Glen Campbell - 2015 ACM Award Nomination

[Dee]

After Glen's involvement in starting the (unofficial) "ACM" Awards in 1963, he continued to support this new-found awards program in 1964, when it was officially founded and renamed "Country and Western Music Academy".
The first broadcast of this event was in 1966.

During Glen's career, he was honored with many ACM awards throughout the years as shown below:

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Source: Wikipedia

Dee

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[Dee]

Designing the 50th Anniversary ACM Awards Program for the 2015.
Wow...What a difference from the first (unofficial) awards program!

[Dee]

Big Moments in ACM Awards History
Posted by The Boot

Provides an overall history of the ACM Awards

http://theboot.com/acm-awards-history/# ... llery-1=30" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Dee]

UPDATE ABOUT SUNDAY'S ACM AWARDS PROGRAM:

"Expect a rousing new tune from king of country George Strait, and possibly a tender moment or two honoring the ailing troubadour Glen Campbell."

From:
Don’t believe the hysteria: Country music is far from dead
Published on NewsOK
Modified: April 17, 2015 at 7:12 am

[Dee]

Thanks, Cowpoke!

And thank you, members and readers! We fans did it! Glen had a MAJOR win on The Boot's poll for who should win a 2015 ACM award for VIDEO OF THE YEAR! He received 61.38% of the votes!!!

You can view the voting results here: http://theboot.com/video-of-the-year-20 ... ards-poll/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bring on the awards program!

[Cowpoke]

Holy cow, that is some very interesting information Dee. Never knew Glen received some of the first "proto" ACM awards. Thanks for these well researched posts!

[Dee]

Hot off the press!

2015 ACM Awards Predictions by Taste of Country!
Guess which video they chose for VIDEO OF THE YEAR?
You guessed it right--"I'm Not Gonna Miss You".

Our Choice: Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” — Again, with no disrespect to anyone else who offered up fine video efforts this year, there’s nothing to touch Campbell’s clip for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” which documents the final recording session of his career. The song is a touching farewell to not only his fans, but to everything that Alzheimer’s is slowly taking away from him, and it’s almost unbearably poignant to see Campbell resolutely recording what he has to know is his final song. The raw emotional power of the song and video are nearly too much to watch, and any other choice just wouldn’t seem right.--Taste of Country

Thank you, Taste of Country.

Read more at: http://tasteofcountry.com/2015-acm-awards-predictions/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Also, members--you can vote on this site, too, for I'm Not Gonna Miss You to win.

[Dee]

Randy, is there no end to your talent for finding needles in a haystack?! Thanks so much for providing the lines of that sweet, silly Glen joke! I think it's great that you use Glen's jokes often!
Thanx, too, for finding and sharing the link that provides a detailed bio for Tommy Wiggins and describes his connection with the Red Barrel as well as his sponsorship of the 1963 "ACM" awards!
The Red Barrel Nite Club was the venue for the first unofficial "ACM" awards ceremony. This venue was located in Hawaiian Gardens, California.
ACM's 50th anniversary show to be held next Sunday takes place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas!
Dee

As we continue Kickoff Week for the 2015 ACM Awards, Randy, you have led me to my next post. Thanks!

Tommy Wiggins and his wife, Shirley, were instrumental in supporting the start of the ACM awards after Glen and a few other artists talked up the idea of creating an event to recognize West Coast singers and musicians. As mentioned in his online bio, "Tommy had launched a promotional publication called, 'D.J.'s Digest', which had a subscriber's list of over 4,000 D.J.'s in the United States and as far away as Europe." Tommy and his wife underwrote the first (unofficial) "AMC" awards ceremony with D.J. Digest presenting the awards. Glen won two of the first ever "ACM" awards for LEAD GUITAR and MALE VOCALIST as reported in the December 1963 issue of D.J. Digest:

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[Randy]

On the Sioux Falls concert right prior to singing Amazing Grace, Glen jokes ,

"I'll bet you're wondering by now, is their no beginning to this man's talent?" Hit me a chord with the "H" in chord being pronounced, Camera then pans on the laughing faces of the audience.

Glen's delivery of the silly humor jokes is exceptional... Regardless of what you think of the joke, you have to laugh. I personally love them, and use them often with only a smidgeon of the response Glen always got.

Dee, in case this is not the same source you are using, I'm gonna post this link....

http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/ ... p?id=16401" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Dee]

ACM Kickoff Week -- bonus!
While you are thinking about the significance of the "Red Barrel" to the ACM awards program (see below), check out this congratulatory ad from Glen Campbell for ACM's 30th anniversary!

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