Posted on 04/06/2017 5:26:07 AM PDT by sodpoodle
The Lone Ranger rides again!
For most of the 1960s, Glen Campbell's brilliant guitar playing was known only by a select few top recording studios and artists. Long before Glen became known nationally as an outstanding vocalist, actor and TV personality, he was one of the most in-demand recording studio guitarists in the world. He could have earned a 7 figure annual income as a high-end, requested-for studio guitarist for years on end if that had been all he cared do.
How good was he? The Lone Ranger! You will Enjoy
Take a look at this video, one you may have never seen before.
Hi Yo Silver, Away! – It doesn’t get much better than this. "The William Tell Overture" by Giaochino Rossini. Many of us grew up watching the Lone Ranger and Tonto on black and white television. Years later, many of us watched the Glen Campbell show on TV as well.
This video is a clip of a younger Glen Campbell playing the William Tell Overture (with symphony orchestra) and dedicating it to Clayton Moore, who played the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto. You may never have seen Glen play like this before. This is world-class guitar playing and Campbell makes it look easy. The sounds of Glen Campbell on guitar and the symphony orchestra playing Rossini's "William Tell Overture" will take you back to those golden days of yesteryear, when the strains of the Rossini's masterpiece coming over the radio meant the Lone Ranger show was about to begin.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ GUBhE00h9U0?feature=player_det ailpage
Some years ago I saw Campbell on some obscure TV channel playing instrumentals with a real tight rhythm section. He was just tearing up that six string in a way that Clapton or Hendrix could never manage. I gained a lot of respect for him after seeing that.
I knew some of his cousins.
He wasn’t that obscure in the sixties.
I think that he was better off when he was lesser known, and that the fame and long tours on the road brought on his troubles with alcohol. He could have had a successful life grinding out albums and doing session work without touring.
Thx;)
Very sad to see his deteriorating health - but it is happening to many older family members.
He was featured recently in the documentary on the California session players who played on many hits. They’d bring in what was called the “Wrecking Crew” to play on the actual records. The band would do the tour. Beach Boys were just one of many groups that did this.
Arguably Glenn Campbell was the best period.
He also did the lead in for California Dreaming, a great riff. Of course the rest of the guitar work too. Very prolific and his creative period lasted a long, long time.
Geez, I thought he had died. I think my mom will be sad when he goes. She’s always liked him.
I found this recent news about him:
Alzheimer’s Stricken Glen Campbell Takes Turn For The Worse, No Longer Can Play Guitar
http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/glen-campbell-alzheimers-disease
Thanks for posting the video.
A live one I like by him:
Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (terrific guitar break)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio
I’m going to seriously date myself but when I was a little girl.. there was the Glen Campbell show. I’m sure some of us “more seasoned FReepers remember it”. I would take my bath early and watch it. I thought he was just so adorable... I loved his dimples. I always respected him even during the whole Tanya Tucker days.... that was a train wreck! My favorite song is Galveston. LOVE it!
‘Kentucky Means Paradise’ was a success for him in 1962.
In the mid-’60s I had the album he did with Bobbie Gentry. I loved it! Bobbie Gentry sang flat a good deal of the time, but I loved the album anyhow.
There is a documentary on Netflix appropriately titles “The Wrecking Crew”
If you are a fan of the 50s and 60s rock n roll, then it is Must See TV
Ahhhh, there was only one Glen Campbell!
CA....
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Ok, he wasn’t a great actor but I still like this movie he starred in. A few months after “True Grit,” he’s on screen again with Kim Darby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FakhIsTkX3Y
I saw Glen in Branson some years back. A really great show. He was opening for Andy Williams.
The lyrics to Gentle on My Mind take a bot different meaning knowing now Glenn would end up with Alzheimers.
And it’s knowin’ I’m not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
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