Glen Campbell Dead at 81
Source: Rolling Stone
Glen Campbell, the indelible voice behind 21 Top 40 hits including "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," died Tuesday. He was 81. A rep for Universal Music Group, Campbell's record label, confirmed the singer's death to Rolling Stone.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81
Rest easy Rhinestone Cowboy.
murielm99
(30,779 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
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several videos of Jimmy Webb's songs, many performed by Glenn Campbell, were posted.
What's your favorite song from 1968?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,947 posts)hibbing
(10,112 posts)underpants
(182,970 posts)The Jimmy Webb songs especially
whathehell
(29,100 posts)Unforgettable delivery of unforgettable songs.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)of his time. RIP Glen
Gothmog
(145,754 posts)gademocrat7
(10,679 posts)Docreed2003
(16,889 posts)The Wizard
(12,552 posts)The Wrecking Crew. RIP
Lostnote
(75 posts)Coventina
(27,219 posts)MuseRider
(34,136 posts)he appeared to be suffering. Same with his family. What a long, hard go he had with this.
Thank you Mr. Campbell for your music. I grew up with it and will always remember you.
BumRushDaShow
(129,806 posts)Loved so many of his songs. The one that made me long to visit (and I finally did) was this -
(and yes I need to get to Wichita and Phoenix too... on my list)!
Condolences to the family and your music will live forever.
broadcaster90210
(333 posts)nt
LisaM
(27,848 posts)It's my favorite of his.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...that song, like so many of his hits, was written by Jimmy Webb, who is, fortunately, still with us.
LisaM
(27,848 posts)But Glen Campbell really could interpret a song. I love when singers write their own songs, but sometimes there are singer/songwriter combinations that were just meant to be.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Sunday Morning Coming Down.
That's all I'm going to say.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)He and his family struggled with his dementia openly and honestly. I really admire them for that. After losing my dad to early onset Alzheimer's, I followed Glen Campbell's journey closely. He was officially diagnosed in 2011 the same year my dad died.
I almost can't bear to hear this song - but after living it - I know how true these words are. Achingly so. Goodbye and safe home Glen.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)my heart goes out to all who love him because I too know how incredibly painful it is to watch a loved one fade away from this horrible disease and that he and they faced it so publicly... I can't even imagine... but appreciate the awareness they raised.
MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)isn't it? It never ceases to amaze me how many of us have walked that long hard road. I am very sorry for your loss.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Alz/Dementia "the long goodbye" on anyone or their loved ones.
Sadly it's all too common a disease and one that we desperately need a cure NOW for. I just wish all of our gov cared more and deeply about providing the funds and encouraging the talented scientists needed to get this vicious beast eradicated as soon as possible.
nolabear
(42,001 posts)hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)RIP, Wichita Lineman... By the time you get to Phoenix... and so many others
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)He was a phenomenal guitarist and had a beautiful voice. He sang songs that shaped my life.
Botany
(70,627 posts)ripcord
(5,553 posts)Just an incredible performance.
dalton99a
(81,658 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,585 posts)Go ahead, it's okay if your eyes leak while watching it.
TeamPooka
(24,279 posts)you cry
whathehell
(29,100 posts)He has no peer on that score.
Duppers
(28,130 posts)Tess49
(1,580 posts)Raine1967
(11,589 posts)narnian60
(3,510 posts)calimary
(81,557 posts)He was a major league session man back in his early career. Played on everybody's recordings.
Safe passage, sir.
BumRushDaShow
(129,806 posts)It was one of those songs that I always associated with playing while driving on a highway through a vast rural area of some large state, with no other car on the road.
whathehell
(29,100 posts)"Phoenix" would be my first. It's moving in some in some intimate, heartbreaking way I just can't describe.
dhill926
(16,377 posts)Glorfindel
(9,740 posts)Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Old Vet
(2,001 posts)whathehell
(29,100 posts)I know how you feel.
kcdoug1
(222 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)burrowowl
(17,653 posts)turbinetree
(24,737 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,485 posts)pwb
(11,295 posts)You go Glen.
mikeargo
(675 posts)Thanks for all the memories.
H2O Man
(73,662 posts)I love his music, and have quite a bit in my record/CD collection.
CanonRay
(14,125 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)He didn't intend for his version to be formally released as a song. The record company edited out his directions to musicians and released his version of it anyway, which is, of course, perfect.
I seem to recall that the same sort of thing happened with Simon and Garfunkel on Sound of Silence.
whathehell
(29,100 posts)It was a mold breaker, imo.
classykaren
(769 posts)on my mind. I could just cry.
wcmagumba
(2,892 posts)written by the banjo guy in the Glen C show audience, John Hartford (he was a great folk music writer and performer, passed a few years ago).
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)So he could quit the straight-laced world of a hippie bluegrass musician and live his dream of becoming a riverboat captain.
TeamPooka
(24,279 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Elvis and Glen Campbell
handmade34
(22,759 posts)and his family suffered... rest in peace Glen Campbell
DinahMoeHum
(21,823 posts)Great country music, greater heart.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...is gone from the line.
Archae
(46,364 posts)Including playing a rooster!
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I saw him live when he was on the air with his "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" and his hits included "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," and "Gentle On My Mind."
"Wichita Lineman" was the one that gave me chills...still does to this day. Raw, honest and unashamed emotion, one of the most amazing readings of any song I've ever heard. He took full ownership of it in the same way that Jimi Hendrix owned "All Along The Watchtower."
R.I.P., Glen.
Beartracks
(12,822 posts)============
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)6000eliot
(5,643 posts)Tanuki
(14,926 posts)As he did on Mull of Kyntire:
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3catwoman3
(24,085 posts)...that he played the bagpipes. I love bagpipes. The sound penetrates right into my cells.
I know some people do not care for Amazing Grace (there was even a thread about that here on DU quite recently), but I love the melody, especially on bagpipes, so here is Campbell's rendition -
Tanuki
(14,926 posts)I am just glad he lived in the era of recorded music, so that his talent can endure for years to come. You might also enjoy hearing him play bagpipes on Bonaparte's Retreat. It is rare but wonderful to hear the pipes on a country music song, but they were certainly part of the genre's old-country roots. I'd be willing to bet that many of Glen's Campbell ancestors were pipers!
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3catwoman3
(24,085 posts)...pipes might be on the the Campbell tartan - Campbell of Argyll
www.zazzle.com/clan_campbell_of_argyll_tartan_fabric-256996678365519656
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Godspeed
watrwefitinfor
(1,400 posts)He was said to be the best session guitarist ever. He sure had a good time at it, and made us all smile and grin and tap our feet with him.
Wat
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)He never learned to read music!
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)Response to BarbaRosa (Original post)
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OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)Glen Campbell sounded. R.I.P.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)We lost a good man. He won't be forgotten.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)which is a great compliment.
orangecrush
(19,657 posts)For making this world a happier place.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Loved watching his show as a youngster.
Dementia and Alzheimer's, go fuck off
My favorite:
stopbush
(24,397 posts)Yet he was a registered D.
Wiki says he wasn't a party line voter.
dubyadiprecession
(5,734 posts)iamateacher
(1,089 posts)For bringing such awareness to his battle with Alzheimers. My father, a PhD microbiologist, died in 2007 of this disease. My mother would never admit he had it, she was ashamed, although it was diagnosed by a neurologist.
Skittles
(153,255 posts)I am always grateful when celebrities are open and honest about their illnesses
my sympathy to you for your father; what a dreadful disease
rtracey
(2,062 posts)He was a fantastic singer. My mother passed from dementia and Alzheimer disease. He really hung in there, amazingly being able to remember songs, playing his guitar, hitting every chord and note, but not remembering his daughter was in his band singing with him.... Dementia is so fucking evil....
Duppers
(28,130 posts)Tremendously talented yet always modest. Loved him.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)s great songwrighter
3catwoman3
(24,085 posts)I can't think of anything different or better to say. What a gift he was to all of us.
The title of his last song is so poignant.
TomSlick
(11,120 posts)He was really from Billstown but no one would know where that is.
He left the world a more beautiful place.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)gotta know if I need to grieve or not
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,897 posts)kind of appropriate
Norbert
(6,041 posts)was with this Buffy St. Marie song. Nice version.
RIP Glen.
Alzheimers really sucks.
lastlib
(23,352 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,818 posts)Marta and I still have the original soundtrack on 33/3 LP!
Beacool
(30,253 posts)I remember when he announced that he suffered from Alzheimer's, something I wouldn't wish on anyone. May he rest in peace.
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...features Glen as a "Wrecking Crew" performer.
Great early pop-psychedelic tune.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)thx to those who posted videos.
watrwefitinfor
(1,400 posts)John Hartford has to be part of any tribute to Glen Campbell.
For those who don't remember, Hartford wrote Campbell's break-out hit, "Gentle On My Mind" and performed it with him many times. He was also a beloved regular most weeks on the Glen Campbell Show.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Glen+Campbell+Show
Wat
BarbaRosa
(2,685 posts)Great musician and cool attitude.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Rest in peace, Glen Campbell.
LBM20
(1,580 posts)niyad
(113,714 posts)my mind instantly went to the clip of johnny carson lampooning "rhinestone cowboy", complete with stick horse. apparently glen loved it.