Sorry to hear that. Despite his iconic status and no end of awards and accolades Glen never really got the respect he deserved in popular culture especially amongst modern musicians. It comes as a surprise to many that before hitting as a solo artist he was a highly successful session guitarist in LA, playing on loads of Phil Spector records and, kind of extraordinary for The Witchita Lineman, guitar on The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds. Pet Sounds was a milestone album that directly inspired the creation of The Beatles Sgt. Peppers album. ---------- LSC
As to his popularity, I think that a lot of the stuff he did off the stage turned people off: stealing his best friend Mac Davis's wife while they were married, the chronic alcoholism which may have led to his current condition, and drunken boorish behavior off stage. I prefer to remember him as a young phenom:
I agree, Glen was a great talent, tremendous guitar player, one of my favorites. I say was great, he came here last month. I guess he couldn't play a lick, terrible concert. The critics all thought he should have sat onstage and let others honor him.
This sounds ... fascinating. "Glen Campbell -- The Alzheimer Tour". Wonder ´bout the turnout. A slightly necrophile touch to this. There is no lower limit to what people can do/be persuaded to do. Clearly an awesome picker in his day, but -- like so many others -- he saw $$ and took the Middle of the Road. Understandable but still a pity. /Martin, perusing older posts
@Martin-he sounded pretty damn good at the Grammys-I think he should leave the guitar work to someone else,but his vocals are still spot on,with vibrato as well.
@ tmf - he was still a piece of crap for stealing his best friend's wife. He went on to have a few more, so treating women right wasn't his forte, I guess. As for the tour, I hope that does well. And his family will have plenty of royalties to sustain them when he is gone, I'm sure. As for his alcoholism, any time you pound on those brain cells and wipe them out, night after night after night, there is bound to be some connection of at least some general degeneration or the brain, even if scientists haven't found a link. Still, that has got to be the scariest thing though. At least if you have your brain, you can WORRY about death, and worrying, as bad as it is, is still a conscious existence. He will die in his his head before his body does, that is an unknown void that is frightening to think about.
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