It remained Rogers’ biggest hit up until his passing in 2020, and has left such an impact that The Library of Congress chose his single for preservation owing to its cultural, historical, and artistic significance.Īnd now Don has released his own bluegrass version of The Gambler as a debut single from his new album with Engelhardt Music Group, Mountaintop. The song reached across genre lines internationally, showing up on pop and country charts all over the world.

Along the way Don has won three CMA Song of the Year awards, two Academy of Country Music Song of the Year prizes, and two Grammy Awards plus induction into the Nashville Songwriters Association Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.īut none have had the widespread impact of his first #1, when Kenny Rogers recorded The Gambler in 1978. Songs like On the Other Hand and Forever and Ever, Amen helped make Randy Travis a star, as did When You Say Nothing At All for Keith Whitley, and later for Alison Krauss. Nebraska goes to Madison to take on Wisconsin at 3:30 ET on ABC.Don Schlitz has been one of the most successful songwriters in Nashville, writing hit after hit for top country acts like The Judds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tanya Tucker, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as bluegrass-adjacent artists like Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss. Nebraska fans would be willing to forgive a lot of what has happened in the last 4 years. 17 Iowa in its final 2 games of the 2021 season. Nebraska has never beaten Wisconsin in Madison since joining the B1G in 2011. The Huskers have released a hype video ahead of their game with the Badgers. Wisconsin has beaten Nebraska 7 consecutive times, and Iowa has beaten Nebraska 6 times in a row. The Huskers have 2 games left against bitter B1G West rivals. Later that afternoon, it was announced that OC Matt Lubick, QB coach Mario Verduzco, RB coach Ryan Held and OL coach Greg Austin had been fired effective immediately. Last Monday, during the bye week, athletic director Trev Alberts announced that Frost would return for a 5th season. This will be 5th straight losing season and the 4th under Frost. The Huskers are 3-7 on the season and 1-6 in B1G play. Nebraska has had another disappointing season under head coach Scott Frost thus far.

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