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Kenny Rogers will receive tribute from music friends on SiriusXM

By Melissa Ruggieri
March 26, 2020

Kenny Rogers will receive a two-hour tribute on SiriusXM this weekend, as friends including Wynonna, Tanya Tucker, Crystal Gayle, Tracy Lawrence and Mark Wills share stories about the country legend.

T. Graham Brown will host "Remembering Kenny Rogers," which will premiere on Prime Time Country (channel 58) at 9 p.m. March 27 with encore presentations at midnight March 27, 4 p.m. March 28 and 10 a.m. March 29. The special can also be accessed via the SiriusXM app and Pandora Now (the satellite provider is offering a free three-month promotion at www.siriusxm.com).

The show will feature cuts from Rogers’ “Live By Request” album interwoven with memories from his musical friends.

Rogers died on March 20 in his metro Atlanta home after years of declining health. He was 81.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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