Posted on 07/21/2017 4:43:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Great artist. I like The William Tell Overture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTI4VRX39Y
Roy Clark was so awesome, and Buck Owens could play, too!
You are welcome.
and listen to Glen Campbell’s great lead guitar on the Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDEL_HeKq0
Nice. Thanks.
Love him. People go through cycles where fame and fortune makes them a bit nutty, and that certainly happened to Campbell who admitted that his tryst with Tanya Tucker was out and out madness. He returned to his senses before Alzheimer’s set in. Wichita Lineman was a soulful, almost haunting song that affected me as a kid and still does to this day; remains my favorite GC song. Something about it just pierces my heart. Thanks for sharing.
And Hank Garland. Absolutely phenomenal.
He actually was a member of the Beach Boys for seven months and often played bass for them when they toured. He played with Elvis and played guitar in Frank Sinatra’s recording of Strangers in the Night.
He is also reputed to be one of the few vocalists with perfect pitch. An enormously talented musician and vocalist.
Wow, such a wave of goosebumps when he started playing! What an amazing talent!
“Sparse” and beautiful.
It was said that Glen was the only lead guitarist who Sinatra would allow do the guitar work in the studio as his personal session musician. He is so much better than the tricks of Hendrix or so many of the metal guitarist. Some of those were great but Glen was precise. Stevie Ray Vaughn was one of the greats also. Clapton was great.....Beck, not so good.
‘Wichita Lineman’ is my favorite of Glen Campbell. Actually it is one of my all time favorites from any musician.
Jeff Beck?
But to say, "Brian Wilson was some kind of genius because he introduced animal noises into mediocre pop songs", is asinine. Brian Wilson was some kind of genius because he created a new and inimitable sound, and some of the most intricate and delicate melodies ever conceived (Warmth of the Sun, Surfer Girl, In My Room).
So, fine to make a point, but the writer taints it with that comment.
No need to yank someone down in order to try to elevate someone else.
I think Matt Damon played Glen Campbell in the remake of True Grit.
Though you might not have liked the music with his name on it, if you listened to the radio in the 60s or 70s, more than likely you enjoyed his playing, as part of the "Wrecking Crew."
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