Glen Campbell, singer, dead at 81

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Not a big fan but he was a very good guitar player

 

 

Glen Travis Campbell brought country music to new audiences. He found success as a session musician before embarking on a solo career that included smashes “Gentle On My Mind,” “Galveston,” “Wichita Lineman” and “Rhinestone Cowboy” and that landed him in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

On Tuesday, his family released the following statement: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81, following his long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease."

"Had Glen Campbell 'only' played guitar and never voiced a note, he would have spent a lifetime as one of America’s most consequential recording musicians," said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. "Had he never played guitar and 'only' sung, his voice would rank with American music’s most riveting, expressive, and enduring. He left indelible marks as a musician, a singer, and an entertainer, and he bravely shared his incalculable talent with adoring audiences even as he fought a cruel and dreaded disease. To all of us who heard and loved his soulful music, he was a delight." 

A guitar virtuoso

Campbell was born on Apr. 22, 1936 in Delight, Arkansas, the seventh son of a seventh son in a farming family.

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

"By the Time I get to Phoenix" was (as much was back then) way overly orchestrated, but

a right pretty song.

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My Mom is 84 and loved Glen. Every time I went to barber back in the day she told me to get it cut like Glen Campbell........  think she liked clean cut

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