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Glen Campbell releases powerful final song and video
CNN ^ | Oct. 14, 2014 | Ed Payne, CNN

Posted on 10/14/2014 12:23:56 PM PDT by PROCON

CNN) -- Even if you've never been a fan of Glen Campbell, this one's certain to tug at your heartstrings.

The Country Music Hall of Fame member, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011, is out with the video for the final song he'll ever record -- "I'm Not Gonna Miss You." It was recorded in 2013 with producer Julian Raymond.

"I'm still here but yet I'm gone/ I don't play guitar or sing my songs," the tune begins as it details his struggles with the disease.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; countrymusic; glencampbell
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To: polymuser

Amazing video. Thanks for posting.


61 posted on 10/14/2014 3:27:17 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (under construction)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yes, but his brain is damaged, and maybe he’s telling us, that’s the way it feels inside. Maybe you are picking up on that spiritual flatness, that devastation.

Maybe, Glen just truly sang what was left for him to sing. I think what you have perceived is what makes his last song to his family and the world, so tragically beautiful.


62 posted on 10/14/2014 3:33:29 PM PDT by floralamiss (O Lord, may I die thru love of your love, who were graciously pleased to die thru love of my love.)
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To: Scoutmaster

And...he also played on the Irish Rover’s “The Unicorn”.


63 posted on 10/14/2014 3:39:11 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: bigbob

My older brother graduated from high school in 1963, and the class booked Campbell for their graduation banquet.


64 posted on 10/14/2014 3:43:09 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: hoagy62
Thanks. I didn't realize that and will add the Irish Rovers to the list.

You cannot listen to popular music from the 60s without wondering if the guitarist is Glen Campbell. Even when Glen had a solo career from the 70s through the 2000s, he was still playing guitar on the albums of dozens of musical groups and music stars.

65 posted on 10/14/2014 3:45:44 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: adorno
Her mind is whole again.

When my mother breathed her last, my sister started wailing, but I just looked up and thought the same thing....."Mom, you're whole again, and now you're back with Dad"

66 posted on 10/14/2014 3:48:44 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

If or when you ever get the unfortunate task of caring for someone with dementia, whatever the cause, you will often see their frustration and anger over the condition.

I saw the lyrics as Glenn’s way of expressing that in a form that the listener might understand.

It is in a very real way, a mourning song about that loss of memories, as it applies to his soon to be forgotten loves and life it’s self.


67 posted on 10/14/2014 3:56:36 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skuEiYfnSFg

Always liked this novel video with STP.


68 posted on 10/14/2014 4:52:39 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Yaelle
Prayers for a quick recovery Yaelle.

I grew up on Mr. Campbell. My parents loved his music. This is so sad.

I saw an amazing documentary called “The genius of Marian”. Filmed and documented in love by the woman, Pam White's, son. I've never seen the suffering of Alheimer’s so aptly explained and it's relentless effects on family members of those who suffer with it. But it also demonstrates the love of a family who won't give in to the dreadful disease and continues to value her even though she is no longer with them in the same way.

http://geniusofmarian.com/

69 posted on 10/14/2014 5:35:59 PM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: PROCON

Wow....very sad song.

Thanks for posting it.


70 posted on 10/14/2014 6:22:11 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: PROCON

Oh, my God.

I can’t even see my screen.


71 posted on 10/14/2014 6:28:37 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: PROCON

Beautiful. Thanks, Mr. P.


72 posted on 10/14/2014 7:43:34 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: bigbob; GeronL
For those who aren’t aware of his early career,the book and documentary “The Wrecking Crew” really pays tribute to Campbell’s skill which made him one of the most-requested guitarists on the west coast, and paved the way for his solo career. By playing on all those hit records his musical talent influenced countless people who might not have liked his later country style as much. The book quotes one of his colleagues saying in essence “if there was ever a person possessed of too much talent, that person is Glen Campbell”.

In before "Bob Dylan can't sing" < /sarc >

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Jazz

"Dylan Jazz is an instrumental jazz album of Bob Dylan songs featuring Glen Campbell on guitar and Jim Horn on saxophone and flute, released in 1965." (produced by Leon Russell)

http://www.amazon.com/Dylan-Jazz-Gene-Norman-Group/dp/B000QZYFKA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413347911&sr=8-2&keywords=%22dylan+jazz%22

73 posted on 10/14/2014 9:38:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Scoutmaster

Glen replaced Brian Wilson onstage the day after his breakdown.


74 posted on 10/14/2014 9:41:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Scoutmaster

And Ed Big Daddy Roth

http://www.sundazed.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2110

When it came time to follow up the success of Hot Rod Hootenanny, Capitol’s Fred Rice wisely stuck to the arithmetic of the first LP: great Ed “Big Daddy” Roth-inspired songs + the best session musicians + Capitol Studios = another outrageous LP! Rods n’ Ratfinks continued the party started on the first album under the direction of Gary Usher. Piling in the Weirdos’ woodie for this road trip were Glen Campbell, James Burton and Billy Strange on guitar, Ernie Freeman on piano, Carol Kaye and Steve LaFever on bass, Earl Palmer on drums and Steve Douglas on sax. Gary Usher, Richard Burns and Chuck Girard returned to do vocal duty. And, of course, “Big Daddy” himself created another screaming-technicolor-suitable-for-framing LP cover!


75 posted on 10/14/2014 9:46:19 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: PROCON

May God bless this very talented man during his final time on this earth. I know the sadness as my Dad had Alzheimer’s too. One of the cruelest diseases known to mankind.


76 posted on 10/14/2014 10:28:54 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: longtermmemmory
YouTube Link.

Glen Campbell - I'm Not Gonna Miss You

77 posted on 10/15/2014 12:43:51 AM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: PROCON; AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; left that other site; E.G.C.; LUV W; beachn4fun; MEG33; ...

Glen Campbell’s final song and video.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3215091/posts


78 posted on 10/15/2014 3:21:32 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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To: PROCON

Yeah, I grew up on his music too. His voice is still good.


79 posted on 10/15/2014 3:37:47 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

BTTT


80 posted on 10/15/2014 5:00:16 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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