Pretty darn good. He embellishes it a little bit from Mason Williams version (1968). Campbell’s opening is a bit faster, making the individual notes a little harder to discern.
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I was humming the basic tune to this when Campbell visited my 2nd grade class
I had a cousin that looked like him and was good at singing and playing the guitar,
It felt like Glen Campbell was at our family gatherings. So, weirdly, I forever have had an affinity for G.C.. Even though I knew better.
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Q: What do you get after you eat a classical bean burrito?
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@Redgrandma
The 1968 Mason Williams version will always be in my mind as a personal favorite. It came out just before I shipped off to Army Basic Training.
Both versions have a nice kind of quick solo drumbeat towards the end involving 3 different sounding drums. Higher to lower. It seems a bit clearer in the MW version.
Love that tune.
Off topic slightly , left the house this morning on my daily walk about, heard bagpipes,wtf, it was coming from the park across the street.
The bagpiper had his back to me , as i approached he turned around
and i gave him a thumbs up. Turned out to be a 50 something Chinese dude that told me he was just practising.
Gotta be honest. I grew up a hard rocker so had little use for Glen Campbell. Still a metal head but now days I do appreciate a wider array of music. I think I need to give Glen another swing.
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I’ve never been a big Country Western fan, but I always make room for Glen, along with Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, and of course Chet Atkins. They can outplay 9 out of 10 rock n roll guitarists.
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Very nice. Always loved that instrumental. The original is my fave, but Campbell personalized it by adding some country “twang” and upped the tempo. The orchestra keep the same arrangement. Still a great Campbell standout.
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For years I was never impressed with Glen Campbell, Roy Clark either. They didn’t play the music I was wanting to listen to. Now I think I was missing something really good.
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Try this on for size Joe. Ernest Tubb always had the reputation for having some of the best musicians in Nashville in his band and this video shows a few of them – the guitarist and the pedal steel player are legends, but look up the drummer if you’re interested in a life-long story of Swedish immigrant made good starting out as a temp (even the comments on youtube mention his history as he became a great record producer aside from his musical talent).
Thought I would solve the mystery of the drummer featured in the above video. He was only about 16 or 17 in the video and was hired as a temporary replacement. He went on to be involved with loads of country music and blues artists as a record producer / agent over the years. Quite an amazing resume he had.
Yee haw, love me some good shit kicking, cowpie music by Ernest Tubb. Thanks, dad for making me a fan of good old-fashioned honky tonk Country and western music. Waltzing the floor across Texas over you is one of my favorite ET songs. And he even sang a song about a Filipino baby back in the 40’s which is a hoot but probably totally politically incorrect nowadays
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I loves me some classical gas in the morning!
Video? What video?
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Imagine what a tragedy it would be if this hadn’t been recorded and saved for prosperity.
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great gitar-man, shitty vocalist
thank God & greyhound…
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One of the best acoustic guitar players ever is Leo Kottke whose voice was compared to goose farts in a windstorm. Then of course there is Bob Dylan.
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geoff – Don’t leave out that whiney Neal Young guy!
PHENOMENAL GUITARIST
Pretty darn good. He embellishes it a little bit from Mason Williams version (1968). Campbell’s opening is a bit faster, making the individual notes a little harder to discern.
I was humming the basic tune to this when Campbell visited my 2nd grade class
Here’s Mason Williams from 1968. Takes me back to my youth. He was brilliant composer and awesome guitarist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzyrpfrPEI&pp=ygUcbWFzb24gd2lsbGlhbXMgY2xhc3NpY2FsIGdhc9IHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
What a talented man.
I had a cousin that looked like him and was good at singing and playing the guitar,
It felt like Glen Campbell was at our family gatherings. So, weirdly, I forever have had an affinity for G.C.. Even though I knew better.
Q: What do you get after you eat a classical bean burrito?
@Redgrandma
The 1968 Mason Williams version will always be in my mind as a personal favorite. It came out just before I shipped off to Army Basic Training.
Both versions have a nice kind of quick solo drumbeat towards the end involving 3 different sounding drums. Higher to lower. It seems a bit clearer in the MW version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70KljtwNjxo
More Mason Williams.
Love that tune.
Off topic slightly , left the house this morning on my daily walk about, heard bagpipes,wtf, it was coming from the park across the street.
The bagpiper had his back to me , as i approached he turned around
and i gave him a thumbs up. Turned out to be a 50 something Chinese dude that told me he was just practising.
Try this version.
https://youtu.be/5z-ZMx-WGGw?si=ntnWAtd_OPJNw_HH
Gotta be honest. I grew up a hard rocker so had little use for Glen Campbell. Still a metal head but now days I do appreciate a wider array of music. I think I need to give Glen another swing.
I’ve never been a big Country Western fan, but I always make room for Glen, along with Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, and of course Chet Atkins. They can outplay 9 out of 10 rock n roll guitarists.
Very nice. Always loved that instrumental. The original is my fave, but Campbell personalized it by adding some country “twang” and upped the tempo. The orchestra keep the same arrangement. Still a great Campbell standout.
For years I was never impressed with Glen Campbell, Roy Clark either. They didn’t play the music I was wanting to listen to. Now I think I was missing something really good.
Try this on for size Joe. Ernest Tubb always had the reputation for having some of the best musicians in Nashville in his band and this video shows a few of them – the guitarist and the pedal steel player are legends, but look up the drummer if you’re interested in a life-long story of Swedish immigrant made good starting out as a temp (even the comments on youtube mention his history as he became a great record producer aside from his musical talent).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEMOQTh27s
Thought I would solve the mystery of the drummer featured in the above video. He was only about 16 or 17 in the video and was hired as a temporary replacement. He went on to be involved with loads of country music and blues artists as a record producer / agent over the years. Quite an amazing resume he had.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/388311-Jan-Kurtis
Yee haw, love me some good shit kicking, cowpie music by Ernest Tubb. Thanks, dad for making me a fan of good old-fashioned honky tonk Country and western music. Waltzing the floor across Texas over you is one of my favorite ET songs. And he even sang a song about a Filipino baby back in the 40’s which is a hoot but probably totally politically incorrect nowadays
I loves me some classical gas in the morning!
Video? What video?
Imagine what a tragedy it would be if this hadn’t been recorded and saved for prosperity.
great gitar-man, shitty vocalist
thank God & greyhound…
One of the best acoustic guitar players ever is Leo Kottke whose voice was compared to goose farts in a windstorm. Then of course there is Bob Dylan.
geoff – Don’t leave out that whiney Neal Young guy!