He was a superstar for a couple short years
Posted on 08/20/2017 4:35:29 PM PDT by SamAdams76
I remember watching this live on TV when I was 14.
Watching the video, is that blond haired Glen Campbell of the Wrecking Crew on the far right strumming his guitar in the background during the performance?
He was a superstar for a couple short years
Sorry, make that at 1:29 in the video.
I’m convinced that was Glen, he was a real rocking guitarist. One of best ever. I can picture him strumming along to this song.
Every kid learned how to play this one... and pipeline..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjiOtouyBOg
Sorry Brits! we invented Rock and Roll and we still own the rights!
I totally love Keith Richards, he gets it, he is a great songwriter and no one cares that his voice sounds like goose farts on a foggy morning. This man gets it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcMCQCb3Rl4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I-BYzaDwNoE
The house band, known collectively as The Wrecking Crew, was under the musical direction of Jack Nitzsche and included:
Drummer: Hal Blaine
Electric bass player: Jimmy Bond
Guitarists: Tommy Tedesco, Bill Aken, and Glen Campbell
Upright bassist: Lyle Ritz
Pianist: Leon Russell
Saxophonist: Plas Johnson
...and others.
I have always loved Leon Russell’s electric piano work on Gary Lewis and the Playboys “Everybody Loves a Clown.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk-BAwHkwL0
GOOD LAWD!
What a performance. Carried out with a master plan from point A to point B.
Go get ‘em, James!
Perhaps the best Rthymn Guitarist on earth.. we maybe Todd Parker Mohr..
And don’t forget Carol Kaye who played who played the bass intro to Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman.”
In addition to being a great musician, he also wrote some great songs including “A Song for You” and “This Masquerade”.
Glen borrowed Carol Kaye’s 6-string bass for his “guitar solo” on “Wichita Lineman”
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