Glen Campbell Lead Guitar Player and Country Music Singer

Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 19:16:41 GMT
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Glen Campbell Lead Guitar Player and Country Music Singer
Glen Campbell started making his living playing lead Guitar in a Country
Western Band, in Albuquerque New Mexico when he was 14 years old. He started
playing Guitar when he was 4 years old.
I downloaded some Glen Campbell songs recorded live, from the Vitaminic
Music Club I just joined. It's better than Napster and it's Legal. I like
that.
I Downloaded a Recording of Glen Campbell doing "Rolling In My Sweet Baby's
Arms." He was singing the song and I'm reasonably sure that it was Glen
Campbell playing the hot lead Guitar on the song. Boy it was hot Guitar,
took some real technique to play music the way it was being played. He was
using a slight overdrive boost to give him the full sound and it was good
music.
All the musicians on the Glen Campbell Greatest Hits Live album are
excellent to say the least. I suppose Glen Campbell knows so many good
musicians he doesn't have any trouble getting the best players for his road
band.
I'm picking up about 5 of the Glen Campbell songs for I like his pickin an
singing. He is still a Country Boy. You never fully get the Country out of
anyone who was raised in the Rural area of Arkansas. He is a real Country
Music Picker, though he is a pretty sophisticated Country Music Musician
having played backup Guitar on Studio session work on records by Frank
Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and the
Mamas and the Papas. He even toured with the Beach Boys in 1965.
Song writer and singer John Hartford wrote a song that became one of the
most popular recordings of the 60s with the Glen Campbell single "Gentle On
My Mind." Song writer Jimmy Webb wrote Songs that made Glen Campbell
extremely successful.
Glen Campbell never played much Lead Guitar on his TV show, he was too busy
being a very popular Singer. Needless to say Glen Campbell was one of the
most popular recording artists and TV Personalities in the 60s.
As a child, Glen Campbell heard and played much Gospel Music. The Country
Churches in Arkansas where Glen Campbell was born and raised have great
Gospel Singing. In later years Glen Campbell's Career turned to Gospel
Music.
Have you ever heard Glen Campbell play Lead Guitar, he is good. I like his
Guitar Playing better than his singing, though I do like Glen Campbell's
singing Also.
In case anyone forgot, there was a Glen Campbell Ovation Guitar sold at one
time. It was the top of the Line For Ovation. Nice Guitar. I'd say anyone
who has a Glen Campbell Ovation from the 60s or 70s has a pretty valuable
Guitar for I don't see any Glen Campbell Ovation Guitars in the Music Stores
any more.
Do you have a Glen Campbell Ovation Guitar? If you do, how do you like it?
21 Glen Campbell songs are on the Vitaminic Music Club for free download to
members of the Club.
Robert Lee Johnson
The Guitar Man
And
The Dobro Man
60 Guitar Man Songs are available for free download to the Vitaminic Music
Club Members.
Many Guitar Man Finger Style Country Blues Guitar Instrumentals. Also Slide
Dobro Blues by The Guitar Man
http://club.vitaminic.com/main/artist?site=7&group=106589
http://stage.vitaminic.com/main/the_guitar_man2/all_tracks/