Glen Campbell Biography Episode Complete 2000

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  @RonHarrisMe · 6 years ago · pinned

  When I was 8 years old, my father a very frugal man, purchased a record player...I was pretty shocked.  My father was not very educated and worked minimum wage making pallets at a local lumber yard.  He also purchased a few records, the first one he put on, and the first record I ever heard was Glenn Campbell's Greatest Hits (I think was the title).  I had never been interested in Country Music, but Glenn's music was different, it was like nothing I had ever heard before.  At 13 I picked up a guitar and learned to play Glenn Campbell songs for my Dad...he enjoyed it so much.  Today, when I hear a Glenn Campbell song, it brings back those great memories.  No matter what anyone says, I believe Glenn Campbell was the first serious country/pop cross-over star.. paving the way for others to follow.  There would be no Garth Brooks, without Glenn Campbell.  There is a video here on YouTube of Glenn showing his guitar skills, look for it.. it is just amazing.

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  @artkent · 3 years ago

  As Said by Merl Haggard, "I've never seen so much talent in one body." Glen was truly a phenomenon.

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• JA

  @jameshensel6778 · 5 years ago

  I am 63 and I was a rock and roller in my youth, as a listener.  I never thought much of Glenn Campbell.  Then, I went to his last tour with his kids.  An even addled by disease he could still play the guitar.  I searched for more songs from Glenn and boy was I wrong about Glenn Campbell.  He is LEGEND.  Besides all the other session work he did, which is enough for the hall of fame, his solos on Gentle on my Mind brought tears to my eyes.  God bless Glenn and may he rest in peace.

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  @johnreed9050 · 7 years ago

  I don't think people  realize how  great a guitar player  he was

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  @catherinelacasse-i2s · 4 weeks ago

  Strange - heard Glen Campbell with his Phoenix and then Wichita Lineman and despised both so crossed Glen Campbell off my list of singers to listen to.  Then around the time of his Alzheimer's announcement I started listening again and was shocked at who Glen Campbell really was and his gigantic talent!  R.I.P. Glenn.

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  @kazilziya830 · 5 years ago

  Glen Campbell was so great at the guitar and singing and made guitar playing look so easy i doubt he truly he knew how great he was. Glen and and Roy Clark are two of the greatest musicians ever recorded.

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  @dougstevens6257 · 7 years ago

  To me, the Jim Webb songs Glen recorded - "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Where's the Playground, Susie?",  "Galveston", just to name a few are really masterpieces.  I will miss you, Glen.  God, bless!

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  @IngefromGraz · 3 years ago

  I watched his TV show in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s.<br>Nothing like it on TV today.

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• PR

  @princesspiplaysbass · 3 years ago

  One of the best guitarists ever.

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• CO

  @colindant3410 · 6 years ago

  Thank you Jimmy Webb for writing the song &apos;Wichita Lineman&apos; and I&apos;ll always remember Glen Campbell for his wonderful rendition.

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  @janiesweeney8272 · 7 years ago

  Glen Campbell is one of th best guitar players from the 1960&apos;s and 1970&apos;s. Not many people know of his studio work, playing guitar Rock and Roll bands as well as his writing songs and his velvet vocals. He was a true artist of his time!!!!

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  @ProfHarveyCrichton · 9 years ago

  RIP Glen! A gentleman of common decency and real talent!

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