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[Dee]

Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's Battle: Inside the Country Star's Good and Bad Days at His Memory-Care Community
People.com / Country
June 25, 2015

http://www.people.com/article/glen-camp ... le-details" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(Note: The broadcast of "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" will be on Sunday, June 28th -- not Friday -- as mentioned in this article.)

[Mike Joyce]

Yes Dee, I am not sure why he felt he needed to make those comments. Perhaps he is still bitter in relation to his own Father's conduct and feels Glen's actions in the past were also questionable.
On a positive note, it reminded me of something my two daughters said to me once a few years ago. When they were very young they used to hear me playing Glen on the HiFi when they were in bed and used to enjoy working out which song was playing based on the bass sounds they could hear through the floor. They remember they found it very restful to fall to sleep with that sound drifting through the bedroom in the half dark.

[Dee]

You may want to take this story with a grain of salt. The writer admits in the comments section that the approach he used for writing this article was "creative non-fiction". Personally, I don't support the sensational way he began the article. What do you think?

http://nodepression.com/article/my-mom- ... n-campbell" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Cowpoke]

Here you can listen to a 2012 interview with Glen again.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Cowpoke]

Hi Randy,
I remember the "Paul wasn't aiming his songs" comment but what a great interview. Thanks for posting it. And boy do I miss interviews like these popping up on google news... Still, it's great to be able to read these articles again. They would make for great discussion of the week topics too!

And thanks for telling about CCC. I never knew about that program. I thought this was very impressive.

During the time of the CCC, enrollees planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America, constructed more than 800 parks nationwide and upgraded most state parks, updated forest fire fighting methods, and built a network of service buildings and public roadways in remote areas.[6]

[Randy]

Pretty sure this was up in the past but I don't remember reading this great interview with Glen...

When I tell Campbell about the indirect way the Westerberg tunes got to him, he makes the connection with an old country joke.

"You know the one about the baby who swallowed the bullet?" he says. "His mama calls the doctor, very upset and asks what to do. The doctor says, 'Give him some castor oil and just don't aim him at anything!' Paul didn't aim those songs at me; that's why they worked."

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/glen- ... as-6432307" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Additionally, I remember hearing about the CCC camps Glen alludes to when I was a kid. I still recall my Dad calling some old logging looking roads CCC roads when we would go out squirrel hunting. Lol

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[Dee]

Country Singer Glen Campbell Proves Alzheimer's Isn't Stopping Him
The Sunrise Blog
By Tim Watt
June 15, 2015

This isn't the first time music has been credited with aiding common symptoms associated with Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer's Foundation of American noted that music has a series of beneficial effects on people suffering from memory loss. It may help boost their mood and cause them to be more positive around the people they're with. Music can help facilitate more efficient cognitive function and it may even stimulate poor motor movements, a symptom people deal with in later stages of the disease.

Music involves the motor cortex, and is very simple for the brain to understand, without needing complex cognitive processing, the AFA stated. That's why a person can listen to music while completing a more difficult task, such as driving. With music, people recognize auditory cues that may have been established long ago. So for Campbell, though his memory was fading, his ability to recall how to play music and sing was not lost. The brain also tends to recognize music that it already knows.

http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/blog ... g-him.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Dee]

Thanks, Randy.
Easy to see why Jerry Fuller and Glen Campbell have been long time friends--with their shared sense of humor!
Love this classic "Phoenix" video, too!

This Washington Times article raises a good discussion: Glen Campbell’s influence will live on long after contemporary ‘legends’ are forgotten This topic could make for a good discussion of the week here.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... nce-makes/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (2 pages)

[Randy]

And Jerry Fuller too,,, just love his comments. And I absolutely love Johnny River's music. Talk about a string of hits.

So for Glen to re-cut Phoenix and add in Al Delory's great arrangement on a Jimmy Webb masterpiece, Glen's perfect vocals, I'm with Jerry Fuller,
"I still wonder to this day if he really did leave Phoenix"

I wanna put up this link again, because it is perfection to me!!!

[Dee]

Amazing, Randy! You found that WL interview with Carol Kaye!
Thank you so much for sharing it here! I got goosebumps again listening to her talk about when she first heard WL and also hearing her play the bass guitar intro (starting at 10:26).
Nice follow-up interviews, too, especially with Jimmy Webb.
Thanks again for sleuthing this one down.
Dee