Chief among those story songs was “The Gambler,” a Don Schlitz tune debuted by Bobby Bare on his 1978 albumBare.In Bare’s hands, “The Gambler” was lean, lanky and just slightly mischievous, tall tales told by two professional drinkers at the end of the long night. Rogers realized t...
The two top-selling songs of the week belong to late legend Kenny Rogers, as "The Gambler" soars in at No.
Award winning composer, saxophonist, pianist, and vocalist Kenny Shanker has released his latest work of traditional jazz, both original songs and covers of jazz standards. “Prestissimo” is high octane, free form sax that almost sounds totally improvised. Other tracks are cool jazz all the way...
Sting is scheduled to bring his My Songs World Tour to North America this year, performing roughly a dozen U.S. and Canadian dates throughout September and October. The run starts on Sept. 1 in Vienna, Va., and concludes on Oct. 12 in Rogers, Ark. Sting's son, Joe Sumner, will op...
This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Robert Patrick for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Even if you don't recognize the name, you know the face. He almost always plays the bad guy...
COACHELLA: 20 YEARS IN THE DESERT – Produced by Michael W. Abbott, Andrew Klein, Skip Paige and Chris Perkel. Directed by Chris Perkel & Drew Thomas (YouTube Originals) THE GO GO’S – Produced by Eimhear O’Neill, Corey Russell, Trevor Birney. Directed by Alison Ellwood (ShowTime Netw...
“I think that I have some great partners on this album,” he says, with a list of guest stars that includesJennifer Nettles,Home FreeandAlison Krauss. “I’ve always had this theory that when it comes to duets, you don’t commit to partners; you commit to songs. You then find a ...
“The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers (1978) Schlitz was a young night-shift computer operator at Vanderbilt University in 1976, writing songs and shopping them around on Music Row in Nashville on the side, when he came up with “The Gambler,” a haunting story about a mysterious card player and ...