Awwww! Crap. I love me some Glen Campbell. What a guy, what a career and what a talent.
RIP Witchita Lineman!!
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And Barbara Cook, all in one day. Dang.
There's a great documentary about Campbell, I'll Be Me, on Netflix.
I saw that documentary a few years ago and it is excellent. As a retired electrician I will miss him because he sang my theme song, Wichita Lineman.
For me, "Wichita Lineman" is the Campbell keeper.
I, too, have been watching and listening to a lot of Glen Campbell since his passing. Came across the version of "Wichita Lineman" in the below video that is just.....amazing.
[video=youtube_share;B49YDR6OMIE]https://youtu.be/B49YDR6OMIE[/video]
I feel bad that it took almost 50 years for me to realize the depth of this man's talent. I had always thought of him as just another highly polished pop act of the late 60's / early 70's. I didn't realize that he was such a great, well respected guitarist who was highly sought out as session musician in his early years. And now I see that he can play bagpipes too.
When Glen Campbell was in his heyday, I was a teen who was mostly into Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. In my little world at the time, it was very un-hip to listen to anything like Campbell... it was akin to listening to Tony Orlando, The Partridge Family, Donnie & Marie Osmond, or any other similar AM radio easy listening style programming. Although I knew of his mastery of guitar from seeing his Goodtime Hour show a few times (of course I had also heard of Roy Clark who seemed to walk a similar path with the Hee Haw show, and I also knew who Johnny Cash was of course)... it was all just basic old time country and I wasn't interested at all. For the most part I still feel the same way toward country music, except much of the new stuff (what they call "New Country" now) is just magnitudes worse IMO. But over the years as I matured, I did develop a respect for the man, and there is no debating his accomplishments. Who knows? If Glen Campbell had come on the scene later in my life, I may have become a fan. RIP
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