Magic moments with the great Glen Campbell singing to an audience of all star country music greats. Dedicated to the memory of Glen and all my faithful subscribers. Enjoy!
It is not even close…..not even in the same dimension….Glen Campbell is almost without peer in his talent and variety and skill. I am blessed to have been able to see and hear his talent.
Absoulutly correct. Standing on a stage screaming F-bombs and seeing how much of your ass crack you can get a way with by this new fad or whatever a person calls it?Glen had style, amazing song writing talent, voice was one of a kind, his picking on his guitar was and still is a pure pleasure to listen to. True musician and singer songwriter that have gone sadly passed on. Thanks Glen Travis Campbell .
I know, me too. He was a prodigy on the guitar. He could play anything on his guitar by the time he was 8 years old. At least now Mary we can appreciate all that he’s accomplished. 🙂❤️
I really like the composition of that verse. He establishes that his need is greater than what he wants but then says that his want is basically limitless. In my opinion he is saying that his want of her and his need of her is immeasurable!
@@glenmorgan4597 The future is nothing without our better half. The future of our family, country, and maybe the world. Our life is bound up in others, and yet we experience a lot of life alone anyway. We have no choice but to work hard, if not for ourselves for them. Some knowledge that might have been acquired at great personal cost since they don't teach much about such things in school. The world has trended toward disposable relationships, so there is an heroic aspect of standing firm against change. That's my long winded take on these 15 words, anyway.
I heard this song when it first put Glenn on the map when I was a little boy and have heard many versions thereafter. However, this rendition with the back-up band and Janie Fricke's harmonies added to Glenn's flawless enunciation of every syllable (like only Glenn can do) and his fret-work fills on the guitar, may be the best recording ever of this timeless classic.
Comment from another video of this song: "My Dad was a lineman in the Midwest for 35 years. He walked in 5 minutes late to work one morning and his boss asked him why he was late. He explained that Wichita Lineman came on the radio as he was pulling in. The whole crew nodded approvingly and his boss said it was an acceptable excuse. Glen Campbell was such a legend."
Do any of you realize the powerhouse people sitting with Glen?? These are the elite of the elite in country music, starting with Kris Kristofferson. Glen Campbell is a legend, playing for the Beach Boys and other bands. He is truly unappreciated!
I love how Kris Kristofferson puts his head back and closes his eyes when Glen sings the line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time." He's probably heard it a thousand times but theres something about the song and that line that really digs at your soul. RIP Glen Campbell your songs will live forever in so many hearts.
Since I first saw this clip I was struck by the same reaction from Kris. I always imagined him to be saying to himself " I wish I would have wrote that line."
I heard Chris say many years ago in an interview that "I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time" is one of the greatest song lyrics ever written. I'm sure that's what he's reacting to.
Holy cow! One of the greatest songwriters ever sitting next to one of the greatest guitar players ever with my teenage crush, Crystal Gayle sitting behind them. Wow!
best rendition of this he ever did in my opinion. Kris Kristoferson sitting right there. man. Thank you Lord for saving Glen. Seeing Kris enjoying this makes the song really seem special.
Yes, that's why I find it hard to hear, more so to watch the great Glen play and sing. Glad to know I am not the only only who feels this song remembering it coming out the old radio in our house, as a kid, knowing something quite haunting is accurate. The Ameriana part too, an era, a time, we will never see again, so I get sad.
I was at his farewell tour in 2012 Newcastle city hall UK England & to be in his presence this giant of talent was incredible an absolute one off we won’t see the likes again
“Giants”of their time appreciating one of their own. Don’t recognize all the faces but I love the look Ms Crystal Gayle is wearing. Lost in the beauty of the moment.
And one of the best songwriters who ever lived sitting back, shaking his head, and wondering at the beauty of that line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"
This song makes me cry every time I hear it. I saw him in his farewell tour and his voice was still perfection. Thank you, Glen Campbell. The music lives forever. ❤
@Tracey Whitney you're one lucky lady! it must have been a great experience seeing him perform😊i wish, I wish I could have seen him live as well, but I discovered Glen's music only after he passed away😢
It was such a wonderful and beautiful time in life when we had true musicians like this. The songs they wrote, their performances, their talent, and it was on the radio. Songs that pulled emotions and created memories.
Luck. It is to be alive. Fortune. It is to be enriched. Beauty. It is to behold the works of the hand of god. In my 57 years I am so lucky to have been enriched by Glen Campbell who has given us some of the most beautiful music every laid down by any human being ever. It doesn’t get better than that and so I am at peace.
What a master...glen has influenced all through my life....I am60 years old and still play guitar from even the 80s with the long hair. what a Treasure Glen has been on my mind.
I can't stand most "country" music, but always loved Glenn's music, and this song in particular; it's evocative while speaking about desire and pain and human journey, without mentioning Budweiser or pickup trucks even once.
I was fifteen when this song came out and that lyric.." I need you more than want you and I want you for alltime" blew me away...still the greatest lyric ever written..Jimmy Webb.. Genius
To see clearly the instant transformation of famous professional musicians at Glenn Campbell's huge, subtle talents speaks volumes of respect. It starts on the first note and they're not just listening, but absorbing the beauty of the best guitar player in a room full of very high talent. There, as many such world famous guitarists and songwriters have said, is one of the top five guitarists there has been. Such as typically highly acclaimed guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Willy Nelson, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Steve Walsh. They understand. That our last two generations of youth don't know Campbell is beyond their thinking. That children elevate pop stars higher is a tragedy.
Campbell was truly an amazing guitar player. Eddie Van Halen even once said in an interview that he thought that Glen Campbell was one of the finest guitar players there ever was.
This song reminds of when I was a front line teenage grunt Marine Rifleman in Vietnam 1968. It was playing all the time on armed forces radio, it gave me much comfort to hear this song over & over again. At the time I had doubts if I’d ever make it back home alive.
While you listened to it in Vietnam I heard it as a small child curled up in and out of sleep in the back seat of the car on long drives. Welcome home, God Bless you and thanks for serving our Great nation. Thanks also for sharing your experience. It may not have been much easier coming home at that time than it was being there. As a service man myself, I salute you!
Maybe it’s my age, but Jimmy Webb’s writing and Glens singing is pure bliss . . . Love Kris Kristoffersons reaction. . . “I need you more than want you “ best line ever!
when my mom was alive this was her favorite... as a 62 year old ex guitarist of rock and roll this is probably the best guitarist i have ever heard....
Oh my so am I. So thankful to have been able to see this masterful musician in his hey day. He was so incredibly gifted and gone forever. This kind of talent will never come around again. Such a deeply rooted piece of Americana. Thank you Glen.
When a song moves both Crystal and Kris, you know you're "rock'n it"! I love that Glen gave us boomers some really heartfelt songs as kids growing up (60/70's), wasn't half bad in True Grit either. RIP Glen, singing with the, Heavenly Choir now.
I remember his show on TV as a kid in the 70's . My mom was a big fan. I also remember John Hartford playing with him. Those where the days with only Four channels to watch but they where great! He was a Supreme talent a virtuoso on the guitar! R.I.P. Glen. 🎸
The woman singing harmony behind Glen was the icing on the cake for me, and that Gm chord! It's interesting how the staccato throughout is an imitation of electricity running through the wires.
Glen Travis Campbell? First time I heard his middle name all together. What a talent he was and his legacy in his hair and how his music touched us all in good ways. RIP.
I concur a million percent…..Glen was on a level that I certainly can’t comprehend. To him it’s easy - phenomenal musicality, technique and tone in voice and guitar.
As a lover of music and Glen Campbell, this may be his Greatest Performance of that song! It's flawless both vocally and musically! What an amazing Musician, a gifted Prodigy and his Gifts will be left until the end of time as he now performs with the Greatest Band of all: The Angel Band and what a Band it must Be!!!
Glenn was a totally under-rated guitar player and singer. You know it's classic song when everyone on stage is mouthing the words or singing along in harmony.
We saw Jimmy in 2019 at Grand Theater in Lewisville, Texas. Would have paid 10 times the price we did before the show and 100 times the price after. What talent. Great writer and story teller. 300 people or so sized place. Blew us away.
My good crazy friend Billy McPherson who was the sax player for Buddy Miles used to play for Jimmy Webb in LA. I said " You played in the studio for Jim Webb, why'd you leave?". He said " there's nothing to do there but go to the pancake House ".
For my money the finest writer ever. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is the greatest song I ever heard and I was lucky to see him do it from the front row when Jimmy came here to the Detroit area a few years back. Front row for the next one too in Ann Arbor next year!
Just watching Kristoferson taking it in is amazing. All the songs that guy wrote and performed and hes so into Campbell's performance. That kinda gets me.
Kris’s a face and body language at 142 when he deliver s what must be the most epic but simple lines ! Plus anyone notice him time the guitar halfway through a Chris change !! Man was a genius ! His delivery of Jimmy webb’s music , and jimmys songs ! Are perfection😊
I don't care what genre music you love you must appreciate the massive hit this was at the time. Such an emotional love song. Brilliantly written and played and sung. Rest in peace brother.
So beautiful and haunting. And here in January 2024 we've had several Lineman kinds of days. Many thanks for Glen's performance, Jimmy Webb's song, and this upload.
What I love best about these country star gatherings is when Glen plays and the others realize this is one fantastic genius on all aspects of his entertaining all of us. He is so perfect on his guitar playing, you see the other guys who play just so happy and mesmerized as to how he can play so perfectly and in detail live, on the spot. He is truly a professional musician and singer, and handsome entertainer.
@@eddiehaskell5578 Hard getting older, but would never have missed those incredible times of the 60s and yes to about 99.. If I had to pick a single year of the best music, esp American made, I would pick 1969 and 1970. Some of the songs make me sad and nostalgic.
Glen’s resume is STACKED!! Between The Wrecking Crew, The Beach Boys, and his own catalog and TV show, he’s truly one of kind! PS- he also did the voice to a cartoon from when I was a kid called Rock-a-doodle-doo.
Amazing that he was so highly respected among the top tier musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew". Musicians that could sightread & play pretty much any type of music. Most came from the jazz and big band era. Gives you a measure of his talent that they all recognized. Glen couldn't read music but played from his heart.
It’s staggering how one can feel so deeply for a fictional character, expressed in so few words, glorious melody, and simple structure. Jimmy Webb, you genius. Glen Campbell, the effortless, master performer.
This song came on the radio one night when I was up for days plowing snow in a blizzard. I was exhausted having not slept in days. This song really hit home that night.
The way his voice meshes with his guitar is of another world! It’s on a whole nother level and his guitar playing ability and watching his moves is like nothing else!
The GOAT Merle Haggard once said that Glen had more talent in his little finger than most everyone else. Merle and Glen are definitely my GOAT. Sooooo good!
Just incredible. I love how these pros stand back to let another sing, and come in when they can. Such a group....and many now gone. God bless all of you. Thank for sharing these treasures.
I once heard Carol Kaye (original bass player on the recording) say that years after this song was a hit she was shopping and it came on in the store. She said it was so beautiful she broke down in tears. I can see why
Greatness in the presence of greatness Kristoferson and Campbell Kris's reaction when Glen sings "and I need you more than want you and I want you for all time" is priceless. Powerful There will never be another Glen. Such a talent
Glen Campbell was of another level ; watch his peers all great musician's in their own right almost as though they can't believe his God given talent . Such a guitarist that alone blows me away along with his vocals . I never get tired of listening to him . RIP Glen , you made the world a better place .
How about that dude over his shoulder at 1:15 when Glen plays that lick. He's not surprised but still amazed to the point he looks to be laughing a little.
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Merle Haggard once said "If there was ever a case of God putting too much talent in one individual, it was Glen Campbell."
Looks and talent. Merle said Glenn went through the lines more than once
Great quote
I heard Merle say that about Glen and he really meant it. That's really a big compliment.
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Possibly the most beautiful song ever composed. Here on 2024
Here in March 24. What talent and genius!!
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Yep
Glen Campbell interpreting Jimmy Webb's songwriting is a combination that we were very lucky to be around to witness first hand.
Music stars today can’t hold a candle to performers like Glen Campbell. Not a chance.
It is not even close…..not even in the same dimension….Glen Campbell is almost without peer in his talent and variety and skill. I am blessed to have been able to see and hear his talent.
Exactly !
Absoulutly correct. Standing on a stage screaming F-bombs and seeing how much of your ass crack you can get a way with by this new fad or whatever a person calls it?Glen had style, amazing song writing talent, voice was one of a kind, his picking on his guitar was and still is a pure pleasure to listen to. True musician and singer songwriter that have gone sadly passed on. Thanks Glen Travis Campbell .
They don't have Glenn s class or talent!
I hate to admit it, but I didn't appreciate Glen as much as I should have back in the day - he was sooo good
I know, me too. He was a prodigy on the guitar. He could play anything on his guitar by the time he was 8 years old.
At least now Mary we can appreciate all that he’s accomplished. 🙂❤️
And he was said to have perfect pitch. I believe he recorded with The Beach Boys when he was a studio musician.
Same!
As a child i didnt like his music like i do now
Me too
“Wichita Lineman is a song about an ordinary man thinking about about extraordinary things.” - Billy Joel
“And I need you more than want you and I want you for all time” might be the greatest line in any song EVER!!
Why?
I really like the composition of that verse. He establishes that his need is greater than what he wants but then says that his want is basically limitless. In my opinion he is saying that his want of her and his need of her is immeasurable!
Agreed 100%
@@glenmorgan4597 The future is nothing without our better half. The future of our family, country, and maybe the world. Our life is bound up in others, and yet we experience a lot of life alone anyway. We have no choice but to work hard, if not for ourselves for them. Some knowledge that might have been acquired at great personal cost since they don't teach much about such things in school. The world has trended toward disposable relationships, so there is an heroic aspect of standing firm against change. That's my long winded take on these 15 words, anyway.
Who but Jimmy Webb could write a simple country song and make it sound like Shakespeare?? This is pure poetry.
True, he was driving west and saw these guys up there, the song came to him, incredible.
And I need you more than want you. My gosh--priceless.
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That line got me, too. Wow.
Glen was superb.
When Kris closed his eyes he knew he was listening to a genius. A measure of the best respect
Sounds better than the original recording. Beautiful! RIP Glen, you are missed.
Eddie Van Halen is famously known for asking, “you think I can get a guitar lesson from Glen Campbell?”
I heard this song when it first put Glenn on the map when I was a little boy and have heard many versions thereafter. However, this rendition with the back-up band and Janie Fricke's harmonies added to Glenn's flawless enunciation of every syllable (like only Glenn can do) and his fret-work fills on the guitar, may be the best recording ever of this timeless classic.
As a Lineman for 38 yrs , in Florida & the Pacfic Northwest....very personal for me and my family....thanks Glen !
Audio too quiet
What a genius top ten of best ever guitar players
Comment from another video of this song: "My Dad was a lineman in the Midwest for 35 years.
He walked in 5 minutes late to work one morning and his boss asked him why he was late.
He explained that Wichita Lineman came on the radio as he was pulling in.
The whole crew nodded approvingly and his boss said it was an acceptable excuse.
Glen Campbell was such a legend."
That is an awesome story.
That’s bloody brilliant
Wonder story
So so great!
Cool that his life was in the song. I love it.
Do any of you realize the powerhouse people sitting with Glen??
These are the elite of the elite in country music, starting with Kris Kristofferson.
Glen Campbell is a legend, playing for the Beach Boys and other bands.
He is truly unappreciated!
And they are just sitting there, admiring and basking in it. Wow!
I love how Kris Kristofferson puts his head back and closes his eyes when Glen sings the line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time." He's probably heard it a thousand times but theres something about the song and that line that really digs at your soul. RIP Glen Campbell your songs will live forever in so many hearts.
Since I first saw this clip I was struck by the same reaction from Kris. I always imagined him to be saying to himself " I wish I would have wrote that line."
Looks to me that he doesn't know the words tbh ,?
I heard Chris say many years ago in an interview that "I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time" is one of the greatest song lyrics ever written. I'm sure that's what he's reacting to.
Yeah this song never gets old and that line "I need you more than want you " is timeless. It reminds me of a lost love.
I cry every time. 😢
One of thegreatest guitarists of all time,
I liked Glen when I was a little boy. Then I went down the rock n roll path. I don’t regret that, but here I am again
Holy cow! One of the greatest songwriters ever sitting next to one of the greatest guitar players ever with my teenage crush, Crystal Gayle sitting behind them. Wow!
The look on KK face when the line "I need you more than want you" is priceless
@@jayrhodes2097 it definitely is a great line. Such a simple yet, deep statement.
kris was the best
This song still gives me chills. Amazing guitar break
best rendition of this he ever did in my opinion. Kris Kristoferson sitting right there. man. Thank you Lord for saving Glen. Seeing Kris enjoying this makes the song really seem special.
Amen. Glen Campbell's making music in heaven!
And thank you Lord for saving Kris; his testimony on this very show was incredible
oh? I must see more of the show.@@PoubelleKansas
What a privilege we have to watch this video of the great Glen Campbell perform this iconic song; and in a room full of the greats of country music.
Thought in for Kris, heard he had some health😑 issues
A haunting piece of Americana that pulls on the heart strings still 50 years later!
One of the greatest songs ever written
Yes, that's why I find it hard to hear, more so to watch the great Glen play and sing. Glad to know I am not the only only who feels this song remembering it coming out the old radio in our house, as a kid, knowing something quite haunting is accurate. The Ameriana part too, an era, a time, we will never see again, so I get sad.
one of the greatest songs ever written ❤️
I was at his farewell tour in 2012 Newcastle city hall UK England & to be in his presence this giant of talent was incredible an absolute one off we won’t see the likes again
Boy you can tell how much they respect Glenn in this clip. When your peers respect you, you know you have truly made it in life...
“Giants”of their time appreciating one of their own. Don’t recognize all the faces but I love the look Ms Crystal Gayle is wearing. Lost in the beauty of the moment.
And one of the best songwriters who ever lived sitting back, shaking his head, and wondering at the beauty of that line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"
Kris can't hardly stand it... its sooo good
Underated guitar player. One of the best.
Eddie Van Halen once asked if he could get a lesson from Glen.
Self taught, too!😮
Kristofferson's admiration of this guy is so incredibly visible.
Haggard said it best “ only God could put that much talent in one man “
This song makes me cry every time I hear it. I saw him in his farewell tour and his voice was still perfection. Thank you, Glen Campbell. The music lives forever. ❤
@Tracey Whitney you're one lucky lady! it must have been a great experience seeing him perform😊i wish, I wish I could have seen him live as well, but I discovered Glen's music only after he passed away😢
I wanted to see his farewell tour. He and his wife came to Galveston and I live in Houston. It just didn't work out.
It was such a wonderful and beautiful time in life when we had true musicians like this. The songs they wrote, their performances, their talent, and it was on the radio. Songs that pulled emotions and created memories.
As talented as they are, the others know that they are in the presence of greatness.
You can tell they respect him and give him props
He is the most talented artist and musician in that room.
Luck. It is to be alive. Fortune. It is to be enriched. Beauty. It is to behold the works of the hand of god. In my 57 years I am so lucky to have been enriched by Glen Campbell who has given us some of the most beautiful music every laid down by any human being ever. It doesn’t get better than that and so I am at peace.
Glen Campbell never failed to stop me in my tracks. A genius voice and musician combined, a one man orchestra. ❤ Missed
What a master...glen has influenced all through my life....I am60 years old and still play guitar from even the 80s with the long hair. what a Treasure Glen has been on my mind.
Absolutely one of the most beautifully written and performed songs of all time.
I can't stand most "country" music, but always loved Glenn's music, and this song in particular; it's evocative while speaking about desire and pain and human journey, without mentioning Budweiser or pickup trucks even once.
Perfect comment👌
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It is one of those songs that is beautiful beyond words. It chokes me up every time I hear it.
Written by Jimmy Webb and executed so wonderfully by Campbell!
I was fifteen when this song came out and that lyric.." I need you more than want you and I want you for alltime" blew me away...still the greatest lyric ever written..Jimmy Webb..
Genius
To see clearly the instant transformation of famous professional musicians at Glenn Campbell's huge, subtle talents speaks volumes of respect. It starts on the first note and they're not just listening, but absorbing the beauty of the best guitar player in a room full of very high talent.
There, as many such world famous guitarists and songwriters have said, is one of the top five guitarists there has been. Such as typically highly acclaimed guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Willy Nelson, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Steve Walsh. They understand.
That our last two generations of youth don't know Campbell is beyond their thinking. That children elevate pop stars higher is a tragedy.
a lot of VERY talented folks in that group who are in awe
Jimmy Webb is in the top 3 best popular song writers in our lifetimes. His work is genius. On my bucket list to meet him.
Campbell was truly an amazing guitar player. Eddie Van Halen even once said in an interview that he thought that Glen Campbell was one of the finest guitar players there ever was.
This song reminds of when I was a front line teenage grunt Marine Rifleman in Vietnam 1968. It was playing all the time on armed forces radio, it gave me much comfort to hear this song over & over again. At the time I had doubts if I’d ever make it back home alive.
I think Jimmy wrote “Galveston” for you. Thank you for your service.
Welcome back....In that year I was 8 years old and wondering about ya'll overseas...
While you listened to it in Vietnam I heard it as a small child curled up in and out of sleep in the back seat of the car on long drives.
Welcome home, God Bless you and thanks for serving our Great nation.
Thanks also for sharing your experience. It may not have been much easier coming home at that time than it was being there. As a service man myself, I salute you!
Thank you for your service David….. God Bless for keeping us safe…
Glad you made it home. From Ireland 🇮🇪
Maybe it’s my age, but Jimmy Webb’s writing and Glens singing is pure bliss . . . Love Kris Kristoffersons reaction. . . “I need you more than want you “ best line ever!
That’s where it’s at. Spot on
I have a book "The Wichita Lineman" by Dylan Jones-the entire book is about why that line is one of the best song lyrics every written
Glen Campbell's guitar playing is excellent too. He's one of my favourites
Yep
but the next line "..and I want you for all time."
So his need for her is beyond all time. That always hits me.
When Kris Kristoferson sings along, you know it’s a great song.
when my mom was alive this was her favorite... as a 62 year old ex guitarist of rock and roll this is probably the best guitarist i have ever heard....
This song, Campbell's delivery, just breaks me. Its more than a song but a transcendent experience.
I wish i’d be American to fully feel the sense of pride of having all his music for the rest of times…
God bless Glen Campbell
If you appreciate this, consider yourself an American.
I'm so glad I was born a "boomer", to witness such talent. GBNF
Oh my so am I. So thankful to have been able to see this masterful musician in his hey day. He was so incredibly gifted and gone forever. This kind of talent will never come around again. Such a deeply rooted piece of Americana. Thank you Glen.
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I’m not a Baby Boomer but my parents were. And I had the privilege of growing up hearing such great, timeless SONGS and MUSIC.
I agree. We have a lot to be blessed with looking back.
When a song moves both Crystal and Kris, you know you're "rock'n it"! I love that Glen gave us boomers some really heartfelt songs as kids growing up (60/70's), wasn't half bad in True Grit either. RIP Glen, singing with the, Heavenly Choir now.
I remember his show on TV as a kid in the 70's . My mom was a big fan. I also remember John Hartford playing with him. Those where the days with only Four channels to watch but they where great! He was a Supreme talent a virtuoso on the guitar! R.I.P. Glen. 🎸
The woman singing harmony behind Glen was the icing on the cake for me, and that Gm chord! It's interesting how the staccato throughout is an imitation of electricity running through the wires.
Janie frickie
Cheers for that.@@1962egl
Was that the cake that was left out in the rain with the green icing ?
The Jimmy Webb songs completely transcended musical boundaries. It was beyond being merely a “country” or a “pop” song. It is an American song.
He wrote some great songs with memorable lyrics.
Great song written by Jimmy Webb. That Glen Campbell killed it.
Glen Travis Campbell? First time I heard his middle name all together. What a talent he was and his legacy in his hair and how his music touched us all in good ways. RIP.
So much respect from his peers. A song like that, and a Glen Campbell, only comes around once in a million years.
I agree 100%
Totally agree
1000% you listen to that and it brings back so many memories of a long time ago
Well said Tim,
I concur a million percent…..Glen was on a level that I certainly can’t comprehend. To him it’s easy - phenomenal musicality, technique and tone in voice and guitar.
As a lover of music and Glen Campbell, this may be his Greatest Performance of that song! It's flawless both vocally and musically! What an amazing Musician, a gifted Prodigy and his Gifts will be left until the end of time as he now performs with the Greatest Band of all: The Angel Band and what a Band it must Be!!!
Glenn was a totally under-rated guitar player and singer. You know it's classic song when everyone on stage is mouthing the words or singing along in harmony.
Jimmy Webb is a brilliant song writer!
We saw Jimmy in 2019 at Grand Theater in Lewisville, Texas. Would have paid 10 times the price we did before the show and 100 times the price after. What talent. Great writer and story teller. 300 people or so sized place. Blew us away.
I agree
My good crazy friend Billy McPherson who was the sax player for Buddy Miles used to play for Jimmy Webb in LA. I said " You played in the studio for Jim Webb, why'd you leave?". He said " there's nothing to do there but go to the pancake House ".
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Yesterday was his birthday.
For my money the finest writer ever. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is the greatest song I ever heard and I was lucky to see him do it from the front row when Jimmy came here to the Detroit area a few years back. Front row for the next one too in Ann Arbor next year!
Glen Campbell, probably one of the best singers, guitar players and song writers of all time, and I mean ALL time.
No doubt.,pound for pound, our greatest entertainer
No doubt.
Every single one of those amazing performers was in awe of the best of the bunch
Just watching Kristoferson taking it in is amazing. All the songs that guy wrote and performed and hes so into Campbell's performance. That kinda gets me.
Bob Dylan once said this was the greatest song ever written! But when its performed by Glen Campbell it is indeed!
Kris’s a face and body language at 142 when he deliver s what must be the most epic but simple lines ! Plus anyone notice him time the guitar halfway through a Chris change !! Man was a genius ! His delivery of Jimmy webb’s music , and jimmys songs ! Are perfection😊
I don't care what genre music you love you must appreciate the massive hit this was at the time. Such an emotional love song. Brilliantly written and played and sung. Rest in peace brother.
So beautiful and haunting. And here in January 2024 we've had several Lineman kinds of days. Many thanks for Glen's performance, Jimmy Webb's song, and this upload.
What I love best about these country star gatherings is when Glen plays and the others realize this is one fantastic genius on all aspects of his entertaining all of us. He is so perfect on his guitar playing, you see the other guys who play just so happy and mesmerized as to how he can play so perfectly and in detail live, on the spot. He is truly a professional musician and singer, and handsome entertainer.
I'm so glad that Glen met Jimmy Webb because it was a very fortuitous event for them both in furthering their careers.
I discovered this song through Robbie Williams, it’s one of his two favourite songs of all time. He’s absoluty right!
mezmerized the entire room of already talented folks in their own right
I met Glen back in Los Angeles some years back.
Mr. Campbell is the reason I started playing the guitar in 1968 and still play to this day.
More talent on that stage than in the last 10 Grammy shows combined.
Kris is in the zone 🎼 🎶🎶
Can one man, one guitar and one voice move you? Absolutely.
Growing up in the 60's and 70"s, I didn't realize how lucky I was. What a great song, great performer, and great person Glen Campbell was.
I hear you loud and clear. We had the best musicians,actors and entertainers in the history of mankind. 😊 1960-1999. We were blessed.❤
@@eddiehaskell5578 Hard getting older, but would never have missed those incredible times of the 60s and yes to about 99.. If I had to pick a single year of the best music, esp American made, I would pick 1969 and 1970. Some of the songs make me sad and nostalgic.
This song still steals my heart every single time I hear it!❤
He really was so very special.
He is truly special ❤❤❤
I am secure in my manhood to allow the tears to flow from my eyes during this absolutely beautiful song...thank you Glen for this...
Ghey.....
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Glen’s resume is STACKED!! Between The Wrecking Crew, The Beach Boys, and his own catalog and TV show, he’s truly one of kind!
PS- he also did the voice to a cartoon from when I was a kid called Rock-a-doodle-doo.
Amazing that he was so highly respected among the top tier musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew". Musicians that could sightread & play pretty much any type of music. Most came from the jazz and big band era. Gives you a measure of his talent that they all recognized. Glen couldn't read music but played from his heart.
It’s staggering how one can feel so deeply for a fictional character, expressed in so few words, glorious melody, and simple structure. Jimmy Webb, you genius. Glen Campbell, the effortless, master performer.
My dad loved Glen Campbell and now I do. This song always makes me think of my dad. Beautiful song x
my Dad also. I miss him a lot sometimes.
This song came on the radio one night when I was up for days plowing snow in a blizzard. I was exhausted having not slept in days. This song really hit home that night.
I know those moments. When you just are worn to hell, and this kind of medicine comes along. pure relief.
The way his voice meshes with his guitar is of another world! It’s on a whole nother level and his guitar playing ability and watching his moves is like nothing else!
The GOAT Merle Haggard once said that Glen had more talent in his little finger than most everyone else. Merle and Glen are definitely my GOAT. Sooooo good!
Glen was amazing and Jim Webbs writing and composition of that song is off the charts for one of the greatest song ever hands down.
If there is such a thing as perfection in art, this is it.
The guests there realize they're hearing something uniquely beautiful.
Let the emotions roll. This is what happens when a man gets aligned with Devine energy.
One of the most comforting songs of all time. Discovered it via Paul Rudd.
Glen left a hole that will never be filled. Truly missed.
Just incredible. I love how these pros stand back to let another sing, and come in when they can. Such a group....and many now gone. God bless all of you. Thank for sharing these treasures.
I once heard Carol Kaye (original bass player on the recording) say that years after this song was a hit she was shopping and it came on in the store. She said it was so beautiful she broke down in tears. I can see why
Greatness in the presence of greatness
Kristoferson and Campbell
Kris's reaction when Glen sings "and I need you more than want you and I want you for all time" is priceless. Powerful
There will never be another Glen. Such a talent
one of mankind's most beautiful pieces of music
Absolutely loved Glenn Campbell. An angels voice 😊😊
When some people pass, you realize what the word loss really means. RIP Glen
Glen Campbell was of another level ; watch his peers all great musician's in their own right almost as though they can't believe his God given talent . Such a guitarist that alone blows me away along with his vocals . I never get tired of listening to him . RIP Glen , you made the world a better place .
Exactly, exactly, exactly! You can see it in their eyes and almost brings them to tears or utter amazement.
How about that dude over his shoulder at 1:15 when Glen plays that lick. He's not surprised but still amazed to the point he looks to be laughing a little.
Why is it ever time i watch this i smile like an idiot ...my god this is soooo good .