A great musician

[barretcreek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RmED_0vokU

Watch him play the guitar. And check it out; not a Safe Queen.

[Oyaji]

Glen Campbell is a talented guy and a fabulous gitar picker. Had a lot of great songs. Too bad he is suffering from the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease.

[tmark]

He is up there in talent along with Buck Owens and Roy Clark.

[JB White]

Many don't realize it, but Roy Clark set a new standard for pickers. Just like SRV set the bar to a new height for benders.

(My favorite guitarists are Mark Knopfler and Dickie Betts.)

[Vern Humphrey]

I'd rather hear him play the pipes.

[Dick Hosmer]

Glen is a (very) distant cousin of my wife's. Very sad story - truly a great musician.

[leftyo]

Campbell is good. Roy Clark is probably the best "picker", with Jerry Reed hot on his tail.

[jon_norstog]

I liked Glenn Campbell's stuff from the first time I heard "Lineman for the County" but I do think he zigged when he should have zagged. Up came Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.

Much as I liked the early Glenn Campbell, my heart went elsewhere. I didn't know the man was still alive & I wish him peace, rest, and that his mind will clear if only for a minute before he passes.

jn

[S.A. Boggs]

Jimmy Hendrix, nuff said.:hello::banana100:
Sam

[JB White]

Jimmy Hendrix, nuff said.:hello::banana100:
Sam

Nuff said? Well...I've been told there are three kinds of people you should never argue with. Yellow Dog Democrats, Chicago Cubs fans, and Jimi Hendrix fans. :eusa_wall:
Being an avid Cubs fan myself I'm not going to debate you on the issue! :icon_lol:

[leftyo]

Hendrix could play the heck out of a guitar, but he wasnt a picker.

[Allen]

Hendrix could play the heck out of a guitar, but he wasnt a picker.

Reminds me of a violin. It can be associated with the great historic composers who wrote timeless works of art or it can be called a fiddle.

[jon_norstog]

Nuff said? Well...I've been told there are three kinds of people you should never argue with. Yellow Dog Democrats, Chicago Cubs fans, and Jimi Hendrix fans. :eusa_wall:
Being an avid Cubs fan myself I'm not going to debate you on the issue! :icon_lol:

And I'm a yellow dog democrat.

jn

[JOHN COOK]

None no better than Chet Atikins, ... :eusa_boohoo:

[Allen]

None no better than Chet Atikins, ... :eusa_boohoo:

Got a guitar with his name on it. Wish I could play it. Too old to learn now I guess.

[leftyo]

if you all didnt see it, Glen Cambell did pass away today.

[JB White]

Saw that.

[Oyaji]

Just now learned of his passing.......

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/08/glen-campbell-dead-at-81.html

[dryheat]

Well, I've be.. I guess I do get my news from the internet. Pretty darn weird that I am starting to see multitudes of people I know of die. I was reading a book about Rich Burton and Liz today. I actually made a point to watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf many years ago. Seemed like a big deal of a t.v. show. Very dramatic and all. I never saw Lassie or Blue Velvet and I sure as heck never saw any big time plays with Burton. Liz just died a year ago or so(how long now?). It's proof that women are tougher than men, he did 3 bottles of vodka a day and she wasn't far behind. That's being tough. She way outlived him.
That is about as far as I go back with fifties stars. I remember Sinatra and DeanO and Sammy Davis jr. Non of that kind of singing was my thing, but I remember them. Hell, I never liked Glen Campbell all that much(my folks liked him. I was Beatles and Doors). Now half the Beatles are dead and I'm watching McCartney. As tough as he is, I'm not sure he won't outlive me.

[Clark Howard]

In his day, (and mine!) Glen was a talent that entertained folks like few had ever done it. Regards, Clark