Glen Campbell has Alzheimer's, plans for final album and farewell tour
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old country singer, songwriter and guitarist and his wife, Kim, have
told People magazine, a condition that has prompted him to describe a
new album coming in August as his final recording.
"Glen is still an awesome guitar player and singer," Kim said in the
interview. "But if he flubs a lyric or gets confused onstage, I
wouldn’t want people to think, 'What's the matter with him? Is he
drunk?' "
Campbell is planning a series of concerts this fall in support of the
album, “Ghost on the Canvas,” due Aug. 30. He is working again with
producer Julian Raymond, who helped rejuvenate Campbell’s career in
2008 on “Meet Glen Campbell,” a collection of surprising song choices
including Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” the Velvet
Underground’s “Jesus,” Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ “Walls” and the
Replacements' “Sadly Beautiful.”
Shortly after that album was released, Campbell told The Times: "I'd
like to see it go up the charts, go platinum and win the Grammy," he
said. "Then I'd retire."
Instead, he returned to the studio with Raymond, who again applies
Campbell’s signature homespun vocals and guitar work to songs by the
Replacements’ Paul Westerberg, Jakob Dylan, Teddy Thompson and Robert
Pollard as well as to some original material that Campbell and Raymond
wrote together.
Dylan, in fact, cited Campbell as the catalyst for his latest album,
“Women + Country,” produced by T Bone Burnett, because when Burnett
asked him to hear some of his new songs, the only thing he had to
offer was “Nothing But the Whole Wide World,” which he had written,
at Raymond’s request, with Campbell in mind. “That’s how it began, so
thank you, Glen Campbell,” Dylan told The Times last year.
The list of musical guests on "Ghosts on the Canvas" includes Chris
Isaak, Dick Dale, Billy Corgan, Brian Setzer, Cheap Trick’s Rick
Nielsen and the Dandy Warhols.
The singer plans to undertake what he’s calling the Glen Campbell
Goodbye Tour upon the album’s release. The itinerary is still to be
announced.
Campbell’s career stretches over five decades from his early years as
a session guitarist in Los Angeles when he played on recordings by
Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and many
others, to his success as a solo artist with such hits as “Gentle on
My Mind," “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston” and “Rhinestone
Cowboy,” to his years hosting the CBS-TV show “The Glen Campbell
Goodtime Hour” and a side career as an actor in the original film
version of “True Grit,” in which he appeared alongside star John
Wayne. His personal life took a downturn in 2004, when he spent 10
days in jail in Arizona for extreme drunken driving.
“I still love making music,” Campbell told People. “And I still love
performing for my fans. I’d like to thank them for sticking with me
through thick and thin.”
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Glen Campbell in Concert
Nokia Theater, Oct 6, 2011.
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Alzheimer's?
And at 75 years old, who can tell the difference? My 85 year old
father-in-law will walk into a room, fall over, and forget why. Bu
dump dump.
Speaking of old timers who were big in the 70s, whatever happened to
Jim Stafford? Last time I was in Branson, I saw one of his shows. His
swiss-cheese brain routinely stopped the show while he forgot what
came next and his family just did the routine around him. It wasn't
any problem at all.
>through thick and thin.�
rpbc
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rpbc:
And then there's Tony Bennett.
Gypsie
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gypsie: that is why Tony wears his tight toupee, keeps the brain burps
and senior moments in check lol
This is a shame re Glenn Campbell
geraldkrug
HEEEE HAWWWWW
HEEEE HAWWWWW
HEEEE HAWWWWW
HEEEE HAWWWWW
geraldkrug
Glen Campbell - Uh
I forget the time we had just yesterday
what was it we did
What was your name Oh what was your name
Uh
And I'd love to go back to those good old days
what were they like
what did we do Oh what did we do
Uh
Won't you let me read those old love letters
what are those words
what do they mean Oh what do they mean
Uh
People ask me Glen how are you
who is that they ask for
who is that guy Oh who is that guy
Uh
I wish I was like Arnold with
Total recall
Total recall
Total recall
Uh
what was I just singing?
Uh