Friday Music

Houston native Kenneth Ray Rogers is both a songwriter, singer, actor and record producer.  Because he happens to be a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame I’ve always associated him with country music.  Then there is this 1968 hit from the short-lived group – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.  I had forgotten Rogers’ even shorter-lived dalliance with counterculture.  Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) was a hit for Rogers and the group rising to fifth place on the Billboard charts.  It propelled Rogers into the public eye and launched a successful performance career.  I guess you got to start somewhere…