Kenny Rogers: the genre gambler who always came up trumps

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Whether making country, psychedelia, pop or folk, Kenny Rogers brought charm, emotional insight and brilliant storytelling to American music

Seven years ago, Kenny Rogers was interviewed by the Guardian. He was about to play Glastonbury, a turn of events by which he seemed utterly perplexed. He suggested the audience might know his music because their parents had played it when they were kids, “which,” he chuckled, “probably counts as child abuse”.

 

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Had the privilege of seeing Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, BJ Thomas and Al Green at the Dome Shadows here in Houston before they made it big. Houston’s own, May he RIP.

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