Glen Campbell RIP

[raleighnut]

I thought he died ages ago...may be John Denver I was thinking off

John Denver flew out to sea in a light aircraft years ago, there was speculation that he may have died at the controls and the plane just flew on in a straight line.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Although I'm a C&W fan, Glen Campbell never did it for me. Rhinestone Cowboy was ok, but I blanked the rest of his stuff out.

 

[raleighnut]

Although I'm a C&W fan, Glen Campbell never did it for me. Rhinestone Cowboy was ok, but I blanked the rest of his stuff out.

Rhinestone Cowboy got the 'Big Yin' treatment and was one of Billy's better songs.


View: https://youtu.be/vOwKq7T3Hfw

 

[FishFright]

Wonderful stuff from two late greats

 

[Fab Foodie]

Although I'm a C&W fan, Glen Campbell never did it for me. Rhinestone Cowboy was ok, but I blanked the rest of his stuff out.

I'm the opposite, generally can't stand that C&W and Blue Grass stuff, but like Campbell....

 

[postman]

View: https://youtu.be/an1el-i4srw

 

[jefmcg]

That is sad news.

Derbyshire Miners Home, Rhyll, June 1982. The resident artist played this twice a night.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbTHlTmDX8
Everytime i hear it i think of that holiday. Happy days!

Glen Campbell didn't write Galveston.

Wow, he didn't write most of the songs I know him for

'Campbell's hits include his recordings of John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind"; Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "Galveston"; Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy"; and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights".'

 

[Ian H]

Country & Western: what's not to like.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Country & Western: what's not to like.

Heathen.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Glen Campbell didn't write Galveston.

Wow, he didn't write most of the songs I know him for

'Campbell's hits include his recordings of John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind"; Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "Galveston"; Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy"; and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights".'

This is true, but he certainly made them 'his'.

 

[Lullabelle]

R I P Rhinestone Cowboy

 

[lutonloony]

Watching sky arts about his last tour

 

[bof]

I'm the opposite, generally can't stand that C&W and Blue Grass stuff, but like Campbell....

+1 His songs are about the only C&W I like (OK I have a weakness for D.I.V.O.R.C.E.) and Wichita Linesman is a great song, fantastically performed by him.

 

[Salad Dodger]

RIP - many happy memories. My father liked him and played his records. He used to chuckle at the line 'I am a lineman for the county'......my father reckoned he meant he was a touch judge for a county rugby team. It still makes me smile whenever I hear this - even though my father died nearly 10 years ago.

We were discussing this at ukulele band meeting last night.
One of the lads swears he thought, as a kid, the song was "I am a linesman for Notts County" and the other one was "like a nine stone cowboy".....

But seriously, I saw a documentary recently on Netflix about Glen Campbell's dementia, and his farewell concert tour, and it made very difficult viewing. Like most people, I suppose, I understand the basics of what happens when someone is afflicted. But it was only watching this programme that I really saw how disorientating, and even frightening, it can be for the patient. In one scene, when asked, he literally did not know what day it was, then tried to cover by saying that he didn't need to know, as he had "people" who take care of that sort of thing for him.
When the doctor pressed more for an answer, Campbell quickly became quite belligerent, and you could see how that might be troublesome for those around him.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm the opposite, generally can't stand that C&W and Blue Grass stuff, but like Campbell....

Wânker

Country & Western: what's not to like.

Wänker

Heathen.

Good guy