Posted on 04/23/2022 5:58:52 AM PDT by FLNittany
Find attached a slowed down version of Glen singing Galveston w/ Jimmy Webb accompanying. The two of them together were nothing short of amazing.
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American rock and country music singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from January 1969 through June 1972.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 RIAA Gold albums, four Platinum albums and one Double-platinum album. He has placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or the Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts. Campbell's hits include his recordings of John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind"; Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "Galveston"; Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy"; and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights".
Campbell made history in 1967 by winning four Grammys total, in the country and pop categories.[2] For "Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country and western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004, 2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969, actor John Wayne picked Campbell to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Alzheimer's diagnosis...
In June 2011, Campbell announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months earlier. According to his family, symptoms of the disease had been occurring for years, becoming more and more evident as the years progressed.
Campbell went on a final "Goodbye Tour", with three of his children joining him in his backup band; his final show was on November 30, 2012, in Napa, California.[During the tour's concerts and rehearsals, Campbell would often forget which songs he was supposed to play, repeating them after finishing a performance. He also frequently had to be reminded that he did have the disease, and relied on a teleprompter to remember the lyrics to most songs. Newer songs from his later albums had to be scrapped altogether, as Campbell struggled to remember the chords and lyrics for these. He performed "Rhinestone Cowboy" as a goodbye at the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony held on February 12, 2012, his final televised on-stage performance.
Wow, I never heard that great version before. It does seem like the slower tempo is an improvement.
One of my favorite songs. I don’t care who says otherwise, I much prefer the more robust version. A man is where he must be, doing what he must do, in conflict with his deepest desire. There’s a dynamic in play.
This one sounds like a fallen soldier waiting for a medic to find him, and the tempo suggests he’s bleeding heavily.
BTW I also didn’t know Galveston is a cover of a Don Ho song.
There is video on YouTube of Glen playing the William Tell Overture at blistering speed, with full precision - on a 12 string. It’s kind of mind blowing.
Yes, but I long for good coaching and consistent QB and OLine play. I go to a game/year, but really to see friends - not to see a game I can watch on the big screen. I DID have an incredible time at the Michigan White Out a few years ago, I will admit. Can’t see that on any television. Nothing like it in the world.
I watched a documentary on the Wrecking Crew studio musicians, in which Glen Campbell was a member before hitting it big on his own.
When someone as talented as Wariner plays backup and just shakes his head and smiles during the guitar solo, I think you’ve got something.
Such a beautiful, important song Diana. I just love it.
Yes and no. First, it wasn’t written about Vietnam - it was written about 1812. Second, it was more a song of longing. Did it become an anti-war song? Sure. But that was never Jimmy’s intent (and he was as liberal as they came).
Well goofy me, I thought it was the Civil War.....oh well and I do agree I’ve always thought it was a song of longing for his lady and that he was scared and didn’t want to die. RIP Glen.....you’ll never know how much your music gave me such good memories.....you and Jimmy Webb had a musical marriage made in Heaven.
That song was at the top of my Glen Campbell favorites...wow!
Wichita Lineman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8P_xTBpAcY
Galveston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhKZLhxFFUY
or extended version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HprcX2O5CcU
Thank you Glen
see post #15
And done on a 12 string like it’s nothing. People have probably burned their guitars after watching this video.
Well, now you’ve done it - blurry screen here. I loved Glen, had a huge crush on him. Thank you for posting the words to this beautiful, poignant song.
If you watch video of his TV you see another of his gifts. He could sit with any musical guest, male or female, and sing pitch perfect harmony with them. He was truly a musical savant with a golden set of pipes.
https://youtu.be/E9ZlbMDu6PY
Anyone that get the beautiful Crystal Gale to look at him like that (like he’s a pork chop ready to be eaten) must be doing something right.
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