title: Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir
author:  Kenny Rogers 
description: &#8220;Rogers is an exquisite storyteller, able to get across a range of ideas and emotions in songs like &#8216;Lucille&#8217; and &#8216;The Gambler.&#8217; That breezy, conversational tone comes across on the page.&#8221; (Entertainment Weekly)<br /><br />&#8220;In his aw-shucks, sit-down-and-listen-for-a-spell memoir.... he reminisces in never-before-told stories&#8230;Rogers gracefully recalls the ups and downs on his wild ride to fame.&#8221; (BookPage)<br /><br />&#8220;Engagingly honest.&#8221; (Toronto Star)
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  LUCK  
  
  
  or  
  Something Like It
  
  
  KENNY ROGERS
  
  
  ![Logo](images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](contents.xhtml#ded_01)
  
  
  TO WANDA, JUSTIN, JORDAN, KENNY JR., AND CHRIS.
  
    
  
  
  THEY ARE MY ROCK. THEY ARE MY REASON FOR LIVING.
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Dedication](ded01.xhtml#ded01)
  
  
  [Author’s Note](anotes01.xhtml#anotes01)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](prologue01.xhtml#prologue01)
  
  
  [Chapter One - A Pair to Draw To](ch01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  [Chapter Two - Music and Country](ch02.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  [Chapter Three - Lovesick Blues](ch03.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  [Chapter Four - Moving On Up](ch04.xhtml#ch04)
  
  
  [Chapter Five - Goin’ Solo](ch05.xhtml#ch05)
  
  
  [Chapter Six - Where It All Began . . . Jazz](ch06.xhtml#ch06)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven - It’s Not All Wet Towels and Naked Women](ch07.xhtml#ch07)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight - Just Dropped In](ch08.xhtml#ch08)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine - Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town](ch09.xhtml#ch09)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten - Back on My Own](ch10.xhtml#ch10)
  
  
  [Photo Section](insert01_split_000.xhtml#insert0