{"id":17789,"date":"2019-08-21T08:16:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810755"},"modified":"2019-08-21T08:16:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:16:55","slug":"kenny-rogers-has-been-everyones-sweet-music-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/kenny-rogers-has-been-everyones-sweet-music-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Rogers Has Been Everyone\u2019s \u201cSweet Music Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">6m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kenny-rogers\">Kenny Rogers<\/a> probably wouldn\u2019t recognize me if we were in an elevator together and I was wearing a neon name tag. But there was that one night when \u201cThe Gambler\u201d asked ME to take a picture with HIM. The memory of that occurrence beam brightly today as Rogers adjusts to his 81st birthday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hx4gdlfamo?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hx4gdlfamo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Let me explain: In the antediluvian days before there was streaming, downloading and CDs, I used to browse the record bins for \u201ccutout\u201d vinyl albums \u2014 that is, albums with the corners clipped off to signify they were to be sold at a reduced price. The cover of one of these discounted albums showed a male trio, the central visage of which looked a lot like a young, beardless Kenny Rogers. And, indeed, it was. So I bought it.<\/p>\n<p>The album, <em>In a Most Unusual Way<\/em>, was by the Bobby Doyle Three and dated 1962. Later I learned that Rogers had dropped out of the University to Texas just to join the trio. I listened and lulled to its pleasant covers of current and classic pop tunes and soon after filed the album away with my other bargain treasures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wvr5Z0NsDm8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wvr5Z0NsDm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Years and decades passed. Civilizations rose and fell, and then, in May 2012, my editor at CMT.com assigned me to cover Rogers\u2019 last of two shows as artist in residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame. On a hunch that Rogers might like to have my album for his archives, I took it with me and looked up one of Rogers\u2019 managers before the show started. He was dazzled by the album, noting that the only copy Rogers had of it was on cassette. Instead of taking the album to Rogers himself, the manager insisted I present it to him personally.<\/p>\n<p>So we walked down past the crowd gathered in the Hall of Fame\u2019s Ford Theater and into the green room where artists awaited their cue to go on. The room was packed with friends, assistants and hangers on. But Rogers lit up when he saw the album. He joked that because Doyle was blind, he and the other singer posed him for the album cover looking to the side instead of into the camera as they were.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"b2508661\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Kenny-Rogers-and-Edward-Morris-1566395463.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Kenny Rogers and Edward Morris\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then he said, \u201cLet\u2019s take a picture.\u201d He put his arm around my shoulder and held up the album in front of us. We grinned mechanically, the photographer snapped and the moment was over. Never one to linger in the unaccustomed company of greatness, I quickly took my leave and went to my assigned perch to watch Rogers present one of the most entertaining shows I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1684988\/kenny-rogers-enchants-audience-at-final-hall-of-fame-show\/\"><strong>Here\u2019s my account of the event.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810755\/kenny-rogers-has-been-everyones-sweet-music-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 6m ago Kenny Rogers probably wouldn\u2019t recognize me if we were in an elevator together and I was wearing a neon name tag. But there was that one night when \u201cThe Gambler\u201d asked ME to take a picture with HIM. The memory of that occurrence beam brightly today as Rogers adjusts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 03:26:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}