Agreed, warm and deserved tribute.
I’m going to go with that version of ‘Gentle on my Mind’ for the guitar riff.
I’ve not really listened to Campbell before, thanks for opening my mind once again.
The documentary about his Alzheimer’s was very sad. It’s personally not my type of music, but the film was still pretty interesting. He still continued doing what he loved.
Thank you for the write up on the legendary Glen Campbell. I was born in 1968, the same year that Wichita Lineman hit the charts. I casually followed his music and career, but I gained a renewed appreciation for him far too late, after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Sure, he had his demons (no thanks to Tanya Tucker), but the loss of this super star was not so gentle on my mind. May he finally rest in peace.
I’ve heard Galveston and Gentle on My Mind but never heard I’m Not Gonna Miss You. Thank you for the introduction to a new song that I will be putting on my playlist. I started compiling a list of all the songs and feelings from our 20 years together and this one deserves to be in with them. As it has already been determined that I will go before my husband. I just want to get to 25 years so I can see my youngest graduate and start college, my oldest to finish his medical training in the Navy and my husband close to retirement so I don’t have to worry every time he goes on duty. Now I need a damn tissue.
Glen Campbell was one of the members of studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew (also known as the Clique or the First Call Gang). If you listened to music from the sixties & seventies, odds are you heard him play or sing back up on several hit songs. Some of the best artists came out of that group of talented musicians.
If you love music, there’s a pretty decent self-titled documentary on Netflix about them. Check it out if you’re looking for something to have playing in the background while you’re multi-tasking. It was worth the hour plus I sunk into it.
As an aside, there’s also a good documentary/interview with Carol Kaye, one of the best female guitarists of her era.
@LaVikinga Carol Kaye mostly played bass on sessions. And she wasn’t one of the best female players of her era. She was one of the best players, period. She’s responsible for many of the most iconic bass lines of the 60s and 70s. In a lot of cases, her playing turned song into hits. Watch her Mel Tormé story at 37:30.
@LaVikinga She’s playing the electric bass (which they used to just call “Fender bass”). The descending line is someone else on upright. But, yes, it’s a great Carol Kaye tune.
As usual @jasontoon knocks it out of the park. Thanks for sharing these great songs. I didn’t know Glen had a Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin type album. Usually the Sunday meh stuff is garbage, but man, the playlists. .
My dad was a pretty damned good guitar player and there were only a handful of artists that he would take time out of his day to watch on television. Glen Campbell was one of them. Roy Clark was another… as was Chet Atkins… and Willie Nelson. (willie is still my favorite guitar player)
He would have loved to have seen this special on The Nashville Network.
Thank you so much for this Jason! The first thing that comes to mind when You say Glen Campbell is True Grit. (I was an avid John Wayne fan) I liked Glen’s songs but had no idea until I watched these videos and the ones in the comments what a great guitar player he was. Then I watched them all again with someone else who also didn’t remember. I’m Not Gonna Miss You is absolutely fabulous! Time to rewatch True Grit.
My daughter read True Grit in school so we watched the movie. That cute cowboy looks familiar- hey, it’s Glen Campbell! He sang the theme song too.
@sammydog01 Terrific book.
I’m Not Gonna Miss You has got to be the saddest song I’ve ever heard. Thank you Jason for introducing me to it.
Very well compiled and frank, tender tribute to a great.
Agreed, warm and deserved tribute.
I’m going to go with that version of ‘Gentle on my Mind’ for the guitar riff.
I’ve not really listened to Campbell before, thanks for opening my mind once again.
The documentary about his Alzheimer’s was very sad. It’s personally not my type of music, but the film was still pretty interesting. He still continued doing what he loved.
Thank you for the write up on the legendary Glen Campbell. I was born in 1968, the same year that Wichita Lineman hit the charts. I casually followed his music and career, but I gained a renewed appreciation for him far too late, after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Sure, he had his demons (no thanks to Tanya Tucker), but the loss of this super star was not so gentle on my mind. May he finally rest in peace.
True Grit
I’ve heard Galveston and Gentle on My Mind but never heard I’m Not Gonna Miss You. Thank you for the introduction to a new song that I will be putting on my playlist. I started compiling a list of all the songs and feelings from our 20 years together and this one deserves to be in with them. As it has already been determined that I will go before my husband. I just want to get to 25 years so I can see my youngest graduate and start college, my oldest to finish his medical training in the Navy and my husband close to retirement so I don’t have to worry every time he goes on duty. Now I need a damn tissue.
My cousin played with him. Truly one of the greats.
I wasn’t aware that Glen Campbell was in True Grit as it’s been years since I watched it. Thank you for reminding me.
Glen Campbell was one of the members of studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew (also known as the Clique or the First Call Gang). If you listened to music from the sixties & seventies, odds are you heard him play or sing back up on several hit songs. Some of the best artists came out of that group of talented musicians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)
If you love music, there’s a pretty decent self-titled documentary on Netflix about them. Check it out if you’re looking for something to have playing in the background while you’re multi-tasking. It was worth the hour plus I sunk into it.
As an aside, there’s also a good documentary/interview with Carol Kaye, one of the best female guitarists of her era.
@LaVikinga Carol Kaye mostly played bass on sessions. And she wasn’t one of the best female players of her era. She was one of the best players, period. She’s responsible for many of the most iconic bass lines of the 60s and 70s. In a lot of cases, her playing turned song into hits. Watch her Mel Tormé story at 37:30.
@SSteve That’s her bass line and the one I always think of when her name gets mentioned.
(Man, fashion is funky!)
@LaVikinga She’s playing the electric bass (which they used to just call “Fender bass”). The descending line is someone else on upright. But, yes, it’s a great Carol Kaye tune.
@jasontoon You missed the best pickin’ there:
@simssj That was great!
As usual @jasontoon knocks it out of the park. Thanks for sharing these great songs. I didn’t know Glen had a Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin type album. Usually the Sunday meh stuff is garbage, but man, the playlists.
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My dad was a pretty damned good guitar player and there were only a handful of artists that he would take time out of his day to watch on television. Glen Campbell was one of them. Roy Clark was another… as was Chet Atkins… and Willie Nelson. (willie is still my favorite guitar player)
He would have loved to have seen this special on The Nashville Network.
Oh, wow - it’s Roy Clark!
Close up on the fingers there:
Wow! It’s Glen Campbell!
Thank you so much for this Jason! The first thing that comes to mind when You say Glen Campbell is True Grit. (I was an avid John Wayne fan) I liked Glen’s songs but had no idea until I watched these videos and the ones in the comments what a great guitar player he was. Then I watched them all again with someone else who also didn’t remember. I’m Not Gonna Miss You is absolutely fabulous! Time to rewatch True Grit.