Music Appreciation: Glen Campbell
While I am not a fan of the Country/Western genre, there are plenty of greats from the classic eras that stand out. One is Glen Campbell
A slightly different post today on music. You may have assumed that I am a dyed in the wool hard rock/metal/classic rock head, but that is not really true. I enjoy most things around stringed instruments (with a heavy bias towards guitars), and that pretty much opens all genres to my ears.
And my collection sitting on my Plex server is full of eclectic titles by a lot of odd artists who had their moment in the sun.
But one genre I have virtually nothing of in my collection is Country.
Not long ago, Youtube tossed a video of Glen Campbell in my feed, and wow.
Oodles of talent? - check
Looks the part? - check
Long career with tons of great things? - check
Seriously, search for some of the videos he did with Roy Clark and just be prepared for your jaw to drop.
But what I have to share today is Glen with an orchestra behind him playing the Mason WIlliams standard Classical Gas.
I can string together a few of the themes, but never put the work in to really get it down. After hearing this, I might have to dust off the tablature, and get to working.
Hope you enjoy this:
Same here: Glen Campbell is one of the few country musicians I can listen to (also Roger Miller). My parents had a couple of their albums, which likely has a lot to do with it.
I’d seen that before, absolutely didn’t mind seeing it again.
There’s a movie about his final tour after he’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s that’s really good. It called I’ll Be Me. He has to use a teleprompter for the lyrics but can still play his music as well as ever. Weird the way the brain works.