Posted on 04/21/2024 11:52:09 AM PDT by Rummyfan
As a picker, I think he was unequalled. But like so many others, he was not immune to the pleasures of Babylon.
Turn Around, Look at Me (1961)
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy...
I'm sorry, but this whole posthumous duet thing is creepy. Especially when they had Natalie Cole "dueting" Unforgettable with her late father.
The way he could pick that guitar was amazing to see and to listen to.
Rick Beato - Why This Is The Greatest Country Song (Wichita Lineman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PT9GdlLZdI
"Hi-Yo, Silver! Away! Get 'Em Up, Scout!"
Glen Campbell - William Tell Overture (smokin' instrumental)
“He [Glen Campbell] never learned to read music, but besides guitar, he could play the banjo, mandolin and bass.”
Those Wrecking Crew musicians were phenomenal, literally could walk into the studio cold, and bang out their part in minutes. Leon Russell was one of those.
Wichita Lineman captures me every time I hear it - I’m just immobilized listening to it.
“even the impossibly camp Rhinestone Cowboy”
No it’s just a great song.
Glen borrowed fellow Wrecking Crew member Carol Kaye’s 6-string bass to play the break solo - and it became a classic solo in its own right.
That song affects lots of people that way, including me. It’s to the point where it’s almost kind of strange. Funny how some songs just have that X factor.
Absolutely. +1
That plus Galveston. Damn.
Jimmy Webb can pen them.
Glen could deliver them.
Wichita Lineman.
I still remember the first time I heard it, when he sang it on his show. It’s just gorgeous.
I found this about a year ago. It's from 2002.
Enjoy. https://youtu.be/Fl2Hl8RSFok?si=mLEZVuVa0of0A5dQ
Wow. Ian Winwood needs some intruction in how to NOT write run-on sentences. Four and five commas per sentence is a bit much.
I found that song and others rather haunting. As an older person, I enjoy his music even more.
I lost my first girlfriend who thought he hung the moon.
When I criticized his acting in TRUE GRIT she dropped me like a hot rock.
Still can’t stand to watch that movie simply because of him. You would think our modern AI geniuses cannot edit him out and edit in some one else who can act.
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