Glen Campbell's fantastic guitar solo on "Galveston"
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SOURCE VIDEO FOR MY LESSON AND COVER . THIS SOLO IS PURE BRILLIANCE!!! The lines show a really deep understanding of both the song structure and the tradition of his musical background. It's also extremely virtuoustic and contains of all the hallmark's that make Glen's playing legendary. Beautiful phrasing, octave runs, arpeggios and sweep, the odd outside notes and chromatic runs weaved in so masterfully. This was REALLY hard to copy- probably the hardest cover I've done.
Clean Strat (sounds like early 60s to me) with no gain to hide behind. (distortion sounding guitars are much easier to play and hide a multitude of sins)
Anyway, here's the cleaned up video- I remixed the sound, applying EQ, rounded out the bass, and normalized the peaks, with about a 3 db gain addition. This sounds better than the original video I took it from.
Guitar players who dig Glen - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. I have other classic CG solo covers and lessons posted here, with much more on the way.
There never was, and never will be, another like Glenn Campbell.
Indeed
Not true. I went to school with a guy named Glenn Campbell. He was a pudgy guy who had bad acne. I heard he works for the water district these days and will retire soon.
Michael Thompson c
Roy Clark?
Roy Clark is great! Glen is better though.
One of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He is sorely missed, but that guitar playing and wonderful voice will still be inspiring for others 1000 yrs from now.
Yet he was acknowledged as the godfather of guitar by all of the greatest players!
that strat has seen some use
Not underrated
No one with knowledge of guitar players considers Glenn Campbell “underrated”. Renowned guitarists appreciated and admired his skills.
Glenn Campbell was a member of the ‘Wrecking Crew’. Those were the best of the best studio session players, performing on more hit songs then can be listed here.
Some people may have recently discovered Glenn, so he appears underrated to them, but in the music world, he is far from “underrated”.
@@sunndog5715 not underrated at all..
Glen was without a doubt one of the best guitarists on the planet. He is truly missed! Rest in peace Rhinestone Cowboy!!
My gosh, he shredded this song!
Yes he was!!... when Eddie Van Halen tries to get a lesson from Glen Campbell... that tells you something... true story
Definitely one of them,and roy clark
Glen Campbell, what a showman, nice guy, and absolute beast on the guitar. One of best ever, any genre.
Truly, Mr. Showman, to the letter, “P” Perfect in every way.
When they asked Prince who the greatest guitarist of all time was, he said Glen Campbell
@Tye Bear They are probably playing with each other right now. . . . oh . . . well, I mean 'guitars'. I didn't mean . . . . . oh never mind then. : /
but when asked about chem trails...
He was in Thr Wrecking Crew ! Those cats was way on top !
Actually Glen Campbell's fave was and is the incredible Tommy Emmanuel. But in fairness when guys like Steve Vai/Satriani/Clapton say the same. What I always liked about Glen was a clean picking with out effects,great voice and showmanship. I hope those 2 are jamming now!!! Cheers.
@@__GALLANT__ Great comment, nicely done!
Keep in mind Glenn was a session musician with 'The Wrecking Crew' during the mid 60's before he became famous himself as a solo artist. His fantastic guitar work can be heard (unfortunately uncredited) on numerous hits from the 60's. It is no joke when he is considered as one of the best guitarist of all time!
He was on a Beach Boys album, and I think the Monkeys too.
@@SaintFredrocks - Also Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Nelson, Phil Spector, The Everly Brothers, Jan and Dean... even Elvis Presley! (many more too...)
All things considered, I can see why 🤘
Glen plays that great guitar in viva Las Vegas...
Agreed with all of the above. If you are a fan of popular music history, please watch the documentary The Wrecking Crew. . I think few people really know about Glenn Campbell’s contribution to the music world as a member of The Wrecking Crew. It’s on TH-cam, about one hour and 40 minutes.
I worked with him as a teen and wasn't into country - when we met and I saw him live I was blown away by his live guitar work.
He's up there with one of the best guitarists ever.
A few years ago he toured Europe despite having dementia and a guy I know who is a sound engineer helped set up gigs in Scotland with him and he said he could do it as long as he had the song list on a laptop in front of him.
Did he talk with you about his appreciation for Jimmy Webb and the songs he wrote for him to record! Thanks for posting!! How fortunate you were!!!
Thank GOD glen recorded these songs before he left us.
Thank you Glen for being there for us Veterans in those dark years for so many of us. You gave us hope, your musical songs gave us reasons to live. Legendary guitarist.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Hendrix was asked "What is like being the worlds greatest guitar player?" Jimi pointed to Glen Campbell and replied "He's over there , go and ask him".
not a true story lol
Should’ve been a true story because jimi was never in Glens Class !
Funny. As far as I remember in reality Hendrix said this about Terry Kat.
Hendrix said it about Rory Gallagher.
@@dcjway He never said it about anyone! lmao.
When I was in my 20s I won a free ticket from a radio show contest to see Glen Campbell. At that time I hated him. If one of his songs was on the radio I'd change channel. But I was a starving student and would never pass up anything free ;-) So my friend and I went to his concert and it literally changed my life. I saw real musical talent and prowess for the first time. I was so inspired that I changed from being a bedroom strummer to a semi-professional musician and paid my way through university and beyond by playing music. Thanks, Glen Campbell! You made me about $50,000. And more importantly, you made me a very happy little musician.
John Williams Cool story bro
Right. That is inspiring.
Really heartwarming, John Williams. Thank you! Glen was one of THE Dudes.
In my youth as well I did not fully appreciate Glen's talent. Luckily I have lived long enough to understand what an incredible talent Glen was. RIP
Many many people have only been exposed to his crossover hits like "Rhinestone Cowboy" and have no idea of his phenomenal abilities as a musician, and songwriter, as seen in this video. I'm sure those hits made him tons of money, but in some ways they hid his true talent and may have cost him fans. I always try to get people to see past the pop stuff, and have changed a few minds successfully :-)
Glen Campbell is so criminally underrated as a guitar player and true artistic genius.
Other guitar players know how good he was.
Not underrated
@@dennisscott6501 Yes and no. I think people who truly followed him know, but I still don't think he got enough credit because he came across as so casual.
What in the world are you talking about?
Many "country" guitarists seem to not get ranked with the "best" guitarists in history. Glen, Roy, Vince, Keith, etc. ... and I'm a rock fan!
I am a ROCKER but I really liked Glenn Campbell. One of my favorite songs by him was Wichita Lineman. Very soulful.
I really always liked Southern Nights. Fresh as a breeze not to mention the trees!
Wichita Lineman is my favorite of his hits. Written by the great Jimmy Webb who also wrote "Galveston", and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix".
@@abc456f Johnny Cash and R.E.M. also made great covers of Wichita Lineman.
Mr Nunna, a great song is great song, no matter what genre of music you like. 😁🎶
My favorite was Rhinestone cowboy, he also played on Duane Eddy's 1959 hit "forty miles of bad road" RIP Glen Campbell.
Another underrated part of this solo is the fact he's playing some technically challenging riffs and staying absolutely lock step with the band, all while live in concert!
Um, that's the job. It's what we do.
And singing on top of his Phenomenal picking Without missing a beat or making one mistake total perfection from the master! You ain’t kidding when you said underrated guitarist! RIP Mr. Campbell!
@@morbidmanmusicm-mo-m-m-mor-m-m-morbid m-m-music m-man!? One of the greatest music men of the late 20th century? You-you're supposed to be dead... 😟
Same with Jerry Reed.
And his voice is phenomenal - no auto-tune in those days!
I was getting chills watching and listening to Glen on that guitar solo..
Add in a fantastic voice,
A perfect song and arrangement, and back up.
We miss you Amigo, RIP.
Today's "Country" stars aren't worthy to carry this man's boots!!
Amen, Sir!!!
Never heard that clean of playing.
Dolly, Shania, Ricky, Taylor, Miley, Billy Ray, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Vince, Alison Krauss, Alison Brown, Tim O'Brien, Dwight, Charlie Pride, Garth, Waylon, Merle Haggard? Don't get me wrong. I love Glen's music (and have done since I was a child), and I must admit a lot of the people I mentioned have been around for a while, but there are some wonderful country musicians out there still playing and singing with passion and expertise. In my opinion country (even including 'crossover') is the future. Much of what passes for modern rock, folk, etc is just a bunch of footnotes in music history.
Harley Grit 💯
Yeah , but they could still give 'em a good licking.
Appreciating a genuinely talented solo is one thing. Now knowing he performed that midway into his battle with Alzheimer's makes this even more remarkable.
This was from a CMA Awards in 2001 or 2003 so well before his Alzheimmer diagnosis although there are clips out there of him playing this sol later in the 00s that still had that wow factor.
Music was pretty well the last part of his mind to fail - it stayed with him right to the end because it was a part of him. A truly great musician.
Indeed it is
I totally forgot about that.
@@commonwombat9171 Alzheimer’s starts way before it shows up!
About every 6 months I watch Glen perform and it blows me away how talented he was and you can tell he loves performing
I use to watch his live show too. How are you doing? Hope all is well with you there
He could do onstage what he wasn’t allowed to do in the studio - AKA shred it up. The dude was criminally underused on his own records, that’s how talented he was
Me too. I loved his singing, extreme guitar talents. I revisit them from time to time, one of the benefits of the internet.
When he died it was like a piece of America died. Phenomenal musician.
A piece of the world died.
ftfy
A particularly large piece.
So true
Yeah, then Y'all went and elected that Trump for your President. The rest of the world knew then that the soul of America was gone.
@@grahamalbrey2804 and I voted for him again. And so did most of the the country. But you couldn't just enjoy the music could you? You had to be a prick.
One of the greatest guitar players of all time. Some of my best childhood memories were watching his TV show with my dad. And later on in life I took my dad to a GC concert and met him and he signed my guitar for me.
My dad's gone now but when I see a Glen Campbell video I think of my dad. My dad was the musician and I'm the guitar player. Inspired by Glen Campbell
Been listening to country music ,my dad was a bass player on a country band ,Glen Cambell I'm sure was an influence on my dad and his band mates they came from that era,if you get a chance, Dianne Warwick had a show at one time they did a duet together, they sang to entirely different songs the fact they were so talented they fused the songs together it was amazing. ❤
One of the finest guitarists that ever walked the earth.
I say the best ever
Asked my guitar what it wanted for Christmas. It said a Glenn Campbell.
Eddie van halen asked for a lesson fr him
Steve Warner is not a shabby picker either
@@shanechaloupek7816 One of Chet Atkins' Certified Guitar Players.
No feedback, distortion, extra sustain, other effects to hide behind. He played "clean as country water."
EXACTLY what I thought as I listened to this lesson on tasteful uses of pentatonics. (And I'm a rock guy at heart.) That just slayed. RIP Mr. Campbell
No compression. All in the fingers. Wow.
Been playin' since they's babies.
@@raymondgill9796 th-cam.com/video/P4p7prURvIk/w-d-xo.html
@@ilikethisnamebetter Thank you.
It doesn't matter if you like country or not (I'm not a fan) this is pure class.
ditto
I have a new found respect for Mr. Campbell after watching this video.
True what you said. All linemen are my heroes. The conditions the work under are always life threatening. Next time they're in your neighbor working 16 hrs. a day in the rain, freezing weather with trees dropping around, lightning etc. to restore your power show them some love. RIP Glen.
no one cares if you are a fan or not.
Absolutely
And that - boys and girls - is why you've got to practice scales!
I was a know-it-all audiophile in college in the 70's, mostly into prog rock, but I always appreciated Glen's songs. Then, my eyes were opened one night around 1978 when Glen was on some music award show, and George Benson joined him in a jam on one of George's songs. They joyfully traded licks and runs, and I never looked at Glen as just a country performer ever again. So many people (music lovers) have absolutely no concept of Glen's talents and his influence on the modern music industry.
I remember that , I had heard Glenn before and knew he could play, it my have been on HEE HAW with Roy Clark
Before he was well known he was a sought after session player. Recorded on Sinatra dates. He certainly had the chops.
@@iankr he was an integral part of The Wrecking Crew. Amazing how many pop hits those guys played on.
A master guitarist, arguably the greatest ever! Also a fantastic showman, good looking and cool as hell ! You don't know what you've got till it's gone.
I remember that .
Glen Campbelll, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark - I think every guitarist of my generation respects the heck out of those guys no matter what genre they're into.
Glad you mentioned Jerry.. he never seems to get the props that he deserves :)
@@onefatstratcat Jerry invited a whole new picking style. You gotta love that guy.
Let’s not forget Chet Atkins as well.
every time I saw any of these guys on tv I paid attention and I grew up as a rocker -these guys could easily play in any genre -my rock heroes -not so much
Yeah, Chet Atkins...and throw in some Roy Buchanan as well. I don't hear anybody these days that can hang with them.
I have always been an admirer of Glen Campbell for mainly this reason. I KNEW what a fantastic guitar player he was.
And Steve Wariner ain't so bad either....I loved how he held back and let Glen take center stage. That's a true professional!
Classy. Steve is a really cool person.
Steve has played with so many people. He's incredible.
Steve could go toe-to-toe with Glen but it wasn’t his solo. Class act.
That's how they set it up. When you're onstage with Glen Campbell, it's the Glen Campbell show.
@@thebarf9235 Glen could take a backseat when needed. All the greats know how important that is.
My dad was in Nam & I was 11. I never missed Glen's show. He was one of the greatest ever. When I hear him sing, it's yesterday once more. God rest you, sir, & thank you for the memories.
Hi Renee, how are you doing?
Heard this many times in Vietnam and I was so afraid of dying! Welcome home brothers & sisters
Roy Barlett...Thanks for your service 🇺🇸🙋🏽♀️
glad U made it back!
This song always broke my heart..my brothers were not in named but they were in nuclear subs and heicopters...I WAS SCARED TO DEATH FOR YEARS..Guys from my neighborhood were in nam..I cried myself to sleep every night praying all of the guys who should have been having a nice life...I HATED THE HIPPIES..they thought they were so special
God bless you Mr Barlett!
Dear Roy, couldn't agree more with Donna Rupert.
Remember, Steve Wariner has long been regarded as one of the very best guitarists anywhere. When you see him smiling, looking over at Glen like he's saying, "I'm playing this with Glen Campbell!".....well, PRICELESS!!!
Might not know this but Glenn Campbell would jam with some of the best like Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Warner, and some of rocks best. He was born to play and play he did like no other.
I was thinking the same thing ...... Seing Steve smile listening to Glenn play, you know that even the great Steve Wariner understood just how talented and special Glenn was as an entertainer and especially as a guitar player. Rare God given talent ...... not bad from a poor country boy from Delight, Arkansas!
No he wasn’t...
He just follows what's in his head and his talent takes care of the rest!! Its incredible
Roy Clark was another one that could play.
Ya, Roy Clark. I got a cousin that can do a little ham bone.
Let there be no doubt, Roy was one of, if the not THE best musician to ever grace the stage of country music.
Roy Clark could not sing in the 4th octave. That's where the comparison ends.
Also Jerry Reed
brandon murphy 🤣
Astonishing solo.
Clean, crisp picking.
Clean Stratocaster tone.
Doesn’t rely on effects.
Superb note choices.
Beautiful fast runs.
Just a lovely solo.
When you play in a clean single-coil pickup tone like that you have to dead perfect because you can't hide slop with distortion.
Totally agree.
@@ricardocastillo5485 exactly. It's also a bend and double stop free solo. Just clean picking all the way through. Impressive. I was just playing Rhinestone Cowboy today, we play almost only 70s-80s-90s rock covers in our band, but audiences love Glen.
@@mattmyren6720 I was so subconsciously tired of bends and double stops because they are so grossly overused for decades, just like distortion shredding, that this seems refreshing by comparison.
He was a players player.
I listen to this solo over and over one of the best solos I've ever heard no special effects extremely intricate
Glenn Campbell was an International Treasure! One of the greatest entertainers to ever perform on God's green earth! 🍃🕊
People who have never picked up a guitar, have no idea of the skill level of Glen Campbel. Good luck seeing another person with his skillset in your life time.....grateful i saw him in mine.
I have been playing guitar for almost 50 years as an amateur. Glen Campbell's skill level is way beyond mere mortals. But the most amazing part of all is that he makes it look so easy. He looks totally relaxed, but his fingers are just a blur.
Very true, watch Joe Bonamassa at Greek Theatre, he is damn good too. Plays Blues though.
Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner…both incredibly underrated guitarists because of their success as singers. Glen is one of the fastest flat pickers I’ve ever heard…period. Wariner can play a blazing country solo and then turn around and play Chet as well as Chet. Legends in my book!
Glen Campbell was a genius on the guitar.
It's no wonder Eddie Van Halen was talking about getting a guitar lesson from Glen.
If the baby boomers and their parents the ww2 generation have one thing in common it would have to be Glen Campbell. I'm 67.
He was an absolutely remarkable musician, and so was Roy Clarke.
He had me at True Grit! I was just a kid. I thought Glen Campbell was so cool as a Texas Ranger!
Fort Worth, TX
Glen Campbell and Jerry Reed are so under rated. Clean and precise guitar work.
Glen may be underrated by the general public, but among other musicians he was regarded as one of the best ever.
They’re both highly regarded by every musician as being fantastic talents
no they are not
Check em both out on Guitar Man live! & Glen Live @ the Troubadour
Not to dismiss Glen at all as he was and is world class. However the guy up there jamming with him is Steve Wariner a terrific Country & Western Singer and Guitarist in his own right. And the Song itself was a superlative Ballad by the Legendary Jimmy Webb.🤔😉🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎸🎹🎻🥁🖊📒B.W.
Anyone who still brings the world this amount of Joy will never truly be gone from us...I wish I could loop this song for 24 hrs straight.
I replay it a lot…
You can. I did that with the Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man. I spent years trying to copy Roger McGuinn on my 6 string Strat. I eventually came close. There is no copying Glen Campbell. I gave up.
I just started to learn music, (on guitar ) at 65 y/o. I remember my mom loved his good looks and friendly demeaner. I remember the tunes but just recognizing he was a guitar great .Way up there with the best!
I listen to the Western Stars album ( Springsteen) and it sounds like Glen was on it. Big fan of both...
You know you're good when you have Steve Wariner on stage and you take the solo...
That is nice
Hi 😊, how are you
He was a member of the fabled Wrecking Crew so he always had my respect . Couldn't read a note of music but Glen had a unique feel for what the song needed.
Agreed. I'm 68 years old. This song rocked my world when I was a kid. I had lost classmates in Vietnam
I’m very sorry about that,one day we all meet our fates far above the stars
Thank you with all respect
DOB here 11/62! ❤️GC
Hi Patti, how are you doing?
Pure talent. No effects pedals, distorters etc. Clean guitar. God I miss him.
Playing a fantastic guitar solo without looking like he’s agony.
Spot on my friend!
I put Glen Campbell number 2 all time in country music to Johnny Cash.
@@hitop2365 😂 That is indeed an underrated skill as well. Roy Clark always looked like he was on the verge of a stroke. And it is painful for me to watch John Mayer or Stevie Ray Vaughn play if only because of their facial expressions.
Sorry, but there's nothing wrong with any of those things. There's a thousands of ways to make music and they're all good and work great in their own way -- if executed well. I highly doubt Campbell would've criticized any of that.
So many beautiful songs by this man..my mom had me take guitar lessons when I was a young boy in 1970, " Gentle on my mind" was one of the first sings I ever learned. Never knew what a talent and treasure he was back then. THE more curious I became the more his name came up this man did everything at a level few have ever reproduced. RiP Mr. Campbell-) Much Love 💘
Alice Cooper's on the golf course with Eddie Van Halen and Eddie asked him hey do you think you could ask Glen Campbell if he would show me a couple of things?
Such a giant. He did it all. Not fully appreciated until late.
The man Eddie Van Halen wanted lesson from.
RIP Glen and Edward.
I didn’t know he was such a skilled guitarist. Lovely to watch
What I notice about Glenn Campbell is that he always looks relaxed and in control, no matter how fast he is playing. Some guitarists are obviously working hard. Also his solos always build on the chord structure, they are not just random shredding.
look that guy "Red " up. Big guy who played with Merle. He has a lot of videos online now. Talk about no stress while playing..... he's pretty good.
That's cause he's drunk.
It is amazing how you can have the same electric guitar & a country guy like Glen will have a clearly " country feel" to the solo & the rock guy will have "rock feel" to their solo, using the same guitar
Most build out of chord structure, you have to, otherwise you lose melodic consonance with the song. Besides at the tail end of Glen's solo, that's all he doing is playing scales. Fast scales, but no real content. Random shredding otherwise. For all that, I love his playing. He's one of the best to ever pick up a guitar
He will always be the best, listen to "I won't remember you", you WILL cry
It doesn’t matter what style of music you like, if you’re a guitarist, you KNOW what an incredibly intricate and tasty solo this is. I regret not realizing what a talented guitarist Glenn was, earlier in my own guitar adventure.
Well said
@@carlprescott7062 Thank you very much. 🎸
One of my all-time favorite musicians! Excellent!
There's a man that knows his fretboard.
And that wasn't even his best solo.
And he was self taught.
He must have had a really good Mel Bay chart! LOL! Imagine that heavenly band. I saw a really nice interview with Alice Cooper, his good friend and golf buddy. He said Glen was thought of in the industry as one of the 5 best guitar players in the world. Eddie Van Halen wanted to take a lesson from him
Steve Wariner is one of about 6 pickers whom Chet Atkins CGP ("Certified Guitar Player").
A class act country gentleman who could also shred a mean solo. I saw him live when I was 10 years old in the early 70s when this song was popular and will never forget it.
The guy was from another planet. Truly astounding repertoire before he left.
Even though I commented twice already about his multiple talents. I just watched this again and it is so amazing. For a man fighting a major illness that robs you. Yet he still proves why musician's think he was one of the greatest ever. Him and John Hartford on the Glenn Campbell goodtime hour.
Glen, what a great guy and incredable guitar player....God bless him.
Wrecking Crew Legend! amongst the most talented musicians to have lived. I”m glad more people are discovering him now.
People forget that he was a studio musician before he stepped out on his own. His music will live on forever.
He was laughed at because he couldn't read music. He just had to hear it once, then could play it by ear.
Perfection in a guitar solo, phrasing, precision, tone and technique ... the man could do no wrong.....
most people know this but he had perfect pitch and started guitar at age five. on top of that his uncle was a studio guitarist who taught him everything he knew. hard to find a guitar player as good as Glen. He was always my guitar hero. and a damn good singer.
Glen was part of The Wrecking Crew in the 1960s. He was in great demand as a session musician back then and he played on some of the greatest pop songs of all time.
His solo career was literally a side job for him until it really exploded. There was very little money in music back then even adjusted for inflation unless you were a superstar which he became by 1970.
He got his start as a session musician and he was one of the best.
This solo reminds me of Louie Shelton; another L.A. studio great of the same era as Campbell. They probably knew each other from recording sessions.
I did not know about the perfect pitch. One of the things that impresses me is that if you listen to this same song played in Sioux Falls (it appears to be part of the same tour) the solo is totally different. Same thing with other songs played at different venues. My point is, I believe he is always improvising, not playing a rehearsed solo. In my opinion, the mark of a real guitarist.
I think Louie has some stuff on his site that suggest they did in fact work together.
Louie is a friend of mine here on the Gold Coast of Australia. Louie is the man.
As a rocker growing up my favorite bands were Jimi Hendrix The Doors Cream The Yardbirds etc. etc. But I secretly loved Glenn Cambell and watched his show regularly because he had really cool bands on. It wasn't till later that I appreciated his musicianship. Now Witchata Lineman is one of my all time faves.
How sad that American kids, growing up in the land of marketing and other propaganda, are susceptible to "liking" what they think they're supposed to like, according to PR and other kids, but secretly enjoying what those other kids are, most likely, secretly enjoying. ;-]
One of my favorite songs too.
Well put Sir. In my formative years, I was listening to Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Yes, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, etc. I was not exactly a country boy. I did however, always respect Glen Campbells music. Later on in my life with the advent of TH-cam, I discovered just how good a guitar player he was. He never showed his talent on records and it was rare to be able to see taped shows of him playing live. He is truly one of the best guitarists of all time.
Nice comment, Keith. His show was on before or after The Smothers Brothers?
You are a man after my own heart.
Most beautiful music of all time. Greatest music expressing our American culture.
I was told long ago that he was one of the best pickers you'll ever see, so I'm not surprised at all to see him, even at an older age, soloing like that. A great musician who will be sorely missed in a world full of "pretend" musicians.
I loved Glen Campbell in the mid 70s watching his TV Shows. Didn’t take him seriously as a guitar player until reading a “Guitar Player” issue in 1977 of a Carlos Santana interview and Santana mentioning his surprise at Campbell’s guitar skills!
Santana actually asked the question. In the middle of his interview he says how astonished he was by Glen’s playing!
Early pre-CBS Stratocaster too. Probably mid-50's vintage - a beauty
The man's a bloody genius
Agree , take a peek at .. Its only the River Keith Wigley On youtube and other Videos ..
So is the songwriter of Galveston and Wicheta Lineman and By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Mr. Jimmy Webb. Try to imagine Glenn's career without Jimmy Webb.
and vice versa... "*L*"
Did you know? Campbell named two sons after Webb, I think? that one carried Jimmy or James, in their middle name, the other has "Webb" as his middle name.
Damn right he is
Glenn Campbell was the consummate studio musician. He was/is one of the finest guitar players ever. Everyone who worked with him loved his style.
My grandmother loved Glen Campbell so I've been familiar with the songs he was known for (like this one) since I was a kid in the 70s, but it's been great finding him for myself as a Strat player. He was legit and quite low key. Reminds me of Joe Brown in some ways.
“I am a lineman for the county”! This man will never be surpassed as a singer and guitarist! God love him ❤️
This song has always given me chills. Glen is in a class totally by himself. I just love this man, would have given an arm to have met him.
this makes me cry that this genius is gone.
One of the all time greats! Miss him.
you said it ? take a peek at its only the River Keith Wigley on youtube and other videos..
Keith Wigley you meant Whitley
Hi Donna, how are you?
His singing voice brought him fame and folks thought the guitar was a prop. But he played guitar for the Wrecking Crew before he was famous and you don't play with them unless you are at the top of your profession.
Glenn could shred as well as any guitarist out there. Loved the guy.
Yep and didn't read music but he was welcome in that group cause he was great. Simply very adept musically.
The voice and the guy. Like a big chunk of what's good about America. And then to find out he's a badass guitarist. I take my hat off.
I loved him, such a talent!
Every guitar solo Glen ever played was amazing. The 57’ Strat he’s playing is nice too!
He was a session guitarist on SO many hit records in the early 60's, and even played with the Beach Boys!
I forgot about that. Thanks!
You know your stuff Don. I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Campbell in concert. It was in Little Rock, Arkansas (late 60s) and he performed some of his work with the Beach Boys. He moved on to Elvis Presley … If you closed your eyes you would not be able to tell them apart. Not sure if this is true, but I heard he did singing for artists that were unable to perform during sessions.
play it Glen!
yup, he was to replace The Awsume Brian Wilson on the road, but gave it up, so they got the Awsume Bruce Johnston.
Don Matejek and Elvis and the Beatles and the list goes on
Can someone please explain to me why is it when you look up the top 50 guitarists of all time, Glen is not mentioned, as a non musician, what am I missing ?
There are so many lists of top ten. A lot of old timers get lost and forgotten when they do those things, and a lot of those lists have an agenda or obvious biases.
Like Roy Clark, Glen Campbell was truly one of the greatest guitarists of all-time. They excelled in improvisation demonstrating mastery of the guitar. While neither would be considered a master in anyone musical genre they are better labeled as "cross over" guitarists. Excelling in rock, blues, jazz, country, classical and better than 90% of the players in each category I'd wager. Guitar playing phenom's of our time.
I looked up many Roy Clark videos after his death. That man was a master of any instrument with strings.
He just takes a nice pop song (always liked Galveston) and rips a beautiful, hot, edgy solo on it that fits perfectly.
Agreed, the solo stays within the harmony of the song, to me that's what makes it so good. He doesn't go off on some crazy string bending adventure.
Galveston is far more than a "nice pop song".
Jeff Lampert
Yes he does it so naturally and always plays so uncontrived. There are a few versions of him doing this on Galveston each one 'off the cuff' and flawless. He had fantastic fingers and for us guitar players always leaves you a little bedazzled realising we need to practice harder..lol. Miss him so much:(.
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There's only one Glen Campbell 🎸❤️😊❤️❤️
I honestly didn't know what to expect on a song like this. I give him an A. Not only for performance, but for how it added to the song. Not just up there shredding for the sake of shredding. Kind of rare to see
Fantastic guitar player... and a great singer too. I miss seeing him on tour. Thank you for posting.
This is awesome. He was one of the greats.
Glenn and Jimmy Webb. Incredible combination of song and singer.
the greatest
My favorite song of his and it makes me cry every time. I saw one of his final shows in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Despite his illness, he was still fantastic. Such a sad loss.
Hello Katie.....
Hi Katie, how are you
RIP Glen … the best guitarist in Heaven
One of the finest guitarists and blessed with a beautiful voice.
Everyone should get a guitar and take a couple of lessons; so they can know how hard that is to do.
Piano is sooo much easier for kids and when kids see and play the piano they will indeed hook-up to a string instrument always.
been playing guitar for almost 50years and still cant play a piano for a lick. (lol) piano is my sister and nieces artistic talent.
itzkatsawayo,
You are soooo right. I am just now starting guitar. The Masters, like Mr. Campbell make this stuff look so easy. The world changes when you discover that your right hand really has no clue what the left is doing and, what's more, doesn't seem to care! The finger tips are painful after only a few minutes. These stage performers have had to work through a lot of actual pain and frustration to just "Get good." They earned their place on that stage.
I chose the name, GuiTardZan for a reason.....But I'm getting better. And I do appreciate, in a small way, something of what Glen Campbell accomplished.
@@dkj4183 you're right. I'm a daily guitar player and only got serious about learning music theory in the past year. I had piano lessons about 50 years ago. I have to learn theory by visualizing a keyboard or looking at an image of one (still waiting to buy my own keyboard). I can quickly understand theory on a keyboard, then once I understand it on the keyboard I can easily transfer that knowledge to the fretboard.
This is one fantastic man we lost. He was a truly versatile talent. So good that he finished over 400 tour stops while suffering from Alzheimer's. I'm a piano player, but can really appreciate the pure pitch that he must have had.🎉🎼 🎹~~ Frank
The most underrated guitar hero. RIP Glen
I think he was probably underrated because he was such a great singer. Glen Campbell.and Roy Clark inspired many of the hard rockers of the 80s and 90s.
One of the best guitarists of the rock/country era Glen could do it all
The real thrill of watching this beautiful song performed here, is the face of Steve Wariner, a deeply talented performer himself, as Glenn effortlessly brings us the highlights of this remarkable solo. It becomes so very obvious where Steve got his influence, and the incredible impact Campbell had on his playing and singing style. The smile says it all.
these were the people who used talent to make music