I DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT HIM WHEN IT COMES TO "CLASSIC COUNTRY LEGENDS"..I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT HE'S IN A WORLD~STYLE OF HIS OWN, BUT YET HE'S CONSIDERED COUNTRY??
I DO KNOW THAT HE'S ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE BUSINESS AND I MET HIM ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAVE SEEN HIM AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR SINCE.ONE SHOW THAT I WENT TO HE HAD A HUGE ORCHESTRA PLAYING BEHIND HIM..IT WAS GREAT..NOT TOTALLY THE COUNTRY SOUND BUT...
2007-09-06 03:48:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Country
WHOA.....I MUST NOT MISLEAD ANYONE...I LOVE HIM AND DO CONSIDER HIM COUNTRY, THAT'S WHY I GO TO SEE HIM AND HEAR HIM SING AND PLAY EVERY YEAR..AND BY THE WAY DAN, MY FAV TUNE BY HIM "IS" COUNTRY BOY! I REQUEST IT AT EVERY SHOW.
2007-09-06 04:33:22 · update #1
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LAST YEAR..HE'S LOOKING GOOD AND SOUNDING GREAT!
http://.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-XMLx53s.cK.gKMo9Fqd5rg
2007-09-06 05:34:19 · update #2
I think Glenn C. Is country but country fans have never really given him the respect he deserved. He had some great songs out in the 70's and 80's, but since has faded out of the main stream. One of my all time favorites has always been Rhinestone Cowboy followed closely by Galveston and Wichita Lineman. He has had several others that i enjoy but those are mainly the three i always like to listen to when i get into a Glenn C. State of mind:) Thanks for mentioning him...I,m playing all three now:)
2007-09-06 04:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Glen Campbell's voice and control could melt the ice caps a whole lot faster than global warming, that's for sure. He and Roger McGuinn are the only two people yet who can play a 12-string guitar without abusing our hearing, and that's saying something about pure musical talent.
The question as to whether or not he's "country" is moot when you hear songs like Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A., which I try to play in the truck every time I go there. He sang some poppish songs back in the day, such as Both Sides Now, but he did them in a gentle country way. Of course he's going to appeal to a broad range of listeners, just because of his power as a singer and a musician, but there's no denying that he's rooted solidly in the country music world, both in perception and in style.
2007-09-06 04:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really loved his late 60's & 70's music. Alot of good songs like Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Rhinestone Cowboy, etc. Don't hear much from him after that last DUI arrest he had and went into rehab. Shame!
2007-09-06 05:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say what country is now days but I've always thought of him as country. He has had some of the best older songs.
Love Wichita Lineman and Galveston
2007-09-06 09:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by rdnck101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I'm a fan....no, I don't really consider him country.
As a session musician for Phil Spector & others in L.A., as a short lived member of the Beach Boys, as a member of the Folkswingers, his career is too varied. His solo records were marketed to the country audience because folk had lost popularity by then.
Excellant musician/guitarist.
2007-09-06 09:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by Martin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard "Galviston" the other day on the radio and his singing sounded so effortless. It really took me back in time when he was on top of the world.
2007-09-06 06:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Donna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋