Posted on 04/17/2014 12:37:30 PM PDT by FlJoePa
Glen Campbell has been moved into a care facility three years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, People.com reports.
"He was moved to an Alzheimer's facility last week," a family friend told the title. "I'm not sure what the permanent plan is for him yet. We'll know more next week."
The singer, whose "Rhinestone Cowboy" topped the charts in 1975, had been suffering from short-term memory loss in recent years. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in early 2011.
The 78-year-old Grammy winner and his wife Kim initially shared the news of his illness back in 2011 because he’d hoped to give a series of goodbye concerts, in conjunction with an album "Ghost on the Canvas,” which was released later that year.
"Ghost on the Canvas” (Surfdog), Campbell’s 61st studio album, was expected to be his last. It wasn’t. A brand new collection of recordings from the legendary singer, "See You There" (Surfdog) was released last December. With Campbell’s health apparently in decline, it’s increasingly likely the collection will be the final studio recording of the Arkansas native's career.
The latest health setback comes just days before the documentary of that final tour, titled “Glen Campbell... I'll Be Me,” gets its world premiere April 18 at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival.
Campbell was named both CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year in 1968, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The veteran performer has sold more than 45 million albums over the course of his career.
IIRC, he even went on tour with the Beach Boys at least once....He was in the recording studio’s band to play the recorded music you hear on records, tapes, etc. He was so good they allowed him to appear onstage.
I’ve listened to his songs since I was a kid. Here’s one I remember from one of his albums tat he wrote and sang. It gains lots more meaning as you age that’s for sure. http://www.songlyrics.com/glen-campbell/fate-of-man-lyrics/
One easy to find Beach Boy recording session is look on Youtube for The Beach Boys Behind the sounds Sloop John B that can't be done on the stage the way it was recorded or rather it couldn't back then. Hal Blaine was the drummer, several guitar players, several flute players a Sax player, and more for it and about the same for Good Vibrations. Usually the Beach Boy playing guitar on an early song studio recording like Good Vibrations was Carl Wilson. All three Wilson Brothers had fantastic voices.Glenn could play circles around the band.
I knew she had lost her ability to sing but I had forgotten which disease sapped it.
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