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Hi all,
Mr. Glen Campbell is interviewed on this bbc4 program about one of the queens of country, Miss Bobbie Gentry.
Says Glen Campbell,,,Bobbie never would tell him what was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge in The Ode to Billie Joe!
Isn't it funny he asked her that question, too?
Mr. Campbell addresses rumors of an affair between the two.
Several really short interviews with him beginning around 9 minutes into the video.

Wow great find Dee. Thanks for posting!

Here's your easy listening background for a sunday afternoon...

12 String Dobro! Tut Taylor and the folkswingers with 12 string guitar (World Pacific)

Here's a gorgeous transfer from vinyl to digital of this studio album (aka studio project) released in 1964. Sounds like the stereo LP, not the mono, to me; what do you think?
Glen Campbell plays a 12-string guitar on at least one track: Side 2, Track 3, "Tall Bottle"; perhaps other tracks?
Tut Taylor is on a 12-string dobro.
The Folkswingers were a studio musicians band or group in name only with members who changed from project to project.

Track List
Side 1
1 - Foggy Mountain Rock 2:08
2 - Dobro Twist 2:15
3 - Fireball Mail 2:12
4 - Long Black Veil 2:51
5 - Eastwood Shuffle 2:16
6 - Big Ball In Boston 1:53
Side 2
1 - Turn Around 2:34
2 - Brown's Ferry Blues 2:17
3 - Tall Bottle 2:11 [You can use the link on the YouTube video page under "Show More" to skip to this track.]
4 - Streamline Cannonball 2:01
5 - Bury Me Beneath The Willow 2:08
6 - Deep Elm Blues 2:20

Musicians:
Tut Taylor (Dobro)
Bill Keith (Banjo)
John Piazza (Guitar)
Christopher Hillman (Mandolin)
Leroy Vinnegar (Bass)
Glen Campbell (12-String Guitar, B3)

Many thanks to the "Takehiko Saiki" channel on YouTube. This channel offers bluegrass albums not currently available on CD!

Glen's no dummy!

It Takes Two
From The Donny and Marie Show, October 21, 1977
Many thanks to the "DavEvans066" YouTube channel for sharing this video!

The Rhinestone Finger
From The Donny and Marie Show, October 21, 1977
Many thanks to the "DavEvans066" YouTube channel for sharing this video!

Start at 6:31 minutes:

A new video uploaded to my YouTube channel today:



Please check out the description on YouTube, too!

Yeah Dee, Glen made this song his own. He gave it such a strong driving rhythm, which gives the song so much more energy and toe tapping qualities. Like Galveston he heard it and made it something completely new and fresh.
This was from the Wembley Silk Cut festival as I recall which was broadcast on the BBC. This clip was shown later in the series because so many people contacted the BBC and requested to see more of Glen's performance. That didn't happen with any of the other artists.

Happy Valentine's Day, members and readers!
I put up this video today on YouTube. Hope you enjoy it!



Video description:
"I Love How You Love Me" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber. Part of the song's amazing back story is Kolber wrote the lyrics within five minutes -- on a restaurant napkin! Glen Campbell released his beautiful cover in 1982 on OLD HOME TOWN, his thirty-ninth album. Songwriter, singer and record producer Jerry Fuller produced this album for Glen, and Jerry and his wife provided background vocals! The LP included a {{{POWERHOUSE}}} of talent:
Glen Campbell - vocals, acoustic guitar, bagpipes
Kim Darigan - bass guitar, background vocals
Craig Fall - acoustic guitars and electric guitars, background vocals
Steve Hardin - keyboards, harmonica, background vocals
Carl Jackson - acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo, background vocals​ (Carl is seen here in this video, too!)​
TJ Kuenster - keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals
Steve Turner - drums, background vocals
Larry Muhoberac - keyboards, background vocals
Additional backing vocals - Chris Brosius, Jerry Fuller, Annette Fuller, Joey Scarbury, Joe Benzet, Terry Klein

~~To help put into perspective (imo) the amazing talent for song interpretation and song delivery that the Great Glen Campbell brings to his version of "I Love How You Love Me", check out:
(1) the original Phil Spector and The Paris Sisters' version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwGSKea-lGw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(2) then listen to Bobby Vinton's version (also on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkypKQaaNUU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

P.S. I will start looking for Cher and Glen duets.

Any other ideas?

Mike, how about these songs for starters (on the imagined / wished for Beatles album) and can you or anyone else find other Beatles songs on YouTube or elsewhere sung by Glen?

AND I LOVE HER


YESTERDAY


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