was fan of his from an early age.
Dolly Parton is all class. She's charitable in word and deed. Long ago she would feed the few homeless she encountered; she took them to Waffle House, upon occasion. And she has donated books in honor of her father.
Kenny Rogers will be missed but his music stands the test of time. It seems he had a good run.
Good morning, Nichevo. You got to be kidding me the guy is one of the most successful artists of all time in a number of different Medias. He never seem to take himself too seriously. I don't know maybe you're too young to remember how wildly successful the man was and how broad has crossover appeal reached.
I'm not a big fan of country western music. I don't dislike it, but I'm not a natural fan of it. I watched much of the Ken Burns History of Country Western Music on PBS. It pulled me in and glued me. Highly recommend.
Country Western music is loved by many people I know, so I get to hear it when I'm around them. Heard "The gambler" just a few weeks ago. Classic. Kenny's voice is one of the best.
RIP.
I met Dolly Parton -- actually worked with her for a few nights. Very nice, very genuine person, and very professional. Also put on a great show. This was when she was broadening her audience, crossing over from hard-core CW to more Americana-type music. The audiences were mostly non-country people, and they gave her standing ovations. Which she more than deserved.
Guess it was time to fold them.
RIP Kenny Rogers
"It wasn't me who started that crazy Asian war,
but I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDOznxiEcdM&t=80s
He and Dolly made a good musical duo. Loved the Gambler, sorry to see him go, but 81 isn't young. RIP.
I don't know that much about Kenny Rogers, but those were nice words that Dolly Parton said. She always seems sincere and kindly. There's considerable evidence that she's as nice as she claims to be.
I met him for a minute once back when he was Kenny Rogers & The First Edition...
Remember 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town'? Huge crossover hit! Mel Tillis wrote it, Waylon Jennings had recorded it in 1966, Johnny Darrell had a Top 10 country hit with it in 1967...
I read once somewhere that Kenny fell upon hard times after that, that he was impoverished and living in a little apartment in LA. But fortune smiled again when he convinced the music industry he could sing ballads, thus disproving Fitzgerald's assertion that there are no second acts in American lives...
Anyway, Rest in Peace, Kenny...
Howard said...
Good morning, Nichevo. You got to be kidding me the guy is one of the most successful artists of all time in a number of different Medias.
GM Howard. No, I ask because you spelled his fucking name wrong, and my operating assumption is that when you type like a rhesus on crack, you have your clown nose on.
My mom had Kenny Rogers on 8-track. I know a lot of his music, and may he RIP.
Dolly's the one who made me cry just now. Her voice is so soothing, her words are so heartfelt. I don't know if my 23 year old son knows who Rogers is, but he sure knows Dolly. She crosses all categories and age groups. Can she just speak to us every day during the coronavirus? She can talk about her pets, or whatever.
Nichevo, now is not the time to act like a little bitch. Buck up. Kinney is how his name is pronounced in his native South. It's a term of endearment, but thanks for playing.
Kenny Rogers Roasters Seinfeld comment.
I am Laslo.
Dolly is the best mountain Scots Irish girl of them all. You can’t ask for more. Her accent is real too. Kenny Rogers was lucky to have her for a friend.
Goodbye Kenny.
I know the lyrics to every tune on his 1980 greatest hits record, which my foreign born mother bought on release (vinyl) and played endlessly around the house. All three of my kids went to sleep to the dulcet sounds of my rendition of the Gambler, my favorite of his tunes. He picked a fine time to leave.
@Howard, nice try. Actually, not even that.
She is total class.
A musician who worked with Dolly spent 2 full minutes of his show praising her to the heights as a person AND as a professional. And if anyone knows a musician, it's another one who worked in the same studio recording music with them.
"Kinney is how his name is pronounced in his native South. It's a term of endearment"
Keyanney, if you really listen.
If you lived in the south at the time Kenny Rogers played on AM radio on a loop. A mega star that reached so many people...
If Dolly goes before me I will sob uncontrollably...
Ke-Laurel if your ears work funny.
People, in November there was peace unknown
Then came December over'n old Wuhan
We were kept outside but
There was something going wrong
Now you do something to me but I must explain
6 ft. no closer, just absorb the pain
Fifteen days all apart
And we'll defeat the enemy
15 days quar'n'tined
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs careful calibration
We're all in this together, ah ha
Crush this virus together ah ha
Virus in the air
That is what we war
6 feet in between
Must not get this wrong
Stay away from me
So we save the world
And we'll rely on each other, ah ha
One non-spreader from another, ah ha
Mead gotta admit that was funny but still it's a bit cold.
Kenny would understand.
Kinney is how his name is pronounced in his native South. It's a term of endearment
Is that so? I had no idea.
Are there any Southern writers who render Northern accents as dialect? (Of course, we northerners don't have accents.)
I suggest listening to the Dolly Parton's America podcast, hosted by the creator of Radiolab. I haven't finished it myself, but it's been surprisingly fascinating so far.
My favorite Kenny Rogers song is not one of his country ones, but the very groovy "Just Dropped In) to See What Condition My Condition Was In."
"Ruby" is a good song too. I expect it hit home for many Vietnam vets.
Dolly knows you can’t make old friends:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=chBNBzE35EI
Saw him at the Randy Travis tribute a couple years ago. Had just had knee replacement surgery and was moving with great difficulty. Voice still good but not that strong.
In answer to tcrosse's question: Elmore Leonard. FYI, the only parts of the US without accents are the west coast and parts of New Hampshire and Vermont.
I like Dolly too. Beautiful, vivacious and really, really talented.
Dolly Parton is the greatest. She's song some great duets, not just with Rodgers, but others. I like the Kauss-Parton duet of "Sweet Music man".
Its amazing the Gambler was recorded by Rodgers in '78. I remember seeing him on the Muppet Show and I think he song it.
Dolly, Linda and Emmy Lou. ❤️.
I knew a girl in 1979 who knew him pretty well. Really, really well.
Let’s let Adam Carolla and Norm MacDonald send Kenny Rogers off in style, shall we?
tcrosse,
"Are there any Southern writers who render Northern accents as dialect?"
"All Southern fiction will be called grotesque by the northern critic, unless it really is grotesque, in which case it will be called realistic." --Flannery O'Connor
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