Glen Campbell: Outlaw!

that "ghost on the canvas" track has been playlisted pretty heavily over the last few weeks on R2, and you know, it never fails to make me have one of those 'ooooh this is good .. moments

I was surprised by this, I really like and it is very emotionally charged with his mind slipping away from him. Will this have a vinyl release? I don't really buy cds much these days?

so is anyone catching the farewell tour? there are shows scheduled through MAY. kinda makes me queasy.

Caught him in London I was very happy to see him again, but he has definitely deteriorated since even 2 years ago which was the last time I saw him. Not in voice or guitar playing quality, but there are some awkward moments where he'll forget if he's played a track already or repeat a joke.... he's being backed by his kids though who keep him on track, but that just adds to the sadness even more.

and Glen Campbell is fucking sad music already. all things combined it was ULTRA SAD MIDDLE AGED MEN AND ME CLOSE TO TEARS THROUGHOUT.

setlist for this tour is a variation on this:

Gentle on My Mind
Galveston
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Try a Little Kindness
Walls
Where's the Playground Susie
Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
It's Only Make Believe
True Grit
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Dueling Banjos
Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
Southern Nights
In My Arms
Wichita Lineman
Rhinestone Cowboy

ENCORE

It's Your Amazing Grace
A Better Place

when he started The Moon's A Harsh Mistress a guy below me let out a moan that was 45% pleasure 55% pain of the SADNESS. but yeah, you'll regret it if you don't go. it's Glen Motherfucking Campbell.

this was near to my top ten for the year.
i'd love to see him live and i'm afraid i've waited too long. calling ticketmaster now.

yep, sold out. fuck. sending a zillion emails to a zillion people now; hope somebody lets me give them money.

Was thinking about this this morning. If forks can't get in, then what chance do mere mortals have?

i FEEL mortal

Did you get to go, forks?

no...
eternal regret

Yup.

Going to give this last album a listen. From the description it sounds like it is going to be something like the Arthur Alexander comeback album.

it's very good.

The youtube upthread sounded pretty good.

This thing is gonna make me ;__; I can tell.

um yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZGU-5W2zs

That's the Guided By Voices song? Yes, I see it is.

Solo on "There's No Me WIthout You" sounds exactly like "Maybe I'm Amazed."

Forgot the "..." in the title.

Just saw "Ghost on the Canvas" on a cable video channel. This is nice. Sappy and melancholy but in a good way, and catchy.

Someone posted the video for it upthread.

I still need to look at this other thread:

RFI: pre-"Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell

Due to popular demand, we have added a second show for GLEN CAMPBELL, Tue. Apr. 17, tickets on sale Fri. 2/10 at Noon. There are only a handful of tickets left for the Wed. Apr. 18 show, and those are on sale now. Don't miss Glen's “The Goodbye Tour”!Tue. Apr. 17: GLEN CAMPBELL $75.00

Do I want to do this for my birthday? Oh yeah, my son has a baseball game.

take him

he played Carnegie Hall, not close to sold out. Shoulda gone.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/10/6538242/fond-farewell-glen-campbell-carnegie-hall

These are his last shows, but this farewell tour has gone on for nearly a year and a half at this point.

as long as there's sumthin in the tank...

this one gets grief for period sexism, but I don't think so at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonUQ5o-vLc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8YazOALrCo

he had to cancel his tour b/c his alzheimer's has progressed quickly. :(

his cover of "White Lightning" was the first version I heard (when I was 6 or 7).

he played Carnegie Hall, not close to sold out. Shoulda gone.
You and me both.

Holy Smokes at that duet with Stevie Wonder.

i worked an Alzheimer's event this week where they presented Glen w/ an award and showed clips from an upcoming documentary about his final tour from the producer of Groundhog Day, looked pretty good.

thanks for that youtube

bbc doc screened this evening was good

Had no idea that was Glen playing the backwards guitar on Nancy & Lee's 'Sand' (predating the Beatles' "Rain" too!)

USA Today has a poignant feature interview with Glen today:
As memory dims, Glen Campbell plays on

how's the new ine?

on3

great piece there.

"I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew," he says. "They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff from those guys. The band was just super. We did songs with Frank Sinatra, everybody. And if they made mistakes, we made fun of them. 'What's the matter? Can't keep up?' We didn't care how many takes we did. We got paid by the hour!"

He laughs. "That was the most fun I had since being born, the most incredible part of my career."

My wife and I had tickets to see the farewell last summer -- and two days before our 5 year-old broke her arm so we had to cancel. Still haven't forgiven her.

The new record–See You There–is pretty great, btw.

"Rhinestone Cowboy" on this is devastating -- trio consisting of voice, guitar and amp noise.

http://open.spotify.com/track/523XkEd2xiVbZ2HdXI4MTU

Jesus Christ that's great

i don't know about the 'lineman' redo

the original arrangement is all-time

Incredible.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/glen-campbells-battle-alzheimers-last-recorded-song-n220031

bloody hell, that brings a tear to the eye.

what a gorgeous song.

The documentary was just on TV, it is very painful to watch. The idea on the surface seems horribly exploitative, a farewell tour when he is suffering from Alzheimer's. But after seeing the documentary, it's pretty clear that's not the case. The music really did keep him going, and his family was there with him throughout the tour.

It's incredible to see how he could still play guitar and remember the lyrics, when he couldn barely remember the names of his children. It's a powerful film about a brutal disease.

Yeah, it's v moving

I watched the first half & was like oh yeah I can do this I'll be fine - second half? I am an ugly-crying mess curled up on the sofa

It is fascinating how innate the music is to him, as you mention

Like it's somehow protected by the degradation. I wonder how that happens. Fascinating to see

& his voice still sounds great!

Yes. It shows just how monumentally talented he is, as a guitar player and singer.

Sadly, you can really see the disease progress in the doc. At the beginning he's fine, with a sense of humor about things. But that's all gone towards the end, when he is afraid and paranoid.

I did not care for the last song he did, that was the one time it struck a wrong note.