The Poojer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 rough afternoon http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7334015/glen-campbell-dead-81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 It's good that his suffering has ended. Alzheimers is brutal on everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Once sat in during a studio session with Cambell and his pedal steel player while doing overdubs. At the time Led zep III was out Hendrix had already re-wrote how electric guitar was played. But That night everyone in the room had their jaws on the ground. He was on fire and could not only play with anyone. He could blow them off the stage with his strat if he wanted too. . A Mind blowing guitar player, and songwriter. RIP big guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 So sad , really liked him RIP Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 By the rivers of my memoryEver smilin', ever gentle on my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Terrific song writer and guitarist...Bum Phillips said about Don Shula he can take hisins and beat urins and urins and beat hisins..Glen could take almost any country or pop or even rock song and put out a version as good or better than the orginal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Mostly true. Dean Martin and Glen Campbell released same song "Gentle on my Mind" in 1968 and Martin's sales were higher. I have that song on my playlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Wichita lineman is amaaaaazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaRun Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 My wife took me to see him in 2011 at the CNE in Toronto. I didn't really know his music or him. The first thought I had was **** there are a lot of people here to see him. As the show rolled on I was surprised by just how many songs I knew and loved but didn't realize it had been him singing them. I believe this was a sort of warm up show. It was very close after the Alzheimer's announcement but Glen was knocking out most of what he played with what seemed like little trouble. When he slipped up the crowd was forgiving and full of love. I'm glad I had a chance to see him and understand just what a legend he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 He was a genuine talent! Too bad he had to go out the way he did. RIP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I really enjoyed him in the original True Grit. Some are unaware of his role in the Beach Boys: http://theboot.com/glen-campbell-beach-boys/ RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 RIP!! Thanks for the memories, songs, talent, an enjoyed TV show from my very early years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBSS151 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 He worked his way from the bottom up. Played every hole in the wall, moved to LA, became a studio musician, and then hit the big time. He and Jim Webb were quite the team. And, he never learned to read music. RIP LaBeouf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Once sat in during a studio session with Cambell and his pedal steel player while doing overdubs. At the time Led zep III was out Hendrix had already re-wrote how electric guitar was played. But That night everyone in the room had their jaws on the ground. He was on fire and could not only play with anyone. He could blow them off the stage with his strat if he wanted too. . A Mind blowing guitar player, and songwriter. RIP big guy. 100% correct - one of the most underrated shredders of all time. Wichita lineman is amaaaaazing Also 100% right. One of my favorite tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 An American legend. I'm glad he was able to do one farewell tour before the disease took over completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Wichita lineman is amaaaaazin To me, one of the most perfect pop records ever made...the "wrecking crew" at their very best. Jimmy Webbs' lyrics, Campbells nuanced vocals, soaring strings...and that amazing, completely ad-libbed bass line that opens the record...it kind of serves as a little step into the "world" of that song... I saw Glen a few years ago, when it came out that he was suffering from the onset of Alzheimers. I was watching my mother go through it (she succumbed shortly after) and my grandmother before her. It was an unusually emotional performance for me. Campbell was perfect...hardly a dry eye in the house when he sang "These Days". I've heard that song hundreds of times, by everyone from Jackson Browne (he wrote it) and Nico...but, because of his circumstances, the song was devastating...RIP Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 To me, one of the most perfect pop records ever made...the "wrecking crew" at their very best. Jimmy Webbs' lyrics, Campbells nuanced vocals, soaring strings...and that amazing, completely ad-libbed bass line that opens the record...it kind of serves as a little step into the "world" of that song... I saw Glen a few years ago, when it came out that he was suffering from the onset of Alzheimers. I was watching my mother go through it (she succumbed shortly after) and my grandmother before her. It was an unusually emotional performance for me. Campbell was perfect...hardly a dry eye in the house when he sang "These Days". I've heard that song hundreds of times, by everyone from Jackson Browne (he wrote it) and Nico...but, because of his circumstances, the song was devastating...RIP Glen I saw him on that last tour, about six months after his diagnosis. If you get a chance there's a documentary out there chronicling the tour and his battle with the illness throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I saw him on that last tour, about six months after his diagnosis. If you get a chance there's a documentary out there chronicling the tour and his battle with the illness throughout. Yes, have been meaning to check that out too... thanks for the reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) I'm to go out on a limb and say: Thank God he's gone. Because Alzheimer's is a stone-cold B word of a disease, and I'm relieved his suffering has ended. edit: "B word?" Seriously? What m-word f-word c-word other-f-word h-word w-word implemented that s-word other-s-word a-word e-word for a filter? At least hyphenate it properly, you g-word d-word i-words. Edited August 10, 2017 by DC Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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