Rhinestone Cowboy Glenn Campbell has taken his place in that corner of the heavens reserved for the real stars. At 81 yrs he had been suffering from illness for a long time.
Turned out some great songs and was a real entertainer. RIP Glenn, but stay on the line !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU
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My thoughts too Teddy. A bit of a voice from my yoof.. who's next I wonder?
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Buying his 'Greatest Hits' last year was when I realised I was getting old. Probably because of a song featuring Phoenix where I spent time in late 2015.
I'm still not mentally old...it's the hard physical stuff that knackers me!
Some good tunes... did he write them himself? I hope so.
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>> Some good tunes... did he write them himself? I hope so.
Not. Mostly written by Jimmy Webb. Cambell was about the only Country music I liked,
Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, Galveston, By the time I get to Phoenix, Witchetaw lineman, all classics.
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>> Cambell was about the only Country music I liked,
>> Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, Galveston, By the time I get to Phoenix, Witchetaw lineman, all classics.
I'm the opposite, a C&W fan but Glen Campbell was someone who never did it for me.
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I was lucky enough to see Glen Campbell live at a recording of his BBC music show around 1982.
In his band he had a ridiculously young looking banjo player called Carl Jackson and they played this ..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5vfw5f1CZo
Just one amazing display of guitar and banjo virtuosity and one of my best live music memories
I like Glen's comment... 'Think you can stay with me kid'.....
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Brilliant musician and great music, Galveston and Wichita Lineman are amazing songs!
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>> I'm the opposite, a C&W fan but Glen Campbell was someone who never did it
>> for me.
nearly all the rest of C&W leaves me cold, all that wailing misery of dead dogs, divorce and poverty.
Except Crazy by Patsy Cline.
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>> Except Crazy by Patsy Cline.
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Written, as you probably know, by Willie Nelson. Despite being an ardent fan of the man, his own version of that song is dire and would fit perfectly into your opinion of the rest of country music; one I do not happen to share as there's so much more to it than that.
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>> would fit perfectly into your
>> opinion of the rest of country music; one I do not happen to share as
>> there's so much more to it than that.
Ah yes, sorry I forgot Gambling (addiction and debts) Unplanned pregnancy, alcoholism, disaster at the mine, and gun play.
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I'm also a fan, and sorry to see him him go. I've been following his story for a while. There is a film commissioned by his family called "I'll be me", which gives an insight into how his dementia developed, and how the family supported him. It was produced to help support other people with a dementia sufferer in the family. A good watch, although sad.
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I saw Glen Campbell performing in Birmingham sometime in '73 or '74. At that time, C&W wasn't cool for people in their early 20s but, somehow, I knew that GC was a special musician. His support act was Canadian singer, Anne Murray. Sweet as she was - and a perfectly good singer (Snowbird), the C&W crowd were a fickle bunch and didn't really connect with her. The crowd hadn't been warmed-up.
GC took to the stage after the break and immediately grabbed the concert by the scruff of the neck; he was brilliant, working with the consummate ease of a seasoned American entertainer. He had the fine, powerful voice, the great guitar playing, the patter and, proud of his Scottish heritage, he even gave us a blast on the bagpipes. He must have been about 38 at that time. It was a splendid performance, but not one that I could discuss with my mates afterwards - I'm not sure that many would have even heard of GC.
After that, Glen Campbell kind of disappeared from my radar but I remained a fan of his music. My favourite song was undoubtedly 'Wichita Lineman' and, when I later worked on power-lines throughout East Anglia, I could belt it out to no one as I crossed a field in the middle of nowhere.
Last September, Jimmy Webb came to our local concert hall to present a selection of his work and to talk about his relationship with Glen Campbell; he gave us a fascinating insight and I'm very pleased that I went to see him. He related details such as the fact that he'd intended 'Galveston' to be a very slow ballad, but the record company had insisted that it had to be speeded up to make it more 'commercially acceptable'. At the conclusion of the evening, he said that, naturally the question that he was always asked was " ..... and how is Glen now?". He said that GC could recognise his own wife and, he thought, his (JW's) wife ....... but he did not know JW.
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When Wichita Lineman is on the radio, I usually stop what I am doing an listen.
Its a great song and very well sung but Mr C.
RIP.
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Always had a catholic taste in music and liked stuff like Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Linesman. Surprised to find a friend and ex-work colleague who I knew as an avowed rock chick loved his stuff too.
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>> When Wichita Lineman is on the radio, I usually stop what I am doing an
>> listen.
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>> Its a great song and very well sung but Mr C.
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You're not the only one who does that. But then you probably knew that!
His last albums were really good too - Ghost on the Canvas and 2008's covers album Meet Glen Campbell. Perfect albums for those who like and appreciate his singing but don't normally go for C&W music.
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>> I saw Glen Campbell performing in Birmingham sometime in '73 or '74. At that time,
>> C&W wasn't cool for people in their early 20s but, somehow, I knew that GC
>> was a special musician.
My school friends used to take the wotsit out of me in the late 60s because even then I was enjoying his music, but as you say it wasn't cool - they were into music which I can't even remember now!
But they all sat round in silent and reverent appreciation listening to "Bridge over troubled waters", although the listening thereof wasn't instigated by me.
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"My school friends used to take the wotsit out of me"
Unfortunately the young are gullible and heavily affected by peer pressure - you only have to see the result of the last parliamentary election.
I recall going to see the fledgling s******s Wheel at Loughborough University in 1972. The students were too stupid to understand talent when they saw it in front of them and kept heckling for the return of Hendrix who had died 2 years earlier. Shortly afterwards, 'Stuck in the middle with you' became a hit and Gerry Rafferty went on to critical acclaim.
Blimey - dunno what's wrong with the swearing filter this evening! I only said "s******s"
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St ealers is in the swear filter because someone decided that using the term "main St ealers" to describe main dealers was a an offence and crime.
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I think the Backroom began its more or less final form in 2001. That was the year that internet penetration reached 50% in the US, up from only 30% in 1999. I quote the US just because those are the figures I have to hand.
We had NFC what we were doing, there was nowhere to copy and nobody to ask, we were working it out as we went along. It is a pity that the software has not had the opportunity to grow and keep pace with the times, but for its day it was b***** good.
Stephen did a great job of coping with all the functionality that we kept making up as we went along and I think we did a pretty good job of inventing that functionality.
Now, much as we had little idea of how to make or run a forum, lots of people had little idea of how to behave in them. We had no idea we would need a swear filter, though as I recall we found how pretty damn quickly. There were so many people who felt it was their right to swear.
One way or another a few weird things happened, and I have a sneaking feeling it might have been me who objected to "Main s******", more because of the smug way it was said than feeling any need to protect dealers.
Happy days. Dave, Me, Martin, NoDo$h, HJ running interference, and Stephen. What a laugh we had.
We had quite some characters contributing, some of whom are still around though all I think under different names now.
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>> I have a sneaking feeling it might have been me
It was.
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Just spotted two programmes re Glen Campbell on BBC Four tonight (Friday 11th) - starting at 10:45 and ending at 1:05am. The first appears to be about his life, the second looks like a concert recording.
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Adios amigo. - MD
