57 Varieties with May Hines
May Hines welcomed Dann Rogers as a special guest for the April 15, 2024 episode.
News
Tunesmate Podcast Episode 79 with Dann Rogers
Dann discusses his heartfelt music, career, Uncle Kenny Rogers, and the story behind "Let Go and Be Still".
Kenny Rogers' nephew recalls growing up with "The Gambler"
Fox News featured Dann's memories of his uncle Kenny Rogers and their family connection through music.
An Interview with Dann Rogers
The Country Note explored family, music, and the support Dann received from Kenny Rogers.
Center Stage Magazine
Center Stage Live shared a Dann Rogers feature and video interview.
Bio
Dann Rogers is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter on a mission. During Kenny Rogers' farewell tour in 2018, Kenny spent time with his nephew Dann Rogers and told him, "No, I'm an entertainer, you're the true artist in the family."
Some 40 years earlier, the two had set a unique record as the first two relatives to hit the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart at the same time: Kenny with "Coward of the County" and Dann, from his debut album Hearts Under Fire, with "Looks Like Love Again".
Understanding the importance of the Rogers family musical legacy in the wake of Kenny's passing, Dann returned with new music including "Lesson in Love" and the long-in-the-making collection Life.
Life streams as a prolific output of 19 songs, arranged with the old-school double album approach of Life Reflections and Life Revealed. The project follows his 1987 MCA Records album Still Runnin' and years of songwriting shaped by industry and personal ups and downs.
Dann's biography Love, Laughter and Rage, with a foreword by Kenny Rogers, gives readers an intimate look at the forces that shaped his life, family, and passion for music.
Music
Life Reflections / Life Revealed
Disc 1
- Why Are We Here
- Strange Definition of Love
- Why Are We Here
- Any Day Now
- Love Is the Fire
- Talk to Me
- When I Hurt
- Just One of Those Days
- Nuthin' but the Truth
- Only Love
Disc 2
- Just a Kid from Texas
- Things I've Learned from This Life
- When Love Comes Callin'
- It's Where the Ring Goes
- Change of Wife
- Heroes Never Die
- Family Reunion
- I Just Wanna Be Your Man
- A Better Me
Hearts Under Fire
- Hearts Under Fire
- Old Mexico
- Lucy
- Companions
- China
- Savannah
- I Got the Fever
- Looks Like Love Again
- Dream On
Book
Love, Laughter, and Rage
With a foreword penned by his late Superstar Uncle Kenny Rogers, "Love, Laughter and Rage" offers a revealing, page-turning look inside a family whose "household name" status came with challenges that shaped the life of a boy raised in the shadow of success and childhood trauma. Dann Rogers' plain-spoken honesty energizing joy at the discovery of his own passion for music makes for a real-life adventure story not to be missed. Born of and into the top tier of the music industry, Dann's success might have been considered a foregone conclusion. Peppered with the stories of stars from Little Esther Phillips to Tony Orlando and Glen Campbell, "Love, Laughter and Rage" provides ample evidence that it was not. If you are not already a Dann Rogers fan, this book will bring you into his world, and Dann into yours.