[John S Mosby]

Those excellent lyrics and the song were written by John Hartford— whose career was launched because Glen Campbell took a chance and recorded “Gentle on My Mind”.

From that hit forward, John Hartford went wherever his artistic mind took him, supported by the nearly 300K a year in royalties from that one tune.... thanks to Glen, and then many many other recording artists rendition.

We would not have had the legendary “Aereoplain” album and band of the same name (with Norman Blake, Vassar Clemens, Tut Taylor- who just passed at 91, and Randy Scruggs on bass among others) and the entire revival in New Bluegrass and string music— timeless great spontaneous music.

All... thanks to you Brother Glen Campbell. The “lineman” is “still on the line”. Many thanks for posting this from the great writer Jimmy Webb.

[jmacusa]

I remember when “Gentle on My Mind’’ was new and being played all over the AM radio. That was a long time ago. It was a different America, a different time and place. A time of optimism, an unhurried time, of innocence even. And some really great music. The America of Glenn Campbells heyday has vanished. I miss those days..... I miss them so much.