“I will always feel like I owe Glen a lot of gratitude,” Jackson wrote. “He was my first contact in Nashville when my wife, Denise, was a flight attendant. She met him at the airport and he gave her his business card for his publishing company. This connection lead me down the path that brought me to where I am today.”
During this chance encounter, Campbell suggested that the couple move from Georgia to Nashville to better pursue Jackson’s career. The business card he gave her had the contact information for Marty Gamblin, an executive at Campbell’s publishing company.
Two weeks later, Jackson traveled to Nashville to have a meeting with Gamblin, who ended up providing Jackson with a job as a staff songwriter at Glen Campbell Music. Gamblin also agreed to be Jackson’s manager. The couple returned home to Georgia, packed up their bags, and the rest is history.
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