._KennyRogers Remembered by His Publicist of 15 Years (Guest Post)
They say you should never meet your heroes, but apparently “they” never met. I had the great fortune and pleasure of working with the legendary singer as his publicist since 2005.
When Stephen Colbert entered the backstage room where Kenny was waiting before an interview about his 2012 autobiography, “Luck or Something Like It,” he walked in without saying a word and simply began singing a deep album cut from Kenny’s 1960s band, the First Edition . He had many, many celebrity friends, particularly Dolly Parton — I’ll never forget the sound of the two of them laughing together — and Lionel Richie, who he first met in 1979, and whose song “Lady” became a major hit for Kenny the following year. They reunited for a new version of the song on Richie’s 2012 album “Tuskegee,” and when Kenny played a headlining set at the Bonnaroo festival that year, Lionel joined him for a surprise appearance.
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