{"product_id":"kenny-rogers-the-gambler","title":"Kenny Rogers The Gambler","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 03\/12\/2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kenny Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48989076554017,"sku":"A2D5DD-90Y4-UL","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/5099\/0625\/files\/kenny-rogers-the-gambler_14EPF_a2f0b69e-7c33-455c-99de-22936370fa16.jpg?v=1740229739","url":"https:\/\/birds-nest-records.myshopify.com\/products\/kenny-rogers-the-gambler","provider":"Bird's Nest Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}