RFI: pre-"Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell

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Anyone else here a fan of the Razor & Tie "Swing West" compilations? I got hepped to these a few years ago by a friend enamored with the gunslinging guitar work of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant (whose work I heartily recommend as well).

Anyway, on the "Bakersfield" volume of these comps, there is a 1963 instrumental from Glen Campbell called "12-String Special" that is really nice, sort of a choogling bar-room tune with a bit of a hoedown feel to it. I'm curious to see if his albums from around this period are in a similar vein, and/or if his albums up to his commercial breakthrough ('73? or so) are any good.

Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 17:52 (twenty years ago) link

trivial search: 1965 concerts by the beach boys with GC on bass guitar

gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 17:59 (twenty years ago) link

six years pass...

dude his commercial breakthrough is like 1966.

figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Sunday, 27 December 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link

I like "Guess I'm Dumb".

I was in a drop-D metal band we called Requiem (staggerlee), Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link

Also, weirdest reprimandy old thread revive ever, amateurist. Drunk-posting again?

I was in a drop-D metal band we called Requiem (staggerlee), Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link

lol, a remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR8Z6eP2Sbs

Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link

does anyone else start hearing "sloop john b" every time they get midway through this song?

figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Sunday, 27 December 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link

one year passes...

well this is...surreal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843tlu1DFA0

(from the late '50s, apparently)

uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Monday, 14 February 2011 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link

er, it's from 1964, actually, which was around the time he toured with the Beach Boys. more info here.

uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Monday, 14 February 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

So it turns out he sang the lead vocal on "My World Fell Down" by Sagittarius. Who knew? Doesn't sound much like him, but I suppose he was singing to order.

Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 March 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link

wow !

budo jeru, Thursday, 26 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link

For the rare intersection of fans of both glen campbell and the necks, it’s the Dick Slessig Trio

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MorgJwbBhe4

Milton Parker, Thursday, 26 March 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link

giving it the sandy bull treatment eh

budo jeru, Thursday, 26 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link

Milton, thanks so much for sharing that. amazing piece

budo jeru, Friday, 27 March 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link

I was listening to the first disc of teh Bob Stanley compiled 2cd a couple of weeks ago. Aftreading Bob Stanley mention it as aboutthe first compilation he did commercially.
Some beautiful stuff on there.
& I assume the guitar is going to be him.

Stevolende, Friday, 27 March 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link

four months pass...

https://i.imgur.com/vKGDHcF.png

budo jeru, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link


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