Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Artist:

Rogers, Kenny

See Also:

Presley, Elvis Williams, Hank Haggard, Merle

Description:

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Billy Sanford, Ray Edenton, Jimmy Capps, Randy Dorman, Jerry Shook, Rick Harper, Tony Joe White, Reggie Young (guitar); Pete Drake (steel guitar); Sheldon Kurland, Byron Bach, George Binkley, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight Steven Smith, Gary Vanosdale, Pamela Vanosdale (strings); Steve Glassmeyer (soprano saxophone, keyboards, background vocals); Gene Golden (keyboards background vocals); Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Thomas Cain (keyboards); Edgar Struble (clavinet, ARP synthesizer, congos, background vocals); Jerry Carrigan (drums, percussion); Bobby Daniels, The Jordanaires, Randy Dorman, Mickey Newbury, Bill Medley (background vocals).
Recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Kenny Rogers was already a star before he released THE GAMBLER in 1978. However, this was the album that established his legend, to the point that the white-bearded singer made several TV movies loosely based on this semi-concept album. In fact, this record`s two hit singles are essentially the twin templates of the rest of his career. One, the title track, is a pure country story-song with a moral at the end; the other, the swelling "She Believes in Me," is a lush piece of easy-listening pop, with full orchestral accompaniment, that makes Ray Price`s early-`70s singles sound like Jimmie Rodgers. Rogers would become a very rich man, indeed, spinning variations on those two styles in the following years, but THE GAMBLER remains one of his most cohesive and enjoyable albums.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Gambler, The
2. I Wish I Could Hurt That Way Again
3. King of Oak Street
4. Making Music For Money
5. Hoodooin` of Miss Fannie DeBerry
6. She Believes in Me
7. Tennessee Bottle
8. Sleep Tight, Goodnight Man
9. Little More Like Me (The Crucifixion)
10. San Francisco Mabel Joy
11. Morgana Jones

Album Information

Release Date:

08/21/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Label:

Dreamcatcher Records

Producer:

Larry Butler

Catalog Number:

902

Original Release Year:

1978

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

41 : 6

Guest Artist:

Mickey Newbury

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