Gamble Rogers: singer, songwriter, storyteller… hero. Gamble brought his unique characters from the backwoods of his fictional Oklawaha County, to the stages of “skull orchard” saloons, and all the way to NPR and Carnegie Hall. His hysterical tall tales and red-hot guitar playing held his audiences captive.

“Gamble didn’t have to talk, didn’t have to sing. If he got up on stage and played you’d be going, ‘ Oh My God.’ But what people went crazy about was the talking.” Michael Peter Smith

"...blend of far-reaching, sophisticated humor, impeccable, sometimes astounding guitar playing and singing. BILLBOARD Magazine

… for Gamble Rogers, entertaining is life; most everything else is waiting." Rolling Stone

In his day, Gamble set the bar. "(Gamble) …was the headliner, and I was the opening act.” Jimmy Buffet

Gamble Rogers created a world where common people were anything but common. They were the sage and the sorry, and every encounter was funny as hell. “He brought me to tears every night.” Gamble Rogers was a master performer who gave his all, on the stage, and ultimately, in his life. “…astonishing, valiant courageous effort,” Jim Stafford.

His Oklawaha County is populated with loading dock philosophers, the Hell’s Belles motorcycle gang, and characters like Agamemnon Jones, Narcissa Nunsuch and Still Bill. 

“He’d tell those stories, I… I just felt like I was watching a master at his craft,” Jimmy Buffet

“Gamble Rogers: Down at the Terminal Tavern.”

A documentary film narrated by Grammy Award winner, David Holt