Also see http://hearingtheword2.posterous.com/32811-re-an-evening-conversing-with-kenny-rog 3/28/11 GRAMMY MUSEUM DIALOGUE with KENNY ROGERS...Scott More

Also see http://hearingtheword2.posterous.com/32811-re-an-evening-conversing-with-kenny-rog 3/28/11 GRAMMY MUSEUM DIALOGUE with KENNY ROGERS...Scott goldman moderating..opened w/ video clip from movie gambler....mentions other grammy events ..troubadors..preserv hall band...henry butler..cleveland confidential..kenny chesney..sold out..] [Intro to Kenny Rogers]..mike dungan..lady..brent maher..dolly parton..mike curb....gerry house..david foster..islands in the stream..greatest duet..heard just dropped in..what condition my condition was in.s..I believ in music ..love ..beatles..100 dates..still..enjoy I more..I'm like a boomerang...u can throw me away but I keep coming back.....doo wap..hi sch..scholars..we were c students..chuck berry..crazy feeling ..american bandstand..claim to fame..dick clark doesn't remember me...ed townsend..ate fake hot fudge..me a kid fr houston..just changed name..can't call self kenneth ray..guy named larry king [not cnn's larry king] ..he introduced me as kenny rogers..kids loved it & it stuck...u played bass in jazz trio..asked me to play..cocktail job..jazz group..tony bennet across st @ shamrock hotel..learned music from 30s & 40s..kerbie stone..never been to canada..cold..had on t-shirt....landed mercury contract..solo deal..gettin sense of direction?.. have to audition..on phone..hotel lobby..people walkin by..then w. Christy?...folk music..special time.. I haven't been driven..just lucky..follow people..when hear rewards recited..I don't take it seriously..kept them in cardboard boxes..didn't want shrine..wife said u should..so I did..put mirror behind..looked double.. Ed sullivan..thelma camacho..he lovs her..he's losin It ken thought ....he says "welcm thelma & her boys"..now big hits under belt..jimmy bowen..frank sinatra..said "people don't relate to groups..they relate to people.." he chose me..bothered me..once one gets leg up..count days..but we lasted 8 years ..impressed what I've been able to do with so little talent..guy once told me I have a bad throat..said I'm not changing...made me a lot of money.. Coward of county..bizarre song..its abt a rape..we save becky...ruby about guy abt to shoot his wife. They key is to sing depressing songs in an upbeat tone..[laughter] Music being best memory creator ? U said..remember songs most attached..songs I heard when I was a kid..my mom worst singer..I would move away from her in church..dad played fiddle..back of pickup..like deliverance..period in 70's..hook w butler..string of hits..remarkable..found line btw country & pop..not many found before..took heat fr country industry..not traditional country.. I've had a lot of influences..but I think I brought new peopl to country...not everybodys roots are hank williams..some are alabama..u went on tour dottie west ..dolly parton..I was first to work arenas..in the round..more front row seats Houston astrodome....had more fans than elvis...now 20,000 30,000 ..in elem school I had a crush on colleen maze..was sure she would marry me,,,she just didn't know it yet....I see her & say, "hey colleen u remember me?" she "kind of" remembers me..ha ha.. Persons influential? First concert I saw was ray charles..girlfriend's mom came w/ us..people laughed.I thought cool..age 12..made decision..that's what I want to be Country is white man's rhythym & blues..that's why I started working w/ Lionel richie..he wrote "lady" for me..flew him over..working at riviera in vegas.. lionel can't work w/o tremendous pressure..I'm on first verse he's on 2nd verse in bathroom.. In collaborations people sing better..like 100 yd dash..when somebody runs faster..u run faster too..first duet ? Dottie west..she cooked breaksfst..start w song not partner.. Re the gambler..5 made for tv..all the big singers did movies..sinatra ...randolph scott..country club....did a show last night..private place where wealthy go to die..billionaires..I give 10 doll bills for every song they know...and they're scooping up the 10's... 50 years..still 100 dates per year..I got 6 yo..twins..they take apart my bus..new ...record "love of god"..I'm not relig but spiritual..8 kids in family..we went to church 3x week..mom said.."can't be any more spiritual as an adult than u experience as a kid" [not sure I got the quote right...but had to do with the importance of childhood impressions later in life,,and church being one of them] I picked songs people would Recognize [for new gospel album]..my philosophy...more encouraged to buy..didn't want just old songs..mike mcdonald...vince gill..guy named michael w. Smith [funny how he mentioned michael w. Smith as if nobody would know him..but lots of people do, not just christians] .. also the whites....mentions point of grace ..dove awards [coming up..he's going to be singing with point of grace?] Book called passages..re crisis moments..life never same afterwards....ed sullivan..smothers brothers..tommy partly dscovrd us.. we had a tv show in canada..3 years..tom jones show in london at same time.. Artists u want to collab with ? Start w/ song..just did duet w. Wynona judd..she can sing it..better than me.. [ another mention of kennie's children..he also has 2 adult sons (at least?)..they were in the audience & waved for all of us to see. Both were middle-aged men..never would have guessed ..realize I don't know kenny's bio very well...] Re your Passion for photography..3 books..rizolli..fine arts..places seen..they want to do america first..when did this start ? Kerbie stone..fall season..new jersey..reds yellows..wish had pic..he gave me a brownie hawkeye..so beautiful..he introduced me to guy who took marilyn monroe's pic w/ dress up..he said every great photog has a zone.. On shows..always have a camera..autobio..2 sons here..didn't want to do it....questions..I have studio on sunset..learned to wear white..stand out w. Diana ross Islands..we need dolly..great song..forgot it [he forgot the words] Mel tillis..ruby..heard..re korean war.roger miller..re guy who wants to kill wife..did it in 20 mins In studio..r u a perfectionist or allow for happy accidents ?..was on plane w waylon jennings & wife...strtd writlng song re waylon...then it became abt me..took earing..off First on johnny carson..played guitar..[did he say he can't play anymore b/c of muscle problem?] Re old man in town..my grandfather..wise..couldn't remember words.."youth only happens once..if miss it when you're young..catch it when you're old"..[applause, good line] [ question from audience about music he listens to now]..I don't listen to music much....this will get me in trouble..I watch fox news..Q..what do for fun ? Now twin boys, 6 yo,..no time for fun..at my age make or break..I think their going to break me.. [Inappropriate question re Sock in pants..] Stan goldman asks will u do Another gig w/ Dolly? A: she needs to march..always prepared..I'm unprepared..we toured 2 years..never had more fun.. U did a Christmas tour for 28 years. [Still do?] ..better in snow..people will clap to be nice..but laughter is real [except at taped hollywood shows of course] ..so I try to incorp humor.. End of Q & A...Guy next to me..his name ken..started talking as we walked out..he's a member too..mentioned he got a backstage tour at the grammys with Bob Santelli (didn't say why,,or what the connection was...) ..photo time w/ kenny rogers...group photos ..line went fast..I was on the side...was I even in the pic? they said they were going to post them on the grammy website next week...that's it..going down stairs..ken the elder next to me..said he's coming to another event here in a few days..I myself only come here once or twice a year...came for the elvis class..history of elvis..last year..taught by bob santelli..now he's doing history of hip hop.. Vander
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John R. Cash (Kingsland, Arkansas, 26 februari 1932 - Nashville, Tennessee, 12 september 2003) was een Amerikaanse countryzanger, gitarist en More

John R. Cash (Kingsland, Arkansas, 26 februari 1932 - Nashville, Tennessee, 12 september 2003) was een Amerikaanse countryzanger, gitarist en singer-songwriter. Hij werd wereldwijd bekend als The Man in Black (De man in het zwart) en viel op door zijn diepe baritonstem. Hij was van 1954 tot 1966 getrouwd met Vivian Liberto en vanaf 1968 met June Carter, die op 15 mei 2003 overleed. Johnny Cash overleed op 71-jarige leeftijd in zijn woning in Hendersonville, vlakbij Nashville vanwege ademhalingsstoornissen, veroorzaakt door zijn suikerziekte. Hij was een van de invloedrijkste zangers in het country genre. Op 12-jarige leeftijd schreef Cash zijn eerste liedjes, genspireerd door de countrymuziek die hij hoorde op de radio. Tijdens zijn diensttijd in West-Duitsland kocht hij zijn eerste gitaar. Na zijn diensttijd trouwde hij Vivian Liberto en verhuisde naar Memphis ================================== Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. Although she is most often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres in addition to country, including Folk, Pop, Rock and Blues. In the 1980s, she had a string of chart-topping singles, which crossed musical genres and landed on both C&W and Top 100 charts. In 1990, with the release of the darkly introspective Interiors, Cash's music became more personal and her music's sound more stripped down. In 1991 Cash ended her marriage to producer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, and moved from Nashville to New York City, where she continues to write, record and perform. Since 1991 she has released four albums, written two books and edited a collection of short stories. Her fiction and essays have been published in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford-American, New York Magazine, and various other periodicals and collections. She won a Grammy award in 1985 for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me," and has received 8 other Grammy nominations. She has had eleven #1 country hit singles, twenty-one Top 40 country singles and two gold records. ============================================ The Everly Brothers, Don (geboren als Isaac Donald Everly op 1 februari 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky) en Phil Everly (geboren Philip Everly op 19 januari 1939 in Chicago, Illinois), vormen een zangduo, die het grootste succes had in de jaren vijftig. The Everly Brothers zijn behalve door rock & roll benvloed door popmuziek en country. The Everly Brothers zijn vooral bekend geworden door de samenhangende harmonieuze zangpartijen. De twee zijn de kinderen van Ike en Margaret Everly, twee countrymuzikanten die hun kinderen al vroeg in aanraking lieten komen met de muziek. De gehele familie trad vanaf het midden van de jaren '40 op in een radioshow. In het midden van de jaren vijftig trokken de broers naar Nashville, waar ze hun eerste single opnamen onder Chet Atkins, die echter flopte. De twee werden getekend voor het Cadence Records-label. De tweede single en de eerste single voor het label, "Bye Bye Love", werd een enorme hit in 1957. Met behulp van producer Archie Bleyer en de songwriters Boudleaux en Felice Bryant volgden nog meer hits, waaronder "Wake Up Little Susie", "Claudette"
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