I was watching the night Glen and Jerry played Wayfaring Stranger. It was January 10, 1971. I was 14. I couldn't believe how well Jerry's picking complemented Glen's on Wayfaring' Stranger. Magical. One of my all-time favorites.
Actually what he said was, "You keep pickin' like that, and it ain't never gonna get better." But like you, I looked forward to the incredible music. It eased the horror of a week filled with Vietnam casualty reports. Glen was the sole reason I got into music in the first place. During the opening of the show, he'd stand up, and the audience would go ballistic. And he was having so much fun, I wanted to do that, too. I just turned 57, and have been playing near to 49 years; and I STILL can't hold a patch to him. And I've been compared to Glen on more than one occasion. My humility forces me to say thanks, but there is no comparison. There's only one Glen Campbell. I'm gonna miss his underrated talent. Glen, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jim Croce were all musical influences for me, but being able to watch and study Glen, allowed me to figure out what the others were doing. Versatility and virtuoso ability were Glen's trademarks. These days I open every show I do with Gentle on my Mind; and my intro is, "Hi ever'body, I'm NOT Glen Campbell!" I'm not the only one who remembers, and I'll do everything I can to keep those great songs alive.
Even for an eleven year-old, 1968 was an insane booby-hatch of a year. They interrupted an Andy Griffith rerun on KHOU to inform me that some guy named Martin Luther King was assassinated. Every night my father would watch Walter Cronkite, with wounded and dying American soldiers being cabled up to a hovering helicopter. The Beatles no longer looked like hip businessman; they looked like trash. Still, there was Glen Campbell on CBS, Sunday nights at 8 pm, and in between the silly sketches, right in the middle of the show, Campbell would sit down with artists like Jerry Reed and they would play a few songs and remind viewers that all was not lost. I just found a segment where Campbell sings his heart out, with a voice sweet enough to make angels weep, on "Barbara Allen" and "Wayfaring Stranger," while Reed picks a nylon-stringed Ovation like he's running from the devil, prompting Campbell at one point to quip," You play like that and it won't end good."
Jerry couldn't outshow Glen in playing guitar or singing. Glen was far more superior playing guitar. Hell Glen was a studio Musician for many years. Jerry was not.
Jerry invented a whole style of guitar picking that people try to replicate to this very day! Glen was very good but I say Jerry reed is the better guitar player. Glens got him beat on singing that’s for sure
I was watching the night Glen and Jerry played Wayfaring Stranger. It was January 10, 1971. I was 14. I couldn't believe how well Jerry's picking complemented Glen's on Wayfaring' Stranger. Magical. One of my all-time favorites.
Maximum talent, here
too awesome
Actually what he said was, "You keep pickin' like that, and it ain't never gonna get better." But like you, I looked forward to the incredible music. It eased the horror of a week filled with Vietnam casualty reports. Glen was the sole reason I got into music in the first place. During the opening of the show, he'd stand up, and the audience would go ballistic. And he was having so much fun, I wanted to do that, too. I just turned 57, and have been playing near to 49 years; and I STILL can't hold a patch to him. And I've been compared to Glen on more than one occasion. My humility forces me to say thanks, but there is no comparison. There's only one Glen Campbell. I'm gonna miss his underrated talent. Glen, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jim Croce were all musical influences for me, but being able to watch and study Glen, allowed me to figure out what the others were doing. Versatility and virtuoso ability were Glen's trademarks. These days I open every show I do with Gentle on my Mind; and my intro is, "Hi ever'body, I'm NOT Glen Campbell!" I'm not the only one who remembers, and I'll do everything I can to keep those great songs alive.
Here's another Glen Campbell follower and when I first heard Scott Stiert or Acoustic Scotty sing Gentle On My Mind, I thought it was Glen.
Doesn’t get better than this ,fantastic !
The love of one.
Even for an eleven year-old, 1968 was an insane booby-hatch of a year. They interrupted an Andy Griffith rerun on KHOU to inform me that some guy named Martin Luther King was assassinated. Every night my father would watch Walter Cronkite, with wounded and dying American soldiers being cabled up to a hovering helicopter. The Beatles no longer looked like hip businessman; they looked like trash. Still, there was Glen Campbell on CBS, Sunday nights at 8 pm, and in between the silly sketches, right in the middle of the show, Campbell would sit down with artists like Jerry Reed and they would play a few songs and remind viewers that all was not lost. I just found a segment where Campbell sings his heart out, with a voice sweet enough to make angels weep, on "Barbara Allen" and "Wayfaring Stranger," while Reed picks a nylon-stringed Ovation like he's running from the devil, prompting Campbell at one point to quip," You play like that and it won't end good."
Jerry couldn't outshow Glen in playing guitar or singing.
Glen was far more superior playing guitar. Hell Glen was a studio
Musician for many years.
Jerry was not.
Jerry invented a whole style of guitar picking that people try to replicate to this very day! Glen was very good but I say Jerry reed is the better guitar player. Glens got him beat on singing that’s for sure