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10. Okt. 1991 · 10 Oct 1991. Florida folk musician Gamble Rogers died on this date. While Rogers was camping at Flagler Beach, a young girl ran to him, begging him to help her father, who was in trouble in rough surf. Despite suffering from spinal arthritis that had been worsening since childhood, Rogers grabbed an air mattress and headed into the ocean in a ...
Trailhead: 29.437367, -81.109317. Address: 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd, Flagler Beach. Fees: $5 per vehicle. Restroom: At the trailhead and beach parking. Land manager: Florida State Parks. Phone: 386-517-2086. Open 8 AM to sunset. Leashed dogs permitted except on beach. Pay close attention to beach warning flags as the surf can whip up quickly.
12. Dez. 2014 · Died. 10 October 1991 (aged 54) Gamble Rogers was a native Floridian who started his professional career with the Serendipity Singers but soon went out on his own to create a combination of music and story-telling that made him a favorite on the Southeastern college circuit. He lived in St. Augustine and, when in town, woul… read more.
Gamble Rogers balanced a love of balladry and folk songs with a passion for the oral tradition and storytelling. The son and grandson of influential architects, Rogers was described as both a "modern troubadour" and the "resurrection of Will Rogers and Mark Twain". Capable of enchanting an audience with Travis-style guitar flatpicking, Rogers was as effective relying his latest tales about the ...
Gamble Rogers was a prolific “Florida troubadour” and ambassador of Florida singer-songwriters. During his 30-year career, he performed in thousands of concert engagements throughout the United States. Widely recognized as a guitar virtuoso, he also played a pivotal role in the re-emergence of the art of storytelling and inspired many other storytellers. A second generation Floridian ...
24. Jan. 2021 · Born in 1867, the first James Gamble Rogers was an architect who helped shape many American college campuses built in the 1920s through the 1940s in the Collegiate Gothic and Collegiate Georgian ...
opposite: Gamble performs at a folk festival. rob blount/courtesy of the gamble rogers memorial foundation previous spread: Randy Wood built this guitar for Gamble Rogers, with design elements they developed together: 12th-fret body joint for travel stability, big cutaway to preserve access, under-swept pickguard for thumbpicking.
