Country music icon Glen Campbell, best known for hit song Rhinestone Cowboy, dies at the age of 81, six years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, August 9, 2017.
He'd had the disease for many years. I heard an interview back in 2012 with songwriter Jim Webb who wrote a lot of his hit songs. He said that he was disgusted with Glen's family who
were trying to make a bigger inheritance for themselves by making him perform on stage when he really didn't want to.
He needed a visual prompter to remember the words & most of his guitar playing was pre recorded. Poor bugger!
kiwijims said
02:59 PM Aug 9, 2017
In my book he was a singer ( one of the few ) that you could understand what he was singing about, he had a great voice and sang songs with a meaning,
Damned shame his family thought more of their inheritance than his welfare, serves them right, if he left all his wealth to a home for old Cowboys, or retired Country Singers.
K.J.
Woody n Sue said
05:06 PM Aug 9, 2017
I have to agree with kiwijims post
Bugger I have been singing rhinestone cowboy in my head all day .
Woody
Cupie said
09:12 PM Aug 9, 2017
Desert Dweller wrote:
He'd had the disease for many years. I heard an interview back in 2012 with songwriter Jim Webb who wrote a lot of his hit songs. He said that he was disgusted with Glen's family who
were trying to make a bigger inheritance for themselves by making him perform on stage when he really didn't want to.
He needed a visual prompter to remember the words & most of his guitar playing was pre recorded. Poor bugger!
Not so sure about the views attributed to Jim Webb. But people do strange things where money is involved.
I just watched an interview with his good, close & long time friend Alice Cooper who only had praise for Glen's family and gave no hint of any exploitation of him in his final years.
Earlier today I watched one of his last stage shows which as you know included a few {3?) of his children. I saw nothing but apparent love and respect between them.
Who knows what the real truth was.
My task for the next few days is to see if I can put together a tribute complation to share with SWMBO as we set off on our next van trip.
Such a sad end for such a talented and great artist
-- Edited by Cupie on Wednesday 9th of August 2017 09:19:19 PM
Desert Dweller said
06:34 PM Aug 10, 2017
Cupie wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
He'd had the disease for many years. I heard an interview back in 2012 with songwriter Jim Webb who wrote a lot of his hit songs. He said that he was disgusted with Glen's family who
were trying to make a bigger inheritance for themselves by making him perform on stage when he really didn't want to.
He needed a visual prompter to remember the words & most of his guitar playing was pre recorded. Poor bugger!
Not so sure about the views attributed to Jim Webb. But people do strange things where money is involved.
I just watched an interview with his good, close & long time friend Alice Cooper who only had praise for Glen's family and gave no hint of any exploitation of him in his final years.
Earlier today I watched one of his last stage shows which as you know included a few {3?) of his children. I saw nothing but apparent love and respect between them.
Who knows what the real truth was.
My task for the next few days is to see if I can put together a tribute complation to share with SWMBO as we set off on our next van trip.
Such a sad end for such a talented and great artist
-- Edited by Cupie on Wednesday 9th of August 2017 09:19:19 PM
The Jim Webb (his closest friend) interview that I heard was on ABC radio when Jim was in Australia in 2012. He was scathing in his comments about Glen's family.
Country music icon Glen Campbell, best known for hit song Rhinestone Cowboy, dies at the age of 81, six years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, August 9, 2017.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-09/glen-campbell-loved-middle-america-and-musical-revolutionaries/8788804
R.I.P. GLEN
K.J.
were trying to make a bigger inheritance for themselves by making him perform on stage when he really didn't want to.
He needed a visual prompter to remember the words & most of his guitar playing was pre recorded. Poor bugger!
In my book he was a singer ( one of the few ) that you could understand what he was singing about, he had a great voice and sang songs with a meaning,
Damned shame his family thought more of their inheritance than his welfare,
serves them right, if he left all his wealth to a home for old Cowboys, or retired Country Singers.
K.J.
Bugger I have been singing rhinestone cowboy in my head all day .
Woody
Not so sure about the views attributed to Jim Webb. But people do strange things where money is involved.
I just watched an interview with his good, close & long time friend Alice Cooper who only had praise for Glen's family and gave no hint of any exploitation of him in his final years.
Earlier today I watched one of his last stage shows which as you know included a few {3?) of his children. I saw nothing but apparent love and respect between them.
Who knows what the real truth was.
My task for the next few days is to see if I can put together a tribute complation to share with SWMBO as we set off on our next van trip.
Such a sad end for such a talented and great artist
Edit https://www.last.fm/music/Glen+Campbell enjoy
-- Edited by Cupie on Wednesday 9th of August 2017 09:19:19 PM
The Jim Webb (his closest friend) interview that I heard was on ABC radio when Jim was in Australia in 2012. He was scathing in his comments about Glen's family.
In my opinion, he was up there with the best