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Glen Campbell...
By: AJ Date: August 8, 2017, 7:38 pm
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Here he is with few other somewhat notable pickers..Doing my
favorite song of his....RIP Glen....
HTML https://youtu.be/ETkzK9pXMio
HTML https://youtu.be/ETkzK9pXMio
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Bucky Date: August 8, 2017, 8:46 pm
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I've made my share of Glen Campbell posts today. It's a sad time
for me, though not traumatic because he didn't have a whole lot
of time left.
I first learned of Glen through a commercial when I was a
youngster. He had yet another greatest hits performance out, and
I later learned most of his live career was playing the same
setlist over and over. Despite having really awesome albums, he
still played the same stuff.
Then I saw True Grit, which I still love. At some point, my mom
bought us a Glen Campbell live album, and it grew from there. In
high school, I really admired his guitar playing and knew of his
connections to the Beach Boys, so I bought several of his old
albums reissued on CD. By the way, Spotify is the only place you
can hear MOST of his discography because he had so many albums
that were never released on CD.
I fell in love with his music moreso than his guitar playing,
which was kinda sparse on his solo stuff. Most people who know
tracks like "Gentle on My Mind" have no idea he shreds. But it
was his voice and presence that made his hits.
Yet his string of albums from Rhinestone Cowboy to World Gone
Crazy are amazing. His early stuff was usually a bunch of cover
tracks and singles, but when he made a comeback with Rhinestone,
he started making real albums.
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: AJ Date: August 8, 2017, 11:48 pm
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He was indeed an amazing guitarist, hell musician period. He was
a member of the Wrecking Crew...The baddest bunch of sidemen
evah.
We used to watch his variety show he had on and he shredded
plenty every week. I guess got into a endorsement deal with
Micheal Kamen and Ovation because it was rare back then to see
him on anything but an Ovation, whether acoustic or electric.
They made several solid body electric models and I remember
seeing him playing a Deacon model a lot. He could play as well
as any of his contempories. He could keep up with Chet Atkins,
Roy Clark...Hell any of them. I'm sure you know more about him
than me Bucky.
I have to say...Back at the beginning of this Forum, I remember
you posting, in reference to my choice of forum formats, that
you had ran a Glen Campbell forum..And I was kinda ..whatttttt?.
I failed to follow up and inquire about that, because it really
intrigued me. I don't pick up Glen vibes in your own music...But
that isn't strange really...Back when I first started recording
my own stuff people used to say my stuff reminded them of David
Bowie...Which I totally blanked on...The only Bowie album I ever
bought, well previous to "Blackstar", was "Diamond Dogs". And
only because I dug "Rebel,Rebel". He never influenced me at all
previous to that, and that one song was the only one I dug, and
primarily because of Mick Ronson's guitar work. I realize that
makes me Neanderthal.
And there is something strange again...Here you are a big Glen
Campbell fan, yet I hear none of his influence in your music,
And here I am, not a big Bowie fan, and people hear him in
mine....
I did come around to appreciate Bowie's work..Mostly from my
wife constantly playing his stuff. She was a rabid Bowie
fan...Went to I don't even know how many of his shows, owns all
his vinyl, gave him flowers at one show, cocaine at
another....Yeah she was a wild one once upon a time....
Hell it's Midnight...But I just got back from a late service
call and am kinda wound up....
"True Grit" is GREAT movie....The remake with Jeff Bridges is
pretty damn good as well...Although casting Beantown Matt Damon
as a Texas Ranger was a bit over the top...Beyond the pale
really. Texans don't talk like that. Don't get me wrong..I've
loved a lot of his movies, and I think he's a fine actor.
I thought Bridges did the role justice.
John Wayne won the Oscar though....
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Bucky Date: August 9, 2017, 6:01 am
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Well, the story goes...
I joined the "official" Glen Campbell forum in 2007. I posted
periodically and even got to know one of the members, Kevin,
fairly well. He sent me vinyl through the mail several times. He
was the first person to compile Glen's discography and publish
it too, and he was always miffed about Glen's ghostwriter
plagarising it for his bio.
The old forum was run on shitty software, and when Surfdog took
over Glen's website, they originally nixed the forum. So, I
started a new one. Then the old forum came back up and things
went back to normal. Until the mods got power hungry and decided
to bully members, which is when I literally said "fuck you," to
them and OurGlen became my priority.
I disabled posting in 2014 after my two major breakdowns and no
longer feeling it. I was so pissed about Glen's family forcing
him on tour, recording farewell albums, and putting him in a
goddamn nursing home. With as much money he had, they could've
hired a nurse. His daughter, Debby, probably would've helped
too, because his wife clearly wasn't going to.
As for his influence... I wish I was that good. His guitar
playing was Jazz based with some chicken picking thrown in. He'd
throw in some typical Rock licks here and there, but his
phrasing and fluidity was crazy. Seriously, people think it's
hard to copy Hendrix's style, but Glen was a lot more
sophisiticated and out there than they realize.
And his voice! Man, that guy kept getting better as he aged. In
the sixties, his voice wasn't his strongsuit simply because he
always wanted to play guitar. But Capitol hired him as a session
singer too. His first "album" Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
is actually a demo collection! He sang songs for other artists
so they could pick songs for their albums. His first true Glen
Campbell LP was Gentle on My Mind, which had a cover of "Catch
the Wind" that I prefer to Donovan.
However, I credit Glen for my singing career, because I decided
to make a vocal album after hearing his early albums. I was just
never talented enough to sound like him.
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: AJ Date: August 9, 2017, 6:11 pm
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Great story Bucky..And you sound like you and that's just
alright...
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Luke17 Date: August 10, 2017, 6:59 am
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Bucky, you are a Youngblood, but you never cease to amaze me
with your cumulative musical knowledge, theories, and insight.
proud to know you, Laddie. :)
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Bucky Date: August 10, 2017, 9:07 am
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Thanks, Luke!
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: indigo_dave Date: August 10, 2017, 2:03 pm
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I tried to find a recording I used to hear sometimes on Bob's
Scratchy Records. It was "Mr. Tambourine Man" and the credited
guitar player (according to Bob) was "Mr. Twelve String".
I guess Glenn did a good bit of uncredited studio work in his
early days before fame set in. He was a talented dude.
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Bucky Date: August 10, 2017, 3:07 pm
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My friend Kevin was a member of the OurGlen forum, by the way.
HTML http://s4.zetaboards.com/OurGlen/index/
We had a lot of information he found over the years:
HTML http://s4.zetaboards.com/OurGlen/forum/3846874/
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Re: Glen Campbell...
By: Luke17 Date: August 10, 2017, 4:17 pm
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[quote author=indigo_dave link=topic=60.msg564#msg564
date=1502391816]
I tried to find a recording I used to hear sometimes on Bob's
Scratchy Records. It was "Mr. Tambourine Man" and the credited
guitar player (according to Bob) was "Mr. Twelve String".
I guess Glenn did a good bit of uncredited studio work in his
early days before fame set in. He was a talented dude.
[/quote]Not sure if we are talking about the same recording of
Mr. Tambourine Man' but the cover of the Dylan song that soared
to the top of the charts was by the Byrds..
Jim ( later Roger) McGuinn was the only member of the actual
Byrds allowed to play an instrument on the recording...his
lovely Rickenbacker Maple-Glo 360/12 .
The Byrds, did sing..but famous studio cats and female felines
played the instruments.
Jim-Roger McGuinn was actually a studio cat for many folk acts
in NYC and LA. prior to the Byrds.
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