RIP Kenny Rogers

[WalshFan88]

RIP.

While I wasn't a fan of his music, he is an icon and I love his part of the early Eagles history.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/country-music-legend-kenny-rogers-dies-81-n1165531

[KingWalsh]

No! Not Kenny! You broke the news to me. 😣😢 He is such an icon! memories of my childhood and the tv special, “Islands in the Stream”....I love that song! RIP. Heaven’s band gets another member 😔

[FreyFollower]

Kenny Rogers has passed away at 81. He was at home with family under hospice care. I had not heard that he was ill.
Prayers for his family.
Of course, all Eagles' fans owe Kenny for helping Don/Shiloh get to California in the first place, etc.

[KingWalsh]

Very very sad 😔. I just heard it first on the border. walshfan88 posted too. A true legend, I didn’t know he was ill either.

[FreyFollower]

Sorry, WF, your post wasn't there when I started typing. I kept changing my wording and took too long. I don't know how to delete my whole post. Admin.?

[My My]

So sorry to hear this. The A&E biography of Kenny Rogers that Shun posted about is set to air on April 13th. I wonder if they will air it earlier? It is said to be built largely from an all-star salute concert in Nashville in 2017. Don Henley is listed as one of the guests.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Oh no! I was so shocked when I saw this. I had not heard anything about him being ill either. I loved Kenny Rogers - his music had just enough of an edge that made it sound more like country rock to me. One of my favorite lines that I still use often is "you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em." And, of course, I love to the role he played in Eagles' history. My heart goes out to his family, friends, and fan. I am glad to hear that his family plans to have a public memorial for fans and friends once the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

R.I.P. Kenny Rogers



(And BTW, I merged the two threads that were created for this topic.)

[New Kid In Town]

Wow - I am shocked to hear this ! I did not know he was sick. While not one of my favorite artist, he is a true icon and contributed a lot to Country/Rock music history. May he RIP and deepest sympathy to his family and friends. Another great goes to that great band in heaven.

[shunlvswx]

He has been sick. I remembered reading somewhere that he had to cut short his farewell tour on doctor's orders.


Here's an article of Don talking about his mentor and he saw him 6 weeks ago.


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/don-henley-kenny-rogers-tribute-970907/


RIP Gambler. Thanks for discovering Don and his band and took a chance on them. We would had never gotten the Eagles and Don would had never met Glenn.

[tbsfan]

Vince Gill, backed by Brad Paisley & Marty Stuart, just sang Kenny's "Sweet Music Man" to open tonight's Grand Ole Opry. It was lovely. Due to COVID-19, for the second week in a row, the Opry is being played to an empty room and livestreamed.

https://www.opry.com/show/2020-03-21-saturday-night-opry-live-on-circle-at-7-pm/

[sodascouts]

I'm so sorry to hear this! I have always loved Kenny Rogers' music, ever since I was a kid. His Greatest Hits was one of the first CDs I ever bought, way back in the 90s.

We all know the huge role he played in getting Don's career started. They even did a song together called "Calling Me."

I loved "The Gambler" but an underrated song of Kenny's that I always loved was one I played at my parent's 50th anniversary:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDMmORGwRWI



RIP Kenny!

[shunlvswx]

I love Calling Me.

I started to like Through the Years when the Osmonds played it in their show.

Also. I was going on IHeart Radio to listen to some of his songs and I saw he recorded Elvira with the First Edition. A song that would become the Oak Ridge Boys signature. Then finding a few years ago he recorded We've Got Tonight with Sheena Easton.

[Brooke]

I was so sad to hear of Kenny's passing Saturday. I've always loved his music. RIP Kenny. :sad:

I'm also glad he gave Don and his band Shiloh a chance and helped them get started. Sounds like he was revered by Don, too. He had very nice words to say about him.

My favorite song of his was Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town with his band, the First Edition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChPI5pAet8

And Islands in the Stream with Dolly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-LGVKOHgU&list=RD0V-LGVKOHgU&start_radio=1&t=0

Just found this "The Untold Truth about KR" and Don, Glenn and the Eagles are featured at about the 1:18 mark.