Kenny Rogers

He apparently knew when to fold em'.

Beat me to it. 

And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even. 

SWMBO made me drag her to one of his xmas shows about 8-years ago. I was not looking forward to it.

He walks out on stage, looks down at a middle-aged guy in the front row & says "You don't want to be here, do you?" The guy reluctantly admitted it & Kenny says "I'll make you a deal, for each song you recognize I'll give you $20." By the end of the night the guy had almost $200 & Kenny made him put on one of his tshirts.

I was a little envious that we weren't sitting in the front row...

I convinced he's stoned on this video.  

My dad loved Kenny's music and for some reason the Gambler lyrics pop into my head a lot.  .....you gotta know when to hold em...

If the only thing he ever did was give us Kenny Rogers Roasters and the best Seinfeld episode ever, he'd be a National Treasure.

...but he did so much more. 

If you haven't, you should see him in the movie "Six Pack". RIP 

Have you seen what condition his condition was in?

In reply to Javelin :

Solid recommendation here. Solid. 

Kenny Rogers was on one of the first infomercials I ever remember seeing. He introduced himself and was selling guitar lesson books and tapes. I had never heard of him before, but not long after that, The Gambler was released and my father listened to it all the time, since he had just gotten his first car with a tape player in it. I never even knew about First Edition until I saw The Big Lebowski.

I guess I liked Kenny Rogers.

I enjoyed the First Edition's TV show when I was a kid.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

When I was a kid I thought he was Canadian because of that show

Shouldn't this thread be at the top of the "Latest Topics" list ALL day long?

Rogers starred as Brewster Baker in the racing film “Six Pack”.......

Now I need to find it.......

RIP

Peabody here said:

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

When I was a kid I thought he was Canadian because of that show

How so?  I really don't remember many specifics about it, other than one of the band members singing "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, Think I'm gonna eat some worms".  Was it a Canadian made show, or he sounded Canadain, or what?

It was a Canadian show

ShawnG said:

Have you seen what condition his condition was in?

Now we're talking. Psychedelic Kenny Rodgers. Who knew?

He picked a fine time to leave...

Watching old videos...Nobody wore early 70's hair better.

In reply to Scotty Con Queso :

There's a Seinfeld horror game out now that features the glow from the Roasters neon sign. 

His greatest hits album was the soundtrack on many road trips growing up as a kid..

Javelin said:

If you haven't, you should see him in the movie "Six Pack". RIP 

Good God, I saw that in the movie theater as a kid. Haven't seen it since. Thanks for making me feel really really old now.

From the show. Apparently Billy Van was on 40 episodes too

I was a fan when I was a wee lad back in the 70s, and I remain one to this day. RIP, and thanks for everything, Gambler.