This geocache is a tribute to Kenneth Ray Rogers who was an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur.
Kenny Rogers was born on August 21, 1938. He became very popular with country and pop music audiences. In the United States alone, Rogers charted more than 420 hit singles and topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks. He sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artisis of all time. Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. On March 20, 2020, at age 81, Kenny died from natural causes while under hospice care at his home in Georgia.
Kenny Rogers was a gifted storyteller and was known for his ability to choose songs that told a story. Perhaps his greatest hit recording was “The Gambler”, in which the setting of the song took place on a train. The settings for many of his story songs included bars, hotels, courtrooms, various country locations, and trains.
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Directions:
Match the lyrics to the correct song title and assign the number value to discover the final coordinates.
LYRICS:
A = Well, I looked for my baby
'Bout the break of day
B = We start and end as one
In love forever
C = You've never let me down
You turned my life around
D = I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar in the night
E = The big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
F = He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy, 'cause he was my brother's son
G = On a warm summer's evening
On a train bound for nowhere
X = My love, there's so many ways I want to say "I love you"
Let me hold you in my arms forever more
Y = He will lift you by his love
Out of the angry waves
Z = She was a rich judge's daughter
He was the son of a miner
TITLES:
( 1 ) The Gambler
( 2 ) Through the Years
( 3 ) Lady
( 4 ) Lucille
( 5 ) Coward of the County
( 6 ) Long Arm of the Law
( 7 ) Islands in the Stream
( 8 ) She Believes in Me
( 9 ) Love Lifted Me
( 0 ) Blue Train
FINAL COORDINATES:
N 38 (X+A) D . (E - G) C (F-X)
W 75 (G + C) Z . D (B + G) (Y-Z)
CHECKSUM:(the sum of YOUR ten numeral answers)= 46
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