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Only one island in the stream now

Post by Stix » 21 Mar 2020, 6:09 pm

Islands in the stream...Remember that song...?

Only one island left in the stream, because the Gambler is no more... :(

Im a Rock kinda guy through n through, but Ol' Kenny was/is always a little sugar to the ears... :clap:
Love that song "The Gambler"...a great little tale in a song i rekon...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-21/ ... 1/12078272
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Post by bigrich » 21 Mar 2020, 6:26 pm

Ole Kenny had a few good songs, I bin listening to “ruby “ lately for nostalgia reasons. Give it a look on YouTube stix.
I’ll miss Kenny :cry:
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Post by TassieTiger » 21 Mar 2020, 6:47 pm

Married 5 times, his latest and longest - 30 years his junior...5 children. They say he died of natural causes but I reckon he died from ageing disease.

Guess he has folded for the last time...poor timing as well - his life should be celebrated x 20 be unfortunately will be over shadowed by CV.
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Post by snag » 21 Mar 2020, 7:57 pm

Huge fan of the duets with Dolly Parton. What a great country singer, his songs will live in karaoke forever. Vale Kenny.
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Post by bigrich » 21 Mar 2020, 9:41 pm

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Post by Sergeant Hartman » 21 Mar 2020, 9:45 pm

Sadly one of the great ones, will be missed for sure
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Post by Stix » 22 Mar 2020, 9:50 am

Im with you there snag, they were a combo deserved of the commercial success they had.

Your right there Tassie--i turned tv on to watch the news & was gobsmacked at the 30 seconds of time allotted at the end of program to make a passing mention of his death... :o
Everything in the program was dedicated to fuelling the fear in society & promoting the dystopia to come from this virus... :thumbsdown:

Keep em coming bigrich...its good stuff... :clap:
Im waiting to see if post up my favourite song of his... :)

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Post by marksman » 22 Mar 2020, 12:38 pm

a lot of his songs run true with real life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo RIP Kenny
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Post by Stix » 22 Mar 2020, 1:59 pm

This one's my favorite...nothin like a moral punch up where the underdog serves a good dose of vengance to the bullies in a bar...lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbYj3tJRSO8

And check out the scene from the movie...go to 1:34 to see Kenny's punch--gotta love the acting...the guy starts throwing his whole body back from Kenny's punch before its been swung... :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhrnvhddwoI
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Post by duncan61 » 22 Mar 2020, 4:57 pm

loved all his work and all time favourite was Through the years.I had it on a cassette and listened to it driving to Wooramel to go culling from Carnarvon.The radio did and still does drop out 10km from town
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