{"id":2134,"date":"2013-06-12T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2013-06-08T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T17:46:25","slug":"two-songs-for-dad-rogers-sinatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/06\/12\/two-songs-for-dad-rogers-sinatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Songs for Dad: Kenny Rogers, The Gambler and Frank Sinatra, My Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are two songs my father loved, and passed on to me:<\/p>\n<p>First, <i>The Gambler<\/i>, by Kenny Rogers, from the record of the same name. We had a tape which I think we about wore out listening to in the car, and he was still quoting the lyrics as advice last month.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Gambler\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wbGs8kdf1hw\"><div id=\"lyte_wbGs8kdf1hw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wbGs8kdf1hw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Gambler<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/wbGs8kdf1hw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wbGs8kdf1hw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Gambler\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd second, <i>My Way<\/i>, by Frank Sinatra. One of my earliest memories is of Dad carefully rewinding his reel to reel Sinatra tapes, and the day he discovered the all-Frank-Sinatra-all-the-time satellite radio station was a very happy day.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/kF-rtkrcQRg<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRest in Peace, Daddy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are two songs my father loved, and passed on to me: First, The Gambler, by Kenny Rogers, from the record of the same name. 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