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Country Music Legend Glen Campbell Dies at 81
Variety ^
| 08/08/2017
| Andrew Barker
Posted on 08/08/2017 2:00:36 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Country legend Glen Campbell, whose crossover hits “Gentle on My Mind,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Rhinestone Cowboy” forged a lasting bridge between country and pop music, died Tuesday. He was 81.
In 2011, Campbell announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and mounted a well-publicized farewell tour. His official Twitter posted the news.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 2; alzheimers; countrymusic; glencampbell; obituary; rip
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To: Responsibility2nd
Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell...none better
Under-rated guitar player...an American music legend.
Rest in peace.
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posted on
08/08/2017 3:31:12 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(FUMSM)
To: fwdude
Old America is dying out......
RIP, GC. Loved your music, love the memories.
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posted on
08/08/2017 3:36:40 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Doesn’t seem so long ago I was a little kid, it was summer time and Casey Kasem was playing “Southern Nights” on his countdown show. RIP Mr. Campbell.
To: IamConservative
"If there was any one I've met who had too much talent, it would be Glen Campbell."
Merle Haggard
CA....
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posted on
08/08/2017 3:49:11 PM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/08/2017 3:50:34 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
To: Paleo Pete
IIRC John Harford wrote Gentle on My Mind. He changed his name to Hartford because that’s how everyone pronounced his last name.
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:28:47 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:29:15 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
To: PhiloBedo
Hartford worked on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, where he met one of the comedy writers for the show, who just happened to be a pretty good banjo player, by the name of Steve Martin.
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:33:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Paleo Pete
Did it. That was SMOKIN’!
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:39:56 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
To: Paleo Pete
The Beatles also could not read music.
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/08/2017 5:24:14 PM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Such a talented man. Rest in peace, Mr. Campbell.
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posted on
08/08/2017 5:25:15 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: novemberslady
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posted on
08/08/2017 5:29:27 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I am a jazz musician...yet Glen Campbell had as much or maybe more influence on me as a young musician than Coltrane, Miles, or Maynard Ferguson.
His early works, many written by Jim Webb, profoundly impacted my life and my musical direction.
RIP dear sir....prayers to his family.
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posted on
08/08/2017 5:40:35 PM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:12:11 PM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
To: AlmaKing
Truly that was his greatest song. All my FB friends posted that one, even the super big lib who loves Frank Zappa. Which surprised me and made me happy.
RIP Glen Campbell, not lost but gone before.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:19:20 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: Responsibility2nd
RIP.
Dad had it seven years before he passed and now Mom has had it almost 7 years. It’s not a good way to go.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:21:26 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: CyberAnt
Mom too; she can still sing and play piano.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:21:59 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: Moonman62
Thanks for posting that, very interesting. Shared it over on FB.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:28:16 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: Victor
He is self-taught on the guitar.
When he was one of the Beach Boys, he played bass.
He had perfect pitch in his voice.
He could listen to an unfamiliar song once, then play it perfectly right after. A remarkable talent.
His guitar solo in Gentle on My Mind, played with Willie Nelson's band in concert, is just remarkable.
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