Though known for such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," Glen Campbell had even more to offer than just his great voice and catchy songs. Early in his ...
These three nostalgic songs from the 70s are so well-loved, they are probably still tucked away in 70s kids' subconscious today.
The first time I played guitar and sang in front of people outside the living room, I was a terrified seventh grader performing at a junior high concert. The song I played that night was “Galveston,” ...
At 77 and stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Glen Campbell looks back at a lifetime of work on "See You There." He revisits classics such as "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston" with a contemplative, ...
The album of songs from late country icon Glen Campbell‘s 2011 farewell album, Ghost on the Canvas, reimagined as duets, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, is out next month, and we’ve ...
Bob Dylan once called Glen Campbell's 1968 Jimmy Webb-penned classic "Wichita Lineman" “The greatest song ever written.” ...
Glen Campbell became one of the first crossover superstars in country music in the ’70s, but before that, did you know the versatile singer and instrumentalist served a stint with the Beach Boys? Born ...
Jimmy Webb has fond memories of being a teenager in Oklahoma and that magic moment when he first heard Glen Campbell sing. "I was out in the middle of the wheat field on the tractor and I had my ...
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A musical discovery

When I was young, I didn’t pay much attention to Glen Campbell. Sure, I was aware he was a chart-topping country artist and even hosted a TV variety show, but he just wasn’t on my musical radar. But ...
In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...