Posted on 04/22/2015 3:49:24 PM PDT by FlJoePa
I listened to that over and over again on the way to Vietnam in ‘68. It seems ever more poignant today.
Thanks so much for putting it up.
I agree...there isn't really a lot of that "I hadda strawberry blonde, in Strawberry County, and she got me drunk. She stole my dawg and wrecked my pickup truck when she ran over my mama..." crap out there any more.
I hated that stuff.
But long live Bluegrass.
Always been a fan.
Always will be, but some of this newer stuff is trying too hard.
And long live the memory of Glenn Campbell, and his contributions to both, when Country was real.
Well, he was a very refreshing alternative to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn.
I still throw up a little in my mouth when I hear: "Hello, darlin'" or that AWFUL "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"...it makes me want to K-I-L-L the radio.
And every song is the same, literally
Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck,
She got runned over by a damned old train.
Happy Birthday, Glen. Thanks for all the tunes over the years.
The guy that wrote that must have written the “Green, green grass of home”, also.
I googled that song ("Green, green grass of home") and learned it was written by Jerry Lee Lewis!
So, I can see him writing the other one, too.
Happy birthday, Mr. Campbell. He was a member of our church for a number of years. We still miss him.
“Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck,
She got runned over by a damned old train.”
There is something real curious about that song... seems it was co-written by John Prine with Stephen Goodman. But this isn’t the surprising part. http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/songs/younevercallmeby.html
Stephen Goodman wrote... “City of New Orleans”, that’s pretty amazing and in my opinion, that’s actually a really great song. And the poor guy didn’t have a long life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman
I don’t know about “Hello Darling”, it always struck me as corny as well but the Possum, George Jones sings “Who’s gonna fill their shoes” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Gonna_Fill_Their_Shoes And it has a reference to that song sung Conway Twitty.
Conway Twitty also wrote a number of his own songs, even if I’m not real enthused about some of them, I give him credit for that. That’s really more than a lot of the musical artists have done.
As the article states, he sang for the Beach Boys, maybe played guitar too, I always heard this. I’m not personally aware of what Beach Boys song he played on.
Wichita Lineman; he sings it with the Stone Temple Pilots, a more recent-type of band. It’s at youtube. That is a remarkable song.
Though not credited, he probably played on “most” of them (Beach Boys records). He was asked once and said “all” of them. He played a lot of the guitar on Pet Sounds.
Thank you for the information.
I don’t have to look it up now! :)
From Wikipedia
“1960–66: Early career[edit]
In 1960, Campbell moved to Los Angeles to become a session musician.[9][10] Around this time he was part of the group The Champs. Soon, Campbell was in great demand as a session musician. He was part of a group of studio musicians who became known as The Wrecking Crew.[10][11] During this period he played on recordings by Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Jan and Dean,[9] Elvis Presley,[12] Frank Sinatra and Phil Spector.”
Here’s a link to The Wrecking Crew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)
I so want to see this. IIRC it’s available on iTunes
The Wrecking Crew - Official Trailer
http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/
That sounds like something I’d like to see.
Glen Campbell & Roy Clark Play “Ghost Riders in the Sky”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RuMnzSpvlg
Glen Campbell Sings “Wichita Lineman” & Talks Guitar - see other videos on the rightside at youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGicA5rd4vg
Glen Campbell - True Grit (Someday, Little Girl) - 07-27-2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygF0yOEUpc
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