Glen Campbell: Outlaw!

Saw that. Can't bring myself to watch it yet.

It's a rough watch. Heartbreaking but well done.

Watching now.

Heartbreaking is right

His birthday yesterday.

IIRC the glen campbell goodtime hour special is getting a DVD release soon.

spotted Glen pretending to be Steve McQueen's sideman in Baby the Rain Must Fall

And he's gone

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81

Hardly surprising, obviously, but still awfully sad. One of the great singers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbTHlTmDX8

RIP.

:(

I love Glen. Beautiful voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExxrB-E4oBo

Oh man that sucks. Hardly unexpected but still.

loved this one. nothing else like it. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VecunpIqlg0

The fact that he had a TV show (actually two) from '68-72 meant he was one of the first country-pop singers I heard (Cash shortly after). My dad bought at least 3 or 4 of the '68-71 LPs, and looking at the track listing for Gentle on My Mind, that means he was the first singer I heard do "Dock of the Bay," "Words," Jacques Brel, etc.

(Hardin's "Reason to Believe" too)

There seemed to follow after him or maybe overlap a number of copycat shows hosted by one-hit wonder country singers of limited duration such as The Jim Stafford Show and The Jud Strunk Show.

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yj9oHikgY

Think he ended up resenting doing the show because they let him play guitar less and less. (Think something similar happened with Nat King Cole and the piano, the not playing part)

rip, wichita still one of the greatest love songs of all timenx

oh Glen ... so long buddy <3

I love this one - gives me a beautiful soaring Orbison-esque vibe of longing

https://youtu.be/JijBzCUxYkc

RIP, Glen. You were my first employer as a writer. We we all in awe of your musicality. https://t.co/WjvYWGNGl7

— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) August 8, 2017

RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEvENJpVSA

RIP. His '68 television show is one of the first things I remember - not just my memory of television, but of anything.

Funny, solid, and handsome in True Grit. RIP.

Been relistening to the (quite excellent) UK comp The Capitol Years: 65-77 here. Stellar work indeed, and a lot of his quieter guitar performances are standing out in particular.

I mean, jeebus, this ain't perfect, but it's incredible:

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

I've always kinda liked Glen but find the added strings / backing vocals / shmaltz unappealing. Johnny Cash has his prison albums that strip all that away and let the songs and voice shine, does Glen have anything similar?

the earnest schmaltz is kinda the point imo

otm

like even up to the final recordings...his takes on stuff like "Hold On Hope" and "Ghost on the Canvas" are all about drama and excess

I'm glad he didn't get Rick Rubinized into doing some sort of gritty thing

Cash has as much shtick as Campbell putatively does.

Oh, 100%.

It doesn't sound like shtick tho, which is kinda impt when listening to music. To most ppl, anyway. That aside love this guy, RIP, thanks for that video Josh

Been relistening to the (quite excellent) UK comp The Capitol Years: 65-77 here. Stellar work indeed, and a lot of his quieter guitar performances are standing out in particular.

That is indeed a super comp.

Although it doesn't have "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" on it, which is a crime. The "Reunion" album with Jimmy Webb is a masterpiece.

that's one of my favorite songs bu I prefer the Judy Collins version

Moon's absence from the comp is a fact I have dwelled on over the years.

That live Galveston guitar solo is jaw-dropping.

As far as stripped-down versions of the hits go... This?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_You_There

I have six hours of Glen Campbell music on my iPod, and this is in my not-so-humble opinion his finest song, his definitive cover of Both Sides Now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97C7swvyUYI

listening to the southern nights album this morning was struck by how much the "god only knows" intro is pretty much everything mercury rev was going for on Deserter's Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zvwSUh3Cl8
really great version.

he had one of the best ominous mug shots EVER. he also had one of the best country music childhoods. dire poverty. 11 siblings. sharecropper daddy. they ate a lot of squirrel.

"Police said Campbell's mood swung from combative to congenial and back to combative, including a kicking assault on a sergeant and a short jailhouse concert."

That's his Scottish genes in operation right there.

NYT obit mentions that the network asked him to stop booking so many country acts on the variety show (after one when he had Merle, Johnny and Buck on).

The one where Merle does all the imitations which is posted in the obit thread?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6q2hsdXenQ

Jimmy Webb: https://www.facebook.com/JimmyWebbMusic/posts/1812201325474480