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Posted on 04/22/2015 3:49:24 PM PDT by FlJoePa
Happy Birthday Glen. Thanks for OUTSTANDING music. (thanks to all linkers for the tunes)
And, back in 1969, when I disparaged his acting in TRUE GRIT, my then girlfriend dropped me like a hot rock!
She thought HE hung the moon!
My dad and I used to go past his parents little house on our way fishing every weekend, right when he got famous.
I have a “very best” CD with a dozen of his hits. I play it often. Like Elvis, he didn’t just sing lyrics, but felt the emotion of the character in the song. You can hear the sorrow, regret and longing in ‘Galveston’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’.
Love ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ and ‘Southern Nights’ too.
There’s a Campbell restaurant in Murfreesboro, about a mile from the courthouse.
Whenever we would watch TRUE GRIT, you would have to drink every time someone said the name, “Tom Chaney.” Guess we watched it so often, it made it a little more interesting. Silly, now that I think about it. [But fun!]
SWEET!!!
Too bad about the long goodbye but, we all gotta go...
I wonder, having been through a bit of it, if it’s harder on the family....
Happy Birthday Glenn! Whenever I hear his songs I hear Galveston or Lineman, I hear AMERICA, the land of the free and the brave.
Gentle On My Mind was unusual in that there were very few rhymed verses, but few people noted or remarked on that.
“Gentle On My Mind.’’ One of the greatest songs ever written. It speaks of a time and place, of an America that vanished.
Happy birthday to Mr. Campbell.
My friend was there for one of his final concerts. He told me Glen’s final song in that concert was a tribute to his personal faith:
THE SAVIOR I SING OF TODAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_NJV2ESW0
That’s an unusual topic for a popular song, but it has one of the best lines ever.
“I need you, more than want you, and I need you for all time.”
Country is becoming pop.
But long live Bluegrass.
And long live the memory of Glenn Campbell, and his contributions to both, when Country was real.
Glen, you’re one of the absolute greats... I grew up hearing your music and had a real appreciation for it. Happy Birthday!
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