Glen Campbell: Outlaw!

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.

His wife is kinda um in many places
overall, strong film

This letter from Jimmy Webb is posted on the Glen Campbell website.

I visited my friend Glen Campbell Wednesday in Nashville. Laura and Kim Campbell were there as well. You may be aware that Glen has bravely been living with Alzheimer’s Disease. Along with his strong and courageous wife, they have changed the face of Alzheimer’s forever. The world watched as Glen traveled from city to city, to continue doing what he loves to do: perform and share his music. Doctors were amazed at how the music and activity appeared to slow the pace of the disease for awhile. With his family, they showed the world that you don’t have to hide when you become ill. They raised awareness, and in turn, funds for Alzheimer’s research.

Glen is currently residing in a memory support community—it reminded me of one of the nice hotels he would stay at while on tour. Kim has found this place for Glen that is safe, where he is cared for 24 hours a day. The ratio of caregivers to residents astounded me–he is never alone. And there are only 17 other residents; his neighbors are former lawyers, doctors, teachers and others who are living with the same challenges that dementia brings. Glen has been my friend for a long time and I love him like a brother. I am sure that Kim has made the right choices for and with my friend of 50 years.

Glen has his private room and bathroom, all decorated by Kim with custom paint, lots of photos murals and framed memorabilia. The place is bright and clean. He loves color and still wears his blue suede shoes from time to time! The memory center has elaborate arrangements for activities. There are many different rooms and spaces for him to experience each day, each furnished tastefully and safely.

There is an airy screened-in porch where Glen likes to sit and where we visited with him. He has a full time care-er, Brody. Brody is in his early twenties with long blond hair–he looks like a surfer! Brody is patient and kind. He plays the guitar with and for Glen. They sing, they walk around the grounds and converse almost constantly. We instantly fell for Brody and thanked him for the care he gives to Glen and the important breaks he gives Kim so she can rest and work.

Glen has always been a happy guy and a jokester. He still is. For longer than I’d like to remember, he has imitated Donald Duck and during the visit, he did his Donald voice for us. He sings in a low register all the way to high clear notes that are reminiscent of the performances we are all familiar with. He seems almost to go from song to song, under his breath at times. He looked at me after singing one song and said, “that was a good song wasn’t it?” Music is still at the very center of who he is. It is almost as though he is giving a never-ending performance.

The last thing he said to me when it was time for us to go was, “Was it a good one?” like he used to say to me at the end of a concert. That phrase made me think that he recognized me, that and the fact that he said my name to Kim and Laura when I left the room briefly.

He sees his family all of the time; Kim and two of his younger children live just a few minutes away. And his oldest daughter Debby was visiting just the day before.

He is loved. He is cared for. He is respected. And most of all, he has his dignity. We can all be comforted by that.

Yours very truly,

Jimmy L. Webb

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It sounds a bit like the memory care place that my father-in-law is in currently

About as good as you can hope for with such a cruel disease

The stuff in the movie where he got paranoid & afraid of shadows was v much our experience with my FiL, v hard to watch

all that sounds too familiar. I saw Webb's facebook update and was impressed at how he responded personally to almost everyone who commented on the thread, many of whom were sharing similar stories.