My mother and my oldest sister (only 61) both died from complications arising from Alzheimer’s so I am extremely sympathetic to anyone or their loved ones who suffer from this horrible disease. That said, Glen Campbell was a not very bright, right-wing tool, even when he was lucid. I think most of the songs he popularized were also written by other people (e.g. Gentle On Mind by the brilliant John Hartford).
In any case, I don’t wish the disease on anyone. Here is an interesting video of Campbell covering Green Day’s Good Riddance:
Oh My Gosh Steeleweed…,
oh my gosh. Yeah…, Mom and I used to watch Glen on one of those old black and white country music shows and say…, “Why isn’t he a star?” It wasn’t that many years later that we were watching him on his own TV show in prime time. I wish we could watch this one together.
“Close to the end I made it to Weippe for a few days and when the time came to tell her I had to get back home to Forks, she said, “I think I’ll just stay here.” I must have given her a funny look, because she asked, “Where are we?” I told her we were at The Ranch in Weippe. She laughed and said, “Shoot…, I thought we were in Hawaii.” I like to think that the Alzheimer’s made her forget what I told her…, and she stayed in Hawaii.”
My mother and my oldest sister (only 61) both died from complications arising from Alzheimer’s so I am extremely sympathetic to anyone or their loved ones who suffer from this horrible disease. That said, Glen Campbell was a not very bright, right-wing tool, even when he was lucid. I think most of the songs he popularized were also written by other people (e.g. Gentle On Mind by the brilliant John Hartford).
In any case, I don’t wish the disease on anyone. Here is an interesting video of Campbell covering Green Day’s Good Riddance:
http://youtu.be/fPpJT3QRRnk
Glen Campbell joking about filling in for Brian Wilson and other matters:
http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/premiumglencampbell/
and more about session music with The Wrecking Crew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9-FfwwXRDg
Or to skip the interviews/reminiscences: http://youtu.be/DcYQVesgEVg?t=2m16s
(Like a) Rhinestone Cowboy
Wichita Lineman
Gentle on my mind.
Southern Nights
Campbell loved to get his audiences jumping.
Here’s some great guitar playing –
Glenn Campbell and Jerry Reed: “Guitar Man”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxv3DbXO4k
My Mother had Alzheimer’s.
When she was institutionalized there were no lights on in the Attic, and she recognized none of us.
“Campbell has been moved to 24-hour care, as his doctors have determined that he is in the sixth stage of Alzheimer’s (‘severe cognitive decline’).”
The video is touching; probably painful for some to watch.
Oh My Gosh Steeleweed…,
oh my gosh. Yeah…, Mom and I used to watch Glen on one of those old black and white country music shows and say…, “Why isn’t he a star?” It wasn’t that many years later that we were watching him on his own TV show in prime time. I wish we could watch this one together.
“Close to the end I made it to Weippe for a few days and when the time came to tell her I had to get back home to Forks, she said, “I think I’ll just stay here.” I must have given her a funny look, because she asked, “Where are we?” I told her we were at The Ranch in Weippe. She laughed and said, “Shoot…, I thought we were in Hawaii.” I like to think that the Alzheimer’s made her forget what I told her…, and she stayed in Hawaii.”
http://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-mom.html