Posted on 04/23/2022 5:58:52 AM PDT by FLNittany
Find attached a slowed down version of Glen singing Galveston w/ Jimmy Webb accompanying. The two of them together were nothing short of amazing.
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American rock and country music singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from January 1969 through June 1972.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 RIAA Gold albums, four Platinum albums and one Double-platinum album. He has placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or the Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts. 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".
Campbell made history in 1967 by winning four Grammys total, in the country and pop categories.[2] For "Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country and western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004, 2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969, actor John Wayne picked Campbell to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Alzheimer's diagnosis...
In June 2011, Campbell announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months earlier. According to his family, symptoms of the disease had been occurring for years, becoming more and more evident as the years progressed.
Campbell went on a final "Goodbye Tour", with three of his children joining him in his backup band; his final show was on November 30, 2012, in Napa, California.[During the tour's concerts and rehearsals, Campbell would often forget which songs he was supposed to play, repeating them after finishing a performance. He also frequently had to be reminded that he did have the disease, and relied on a teleprompter to remember the lyrics to most songs. Newer songs from his later albums had to be scrapped altogether, as Campbell struggled to remember the chords and lyrics for these. He performed "Rhinestone Cowboy" as a goodbye at the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony held on February 12, 2012, his final televised on-stage performance.
He made it look easy, that’s for sure.
Funny that I was talking to a lady at Galveston beach on Thursday telling her I had only heard of Galveston by the song, “I think by Glen Campbell”. And now this post confirming what I said.
‘Galveston’ was an anti-war song.
That was magnificent.
Wonderful musician and human being. Glen could really fly on the guitar…made it sing… like a second voice.
I miss that guy…
Yes and no. First, it wasn’t written about Vietnam - it was written about 1812. Second, it was more a song of longing. Did it become an anti-war song? Sure. But that was never Jimmy’s intent (and he was as liberal as they came).
Saw Bob Dylan recently, he is 80 and was using a notebook on the piano to play and sing, even used his finger to keep his place on the song. Getting old kinda sucks. But he did play for 1 hour and 40 minutes non stop. It was great.
Somewhere, many years ago, I heard a fellow musician (name???) remark that Campbell could play just about any instrument, and play it well. He was a remarkably talented man. Thanks for posting.
I wonder whatever became of his ole ex coke head girlfriend, Tanya Tucker?
Actually a very good song w/ a powerful message.
Glen was one of my Mom’s faves, so his record was spinning more often than not.
Never caught the irony of ‘Dreams of the Everyday Housewife’ until I was one myself, of course. Still a favorite.
Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
Glen Campbell
She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles
That weren’t there yesterday
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
What would he think if he saw her this way?
She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion
As something comes into her mind
Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
And all of the boys she had waiting in line
Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
You see everywhere any time of the day
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
The photograph album she takes from the closet
And slowly turns the page
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
The first one he gave her now withered today
She closes her eyes and touches the house dress
That suddenly disappears
And just for the moment she’s wearing the gown
That broke all their minds back so many years
Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
You see everywhere any time of the day
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
Rest in peace
I look forward to seeing him on the other side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOzb8to5Vsc
even better. Entire concert. Hour and 1/2 thoroughly enjoyable.
If Glen couldn’t have played the guitar, he would have made it as a singer. If Glen couldn’t have sang, he would have made it playing the guitar. Good guy.
By the way, you a PSU fan Nittany?
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