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This is a great performance, thanks Randy.
Maybe the best one of "Highwayman"?
GC might say that he doesn't get in the way of the words, he allows the song to just flow from line to line, verse to verse.
A lot like Gentle On My Mind.

(Is that Carl Jackson playing guitar with GC?)

Dee

I've got respect for Johnny , Waylon, Willie, and Kris, and I also think Glen's version, musically and vocally is better.

Mike, you probably know that Glen left Capitol Records when the label refused to release "Highwayman" as a Glen Campbell single. When Glen was told by a Capitol executive that he couldn't release it, Glen told the executive where he and his label could go, and then Glen walked out of the Capitol building. lol

I hadn't known why Capitol didn't want Glen to release it ("too sophisticated for the listeners"), so thanks for sharing that info, Mike.
I guess you could say their reason was a backhanded compliment to Jimmy Webb.

How is this for justice: thirty years after the Highwaymen hit it big with "Highwayman", Rolling Stone publishes a flashback article titled, See Glen Campbell Join the Highwaymen at First Farm Aid.
The article includes a video of this performance.

See: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... d-20150818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When Johnny Cash put his arm around Glen near the end of their performance, I think that one gesture spoke volumes in recognition of Glen's role in pitching the song to the Highwaymen and also Johnny's high regard for Glen.

I am of course pleased for Jimmy getting a Grammy for the song (Well deserved). But I must say I thought Glen's version was superior. I guess it got the airplay Glen's version didn't. As I remember this was a song Capitol didn't want to release as they thought it was too sophisticated for the listeners. Glen surely proved that theory was rubbish. On BBC radio 2 I have heard Jimmy's version played a few times recently by DJ Steve Wright, who said it is one of his favourite songs.
It must have been a great source of frustration to Glen to see the song do so well after his effort was ignored.

Cool trivia, Admin!
Thanks!

BTW, thirty years ago today, August 17, 2015, the single, "Highwayman", sung by the Highwaymen (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash) hit number 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.

Read about Glen Campbell's role in pitching "Highwayman" as well as Jimmy Webb's terrific story about this song and the Highwaymen.

http://theboot.com/the-highwaymen-highwayman-no-1/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Anyone ever hear about an episode of The Beverly Hilbillies that was especially written with Glen Campbell in mind?

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-beverly-hil ... 58/trivia/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, sir, this IS "Delight-ful"!!
Very special.

Great share, Randy! Thank you!

Dee

Now, isn't this just "Delight-ful" ???

Hi Mike,
I have heard the story before, that Elvis wanted Glen to be his bandleader in Las Vegas. I have never seen any convincing evidence for it though.
About Glen only playing on What 'd I Say. There are some very well researched Elvis Presley sites detailing all Elvis' recording sessions. For instance...

Soundtrack Sessions for M.G.M.: Viva Las Vegas, July 9-12, 1963
http://www.elvisrecordings.com/s630709.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Glen is only mentioned on "What 'd I Say" which was recorded on a different date.

Soundtrack Session for MGM.: Viva Las Vegas, August 30, 1963
http://www.elvisrecordings.com/s630830.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So I tend to believe that that is the only track he played on. One minor thing still bugs me about it though. When Glen tells the story about him working on the Viva Las Vegas soundtrack, he tells about how Elvis fooled around with the guys in the studio and that when Ann Margaret entered the studio all the guys only had eyes for her. First of all, he makes it sound like he was there for quite a few hours, where that one session, looking at the number of takes, didn't take more than an hour tops. Plus Ann-Margaret didn't sing on "What I'd Say", not even in the background choir but she did sing on some of the other tracks. So... that the only thing that makes me think that maybe he did a little more than just that one song. But I have to agree that most of the evidence is not in favour of that idea.

I just spotted this item. Do any of the experts agree this is correct, or can you confirm otherwise.
http://www.examiner.com/article/setting ... it?cid=rss" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;