[pgkdan]

I saw an interview with him and his wife. She often had to answer questions for him...he'd get about half through the answer and then trail off like he forgot what was going on. She said that he sometimes has trouble remembering what happened yesterday but when he starts singing he remembers all the words to every song he ever recorded.

I saw him on the Grammy's and was sad to remember what a great talent he was. I always liked his music.

[Michael.SF.]

People often forget his studio work as a guitarist, he played behind:

Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, the Mamas and the Papas, Dean Martin, Jan & Dean, the Righteous Brothers and Ray Charles to name only a few.

In 1965 he had significant studio work with Phil Specter as well as with the Beach Boys so much so that he toured with them. Campbell estimated he was earning about $100,000 per year for his studio work in the mid-1960s.

He played on the First Editions psych-drenched ‘What Condition My Condition Was In’ and the 12 string intro to The Beach Boys classic ‘Dance Dance Dance’, and he is playing on Sinatra's ‘Strangers In The Night’