I was too young and stupid to appreciate him in the late sixties and through the seventies... Now, I wish that I'd seen what he had to offer! GENIUS! It was a storied life that he lived,... still his talent and GENIUS will live on!!! God bless him and the memory of Glen Campbell!!!
I'm 68 yrs old. I remember hearing this song on the radio the first time. My older sister turned up the volume on the radio & extolled her love of this song. It's still a favorite of mine.
I was in the Army during the middle of the Viet Nam conflict 1967 when I 1st heard the song GALVESTON....I was 21 yrs old...I'm 75 now....how time flys...
Back in the early 1970s my brother (rest in peace, died 1995) worked at a distinguished musical instrument sales store on the same block as Symphony Hall in Boston. Among his job tasks was to service the account for the Boston Symphony and Pops Orchestras. This was well before the digital era but regardless Symphony Hall needed P/A equipment, amplifiers as well as speakers, microphones etc. So my brother became the "Go-To" sales representative for the Symphony. This when I listen to these older recordings I realize that at least in part, my brother's work continues on.
classical gas, my HS sophomore year our marching band played this song. during band camp, our first attempt to play in full assemble, i was the only tbone player to brack out the notes in the eight beat bridge. on beat six my eyes met with the band directors eyes, he simply shouted "thank you michael". for some reason, this is still clear in my memory, as if it happened an hour ago.
I agree. If given a dueling challenge by one of them, he could have at least equaled them if not surpassed them. Glen Campbell could do anything he put his mind to doing.
Who said Americans still don't like good musicians when 16 thousand people give this a thumbs up to this. Glen did more this night here just look for it under PBS.
Most of these real country guitarists that my parents used to listen to were just fantastic. Glen Campbell and Roy Clark to name a couple!! They both had really good voices also. I sang in metal bands for over 20 yrs., covers and originals, and I've always loved their voices and musicianship! This is fantastic!!
@@alanwerner8563 aren't you you edgy? It's almost as if you never got out if the middle school mindset of being a contrarian, and that deriding someone that other people admire makes you cool.
Apart from his world-class chops as a guitarist - what an amazing entertainer! Sitting up in front of the Boston Pops Orchestra as if they were a juke-joint band and facing that Bostonian (read as ‘stuffy’) audience like a it was an intimate gathering. What a gift he had and what a great gift he left for us all!
@@karenleclair7890 why not stuffy? Bostonians are stuffy. Ivory-Tower Bostonians at the Pops in the 70s were stuffy people. Blue-collar Bostonians at the Garden for a Bruins’ game were ALSO stuffy people. It’s not like I don’t know - I’ve been - its a city where people take things (including themselves) seriously.
I was born and raised in the shadow of Boston on the South Shore. No, the Pops and its audience were not stuffy. They performed contemporary (at the time) music arranged for an orchestra. My parents were definitely not stuffy people and they loved going to the Pops. One of my life's regrets is that I never took them up on the offer to go with them to see Arthur Fieldler and the Boston Pops. I had no idea they were such a cultural institution. Such is the curse of youthful stupidity. There's probably a good chance my parents were at THAT show because that was in the right time period for their nights out at the Pops.
The typical Pops crowd would indeed be stuffy….and most would not be from Boston proper…but Newton, Brookline, Wellesley…Bruins fans are stuffy in a different way…
One of the best grass roots all American kid with incredible talent. His worst later years were a nightmare for him in Phoenix Arizona with a Sheriff named Joe Arpaio. He was arrested on a DUI, and Ol' Joe made him do concerts for the inmates. After that incident he left Arizona. You can see images of him being arrested on Google. Ol' Joe couldn't resist exposing him publicly with videos and photo posts of his arrest.
Saw Glen three times, the last being his farewell tour. He forgot the words but somehow kept playing. We all were silently rooting for him. Finally, the words came back, we cheered, and shortly after the performance ended. I am glad I went to hear him despite knowing what was before him. Seeing videos reminds me of happy times, but I will never forget how you could feel the audience silently saying, come on Glen, you can do it, and he did not disappoint. I watched as his daughter loving played by his side being his personal cheerleader. The rest of us just spectators of man whose gift from God was immense talent.
I remember Glen from his show and all the other appearances on TV when I was a kid. It wasn't until a few years ago my boss asked me to dub a video of his "Goodbye" Concert in Kansas City that I truly appreciated how insanely talented he was as a player and a composer. That good old boy attitude and smile truly hid a musical genius & virtuoso.
Grew up with Glen Campbell since I was 3. As Ace Frehley said, He's one of the Elder Rock Gods. Play this for and around today's kids, they'll get into it. I introduced my secretarie's 14 year old daughter to music by musicians like Mr. Campbell now she's calling today's "artists" posers.
I'm 57, and the first song I remember hearing from Glen Campbell as a little kid was the Jimmy Webb song "Galveston". His music was definitely part of my listening experience.
I'm not 90 and it would be a blessing to live to 90 years of age. My Dad is 97. Anyway, Pop still listens to all the great artists. Classical Gas is a gas indeed!
Who didn't love this piece, Classical Gas? I stumbled on this video by accident and I was truly amazed! Glen Campbell was so much more than a country singer. Most of us know he had a great singing voice, stage presence and good looks but we failed to recognize his true talent, playing guitar. He had it all, the complete package! I was so lucky to grow up during the period when great artists like Glen produced the best music ever.
I wouldn't say, "arguably", either *Faded Blue Jeans*. I think UNDENIABLY would be a far better word to bring justice to Glen who was also UNQUESTIONABLY one of the greatest guitarists this world has ever known. RIP, Glen! You are sorely missed...
I didn’t know that he didn’t read music, it baffles me how performers remember how to play all the different songs at live concerts without music (if you can’t read it probably doesn’t matter). I’ve seen Chuck Berry, Hall & Oates, Springsteen & E Street Band, Queen, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle with & without the Dukes, Jackson Brown, Paul Weller amongst many others. I’m heading for 60 and think I could try and learn guitar, then I watch this 😂
I also was born in 1962 and my name Gregg 😂is spelled with two Gs. Also being born in that area afforded us the privilege of knowing his music and the other great performers of that era from that show Hee-Haw which was a must in our house every week!! In all the variety shows Carol Burnett, Dean Martin ,ect. You just couldn't have shows like that today. And we were blessed and also we get to see him over and over again now thanks to TH-cam..
What an amazing talent Glen Campbell was. I still have his 45 recording of Where's The Playground Susie from 1969. In those days you only had the radio to listen to and a hits of the week from TV. It was a lot harder to become a star in those days and a star he was. 😀
Thank you for spelling Glenn correctly I was named Glen in 1962 due to the popularity of the name at the time. People ask me why only one 'n' instead of Glenn? First I was not worthy of having his exact name, one n was enough to complete a name for me. When I joke around about it I say " My Momma didn't st st st studder!" then appropriately change the subject. Phenomenal guitarist and performer, I watched his show on TV or anytime he was playing on others TV broadcasts including Hee Haw! Roy Clark and Buck Owen's pickin & grinin Glen made guest appearances all across the country with many different and famous people during the peak of his career.
As a young kid, watching Glen Campbell on the "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" was my inspiration to learn to play guitar. One of my life regrets is never being able to meet him personally.
My wife and I saw glen play this and his hits in an outdoor concert in a field in Thomas county at a plantation in 2005 !… I was literally brought to tears … one of the best guitarist in the world !… to say that night was a pleasure is a big understatement 👍❤️👍
I was a huge Glen Campbell fan as I was growing up. He was a formidable guitarist as well as a fine singer. Very sad that Alzheimer’s took him from us. R.I.P. Glen!❤️🙏🏻💯
I miss Glen a lot, he was a fantastic and a very talented musician. RIP Glen, thanks for the many wonderful and enjoyable music that you gave the world.
Glen Campbell live in Boston with the famed Boston Pops Orchestra in June May 21 1978. Arthur Fiedler conducts. Arthur passed away July 10, 1979 (age 84) about 14 months after this performance, and we lost Glen August 8, 2017 (age 81).
From the very first time that I saw him on TV as a ten-year-old. He inspired me and made me feel happy joyful loved. I know for sure that God sent him there to be a salve for all of our hurts in life. Even though Jesus is supposed to do that for us, he allowed Glen Campbell to give that kind of love. Sometimes later in life he screwed up. But he was always a Christian.
All I can say is, *"WOWWWWW!"* Mason Williams' masterpiece has always amazed & thrilled me on its own. But I was blown away by how Glen Campbell made it his own, here; another great musician & and master guitarist, himself. This performance *proves* it! Thank you, Glen, and may you *Rest in Peace...*
My son who is an excellent musician was busking one night at the Biltmore shopping center in Phx Az when guess who sat down to take a listen to the young guitarist, Ol Glen Campbell himself. He liked what he saw and gave my son a guitar pick with his name on it, he invited my son over his house to play but the kid never took him up on it? When I spoke with him at length I just wanted to hear about the movie True Grit. It was special and very cool to hang with him.
From wiki ... Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972.[2] He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.
Yes, Glen was often overlooked, underappreciated, and underrated . . . as a guitarist, as a musician generally, and as a general performer. Alice Cooper said that Eddie Van Halen told him that it was a dream of his to have a guitar lesson from Glen one day.
It's funny how greatness recognizes other greatness, Campbell was no joke, his country bumpkin persona belied one of the greatest session guitarists of the 60s.
Look up "The Wrecking Crew". A couple of dozen master musicians in the 50's-the 70's who were the most in-demand STUDIO MUSICIANS Ever to NOT have their names associated with most of the greatest music of that era ever to grace the airwaves. Mr. Campbell was one of them until he hit the road and started singing and recording himself !
Heard this tune for the first time on the Andy Williams show in the 60's. Mason Williams was playing. Always been one of my favorite pieces of music. Love it today in 2021. G.C. just brings it home. 🎸🎶🎵📯🎺
He was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a group of elite studio musicians, who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
Saw Mr. Campbell on his last Tour in Houston Tx....wow what a show he and his children put on....one could tell he was just slighlty lost at moments in between songs,but once he started playing.......he was on it!!! One of the greatest muscians i have ever seen or heard.
@@darthtortugas Yeah I've seen the same comment about Peter Frampton, and others. If these guys aren't top notch, then who is then? Campbell was one of premier session guitarists in the day, and has been touted for his ability for decades. Don't get it. It's like a troll comment.
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You think you know how good Glen Campbell is and then you find this on TH-cam, I'm amazed at how good this is, Glen is the man for sure, 👍
Arthur Fiedler. Glen Campbell. Boston POPS. Nothing but pure talent in this video. Thank you to whomever had the sense to get this on film.
Fabulous thanks for posting
He's having a great time with this.
@julesw1403 Any idea what year this was?
Virtuoso performance!
Just stumbled into this gem. Love it!
I was too young and stupid to appreciate him in the late sixties and through the seventies...
Now, I wish that I'd seen what he had to offer! GENIUS!
It was a storied life that he lived,... still his talent and GENIUS will live on!!!
God bless him and the memory of Glen Campbell!!!
Yes, emphatically yes! It's such a crying shame that such incredible talent was stilled by the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease!
I'm 62 & have watched Glen since I was 2 years old. He was the most brilliant guitarist ever.
I'm 68 yrs old. I remember hearing this song on the radio the first time. My older sister turned up the volume on the radio & extolled her love of this song. It's still a favorite of mine.
Mine too. I like the original version by Mason Williams!
Which show was the song written for?
Me too
A National Treasure a lot of the American people never knew we had! RIP Glen, God Bless you!
I was in the Army during the middle of the Viet Nam conflict 1967 when I 1st heard the song GALVESTON....I was 21 yrs old...I'm 75 now....how time flys...
What did you think of that song as a soldier overseas?
A natural musician... such a phenomenal player... the world lost all this and more when Glenn passed.
Praise Jeepers
So true
@@zapkvr😮😮 2:59 2:59
Who think Mr. Campbell is one of the best guitarists ever?
Top 5 with Carol Kaye, Chet Atkins, ect.
Effortless, certainly vying for No1 spot with guitarists across all genres.
Prince was another great guitarist.
@@terryrussel3369 Can't forget John Williams
without a doubt.. started very young.
The Wrecking Crew
Back in the early 1970s my brother (rest in peace, died 1995) worked at a distinguished musical instrument sales store on the same block as Symphony Hall in Boston. Among his job tasks was to service the account for the Boston Symphony and Pops Orchestras.
This was well before the digital era but regardless Symphony Hall needed P/A equipment, amplifiers as well as speakers, microphones etc.
So my brother became the "Go-To" sales representative for the Symphony.
This when I listen to these older recordings I realize that at least in part, my brother's work continues on.
For my passed big brother Joe who played this 45 over and over back in the day...RIP.
classical gas, my HS sophomore year our marching band played this song. during band camp, our first attempt to play in full assemble, i was the only tbone player to brack out the notes in the eight beat bridge. on beat six my eyes met with the band directors eyes, he simply shouted "thank you michael". for some reason, this is still clear in my memory, as if it happened an hour ago.
That is something. Thank you.
Most people don;t recongnize Glen Campbell for the amazing guitarist he was. Outstanding.
Another great one in country music Chet Atkins would be also up there with Glen Campbell!
Alice Cooper of all people certainly does.
I didn't either, until I watched that video of him playing the William Tell overture. Unbelievable!!!
Could not agree more my parents always watched his show
@@jchoward6451 Amazing!
Both Glenn Campbell and Roy Clark were incredibly talented.
You have to add Chet Akins to complete the Trifecta.
Buck Owen's also, but Owen's got blackballed in the music industry which hurt his career.
AMEN/MY FAVORITE TWO…..
Check out the videos of Glen with Jerry Reed
Kids of today have no idea of who these guys were and of how skilled they were.
The man was AMAZING!!!! Played the guitar better than 95% of the "rock gods", and could play ANY genre. He is missed dearly.
Don't think so, dude. Just because you put Glenn on a pedestal, doesn't make up true.
Clapton is god!
What he did , he did well....but asking him to play 'Atomic Punk' or 'Purple Haze'...pretty sure he would pass on those.
I agree. If given a dueling challenge by one of them, he could have at least equaled them if not surpassed them. Glen Campbell could do anything he put his mind to doing.
@@edpolk1262 Ed you are in a very tiny minority on that. His peers were in awe of him.
If you play guitar, at any level, then you know how incredibly difficult this style of playing, truly is.
What an absolute gifted genius he was.
Yup!
It maybe extremely difficult to play but Mr. Campbell makes it look so effortless and easy.
Very much so.
I agree 💯!
@@matthewiles5714 As with any skill, you know the person is an expert when they can make it appear effortless. 👍
My wife and met Glen & family in Portland Maine. They were on his last tour. Wonderful group of down to earth folks.
Who said Americans still don't like good musicians when 16 thousand people give this a thumbs up to this. Glen did more this night here just look for it under PBS.
Wow! Where has the time gone. RIP Glen. You made music fun.
I love Glenn Campbell . As a young person I had his albums and sung his songs. I cried when he got ill
facebook.com/groups/glencampbell
So wish I could back in time and enjoy him all over again. I’m 73 now
Most of these real country guitarists that my parents used to listen to were just fantastic. Glen Campbell and Roy Clark to name a couple!! They both had really good voices also. I sang in metal bands for over 20 yrs., covers and originals, and I've always loved their voices and musicianship! This is fantastic!!
I'm from Boston, I love the pops, and I love "Classical Gas".
OMG--- The conductor is Arthur Fiedler! He was a Legend.
Two legends in this recording. Glen Campbell's improvisation in this recording is wonderful.
Yes! And this is my favorite version of this great song. Such power!
Yes, that was the Boston Pops Orchestra
Well, a Legend or a Fossil. He wasn’t a great conductor. Now Campbell on the other hand...
@@alanwerner8563 aren't you you edgy? It's almost as if you never got out if the middle school mindset of being a contrarian, and that deriding someone that other people admire makes you cool.
Apart from his world-class chops as a guitarist - what an amazing entertainer! Sitting up in front of the Boston Pops Orchestra as if they were a juke-joint band and facing that Bostonian (read as ‘stuffy’) audience like a it was an intimate gathering. What a gift he had and what a great gift he left for us all!
Why stuffy?
@@karenleclair7890 why not stuffy? Bostonians are stuffy. Ivory-Tower Bostonians at the Pops in the 70s were stuffy people. Blue-collar Bostonians at the Garden for a Bruins’ game were ALSO stuffy people. It’s not like I don’t know - I’ve been - its a city where people take things (including themselves) seriously.
I agree i love this guy
I was born and raised in the shadow of Boston on the South Shore. No, the Pops and its audience were not stuffy. They performed contemporary (at the time) music arranged for an orchestra. My parents were definitely not stuffy people and they loved going to the Pops. One of my life's regrets is that I never took them up on the offer to go with them to see Arthur Fieldler and the Boston Pops. I had no idea they were such a cultural institution. Such is the curse of youthful stupidity. There's probably a good chance my parents were at THAT show because that was in the right time period for their nights out at the Pops.
The typical Pops crowd would indeed be stuffy….and most would not be from Boston proper…but Newton, Brookline, Wellesley…Bruins fans are stuffy in a different way…
If this three minute and 45 second clip doesn't exemplify the genius and virtuosity of Glen Campbell then I don't know what else will
No written music - all by memory. Amazing.
Makes me sad that we live in a world without Glen Campbell.
One of the best grass roots all American kid with incredible talent.
His worst later years were a nightmare for him in Phoenix Arizona with a Sheriff named Joe Arpaio.
He was arrested on a DUI, and Ol' Joe made him do concerts for the inmates.
After that incident he left Arizona.
You can see images of him being arrested on Google.
Ol' Joe couldn't resist exposing him publicly with videos and photo posts of his arrest.
Saw Glen three times, the last being his farewell tour. He forgot the words but somehow kept playing. We all were silently rooting for him. Finally, the words came back, we cheered, and shortly after the performance ended. I am glad I went to hear him despite knowing what was before him. Seeing videos reminds me of happy times, but I will never forget how you could feel the audience silently saying, come on Glen, you can do it, and he did not disappoint. I watched as his daughter loving played by his side being his personal cheerleader. The rest of us just spectators of man whose gift from God was immense talent.
I agree.
Can never be sad with Glen!
SO, SO TALENTED...
I remember Glen from his show and all the other appearances on TV when I was a kid. It wasn't until a few years ago my boss asked me to dub a video of his "Goodbye" Concert in Kansas City that I truly appreciated how insanely talented he was as a player and a composer. That good old boy attitude and smile truly hid a musical genius & virtuoso.
Brilliant, must have been wonderful to be there. I’ve loved Classical Gas since I was a child. Bonus that Glen Campbell plays it too.
I farted
Glen Campbell was one phenomenal guitar picker! It was a very sad day when he died.
no one has Ever been Better!!!!!!…you’re watching and listening to the Best that’s Ever Been and Will be.
Country music was never the same when guys like glen. Pass on.
Man, I’m 60 now, was just a kid when He was at his peak. Sure wish the kids today could see, hear and appreciate the music I grew up with.
I'm 59 - Agreed!
Grew up with Glen Campbell since I was 3. As Ace Frehley said, He's one of the Elder Rock Gods. Play this for and around today's kids, they'll get into it. I introduced my secretarie's 14 year old daughter to music by musicians like Mr. Campbell now she's calling today's "artists" posers.
Not quite as I remember but artistic license and copyright matters are involved.
They can! We're enjoying it right now. Technology is good for some things.
they can. on youtube.
Only Glen Campbell could cross age barriers with Arthur Feidler and The Boston Pops Orchestra . Glen was truly one of the great guitarists.
Always showed us his happy soul too.
Arthur Fiedler and Glen Campbell on the same stage!! Lit AF.
Says slot!
I’m almost 90 and I still rock when Mr. Campbell solos. Well done, a life well lived bringing joy to his fans listening to his strum.
From one old man to another - totally agree
@@chuckinhouston9952 That makes three of us.
Well said Sir...
I'm 57, and the first song I remember hearing from Glen Campbell as a little kid was the Jimmy Webb song "Galveston". His music was definitely part of my listening experience.
I'm not 90 and it would be a blessing to live to 90 years of age. My Dad is 97. Anyway, Pop still listens to all the great artists. Classical Gas is a gas indeed!
I went to Classical high school Lynn MA. 1967-70. our theme song!
Who didn't love this piece, Classical Gas? I stumbled on this video by accident and I was truly amazed! Glen Campbell was so much more than a country singer. Most of us know he had a great singing voice, stage presence and good looks but we failed to recognize his true talent, playing guitar. He had it all, the complete package! I was so lucky to grow up during the period when great artists like Glen produced the best music ever.
Campbell is jamming! Makes it look easy.
Arguably one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He didn't read music! A solo star and prolific studio musician.
I wouldn't say, "arguably", either *Faded Blue Jeans*. I think UNDENIABLY would be a far better word to bring justice to Glen who was also UNQUESTIONABLY one of the greatest guitarists this world has ever known. RIP, Glen! You are sorely missed...
I didn’t know that he didn’t read music, it baffles me how performers remember how to play all the different songs at live concerts without music (if you can’t read it probably doesn’t matter). I’ve seen Chuck Berry, Hall & Oates, Springsteen & E Street Band, Queen, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle with & without the Dukes, Jackson Brown, Paul Weller amongst many others. I’m heading for 60 and think I could try and learn guitar, then I watch this 😂
I agree 💯.
what an honor to play with the Boston Pops
I also was born in 1962 and my name Gregg 😂is spelled with two Gs. Also being born in that area afforded us the privilege of knowing his music and the other great performers of that era from that show Hee-Haw which was a must in our house every week!! In all the variety shows Carol Burnett, Dean Martin ,ect. You just couldn't have shows like that today. And we were blessed and also we get to see him over and over again now thanks to TH-cam..
What an amazing talent Glen Campbell was. I still have his 45 recording of Where's The Playground Susie from 1969. In those days you only had the radio to listen to and a hits of the week from TV. It was a lot harder to become a star in those days and a star he was. 😀
He's more than just a guitarist he is a professional musician songwriter and lyricist. We'd be hard-pressed to find another like Mr Glenn Campbell
Thank you for spelling Glenn correctly I was named Glen in 1962 due to the popularity of the name at the time. People ask me why only one 'n' instead of Glenn? First I was not worthy of having his exact name, one n was enough to complete a name for me. When I joke around about it I say " My Momma didn't st st st studder!" then appropriately change the subject.
Phenomenal guitarist and performer, I watched his show on TV or anytime he was playing on others TV broadcasts including Hee Haw! Roy Clark and Buck Owen's pickin & grinin Glen made guest appearances all across the country with many different and famous people during the peak of his career.
Son/Daughter...a long time ago, people used to play instruments to play music...it was a magical time...
Glen Campbell, Arthur Fiedler, and the Boston Pops!
A great combination!
He was the best. Loved his voice to. Rip.
As a young kid, watching Glen Campbell on the "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" was my inspiration to learn to play guitar. One of my life regrets is never being able to meet him personally.
I assume that's the television show he refers to at the beginning?
@@NotKyleChicago yes. It was Glen Campbell's weekly variety show.
The man that made me want to pick up a guitar at age 10. Never anyone like him before or after. A master's master.God rest Glen Campbell..
Glen Campbell with Arthur Fiedler and the pops! Handsome too!
My wife and I saw glen play this and his hits in an outdoor concert in a field in Thomas county at a plantation in 2005 !… I was literally brought to tears … one of the best guitarist in the world !… to say that night was a pleasure is a big understatement 👍❤️👍
I. Am. So. Jealous!
One of my favorites. I was lucky enough to see him in concert in the 70s.
Glen Campbell you are great. The Lord will keep you in paradise. ❤🙏🎚️🙏🎚️🙏🎚️🙏
I remember watching Glen Campbell's show. My sisters and I loved it...
Glen Campbell left his Mark on the world . RIP
I was a huge Glen Campbell fan as I was growing up. He was a formidable guitarist as well as a fine singer. Very sad that Alzheimer’s took him from us. R.I.P. Glen!❤️🙏🏻💯
He was a GREAT!
75 yrs old,great great one of my fav.
I miss Glen a lot, he was a fantastic and a very talented musician.
RIP Glen, thanks for the many wonderful and enjoyable music that you gave the world.
Fantastic!!!! That was impressive!!!
Glen Campbell was an incredible talent. Thank goodness for TH-cam.
He lives on for all to see!!!!
Loved him and his music
love ya 70's--one of the good memories
One of THE greatest songs ever written and I was in Vietnam when it came out. Never forget it. Helped bring me home.
🇺🇸 God bless you Sir.
Thank you for your service
Those of you who have only just now discovered what a GENIUS guitar player Glen Campbell was, you are all in for a real treat!
Haven’t heard this tune in so long. It’s awesome. Glenn and Boston P … can’t go wrong
MAESTRO Glen Campbell..
THEN
NOW
FOREVER!!!!!
Love the smile on his face when he played this. You can tell he really loved his music
One of my favorite songs. Beautifully done.
Glenn Campbell and his guitar what more needs to be said!
Glen Campbell live in Boston with the famed Boston Pops Orchestra in June May 21 1978.
Arthur Fiedler conducts. Arthur passed away July 10, 1979 (age 84) about 14 months after this performance, and we lost Glen August 8, 2017 (age 81).
Too few people realize what an amazing guitar player Glen was. He was right up there with the best.
Rip Glen Campbell. A gifted genius
True story
❤❤❤❤❤
See you in Heaven Glen.
From the very first time that I saw him on TV as a ten-year-old. He inspired me and made me feel happy joyful loved. I know for sure that God sent him there to be a salve for all of our hurts in life. Even though Jesus is supposed to do that for us, he allowed Glen Campbell to give that kind of love. Sometimes later in life he screwed up. But he was always a Christian.
Amen Susan!!
This is my favorite version of Classical Gas. So amazing!
Glenn became my idol at age 7 when I saw him perform "Wichita Lineman." I had a Glenn Campbell haircut until I went to college. 🙂
We are all gonna get old and die. Few of us will be adored on You Tube after were gone. Glen was a genius.
I grew up watching my brother pick this on a twelve string without a pick.... Lord my brother was gifted....
Thank you Glen for sharing your talent with us. R.I.P.
Arthur and Glenn some very good entertainment for us in Massachusetts in the late 1960's
Actually one of the best technically proficient players...ever. Such a shame that he was never publicly acknowledged for his virtuosity.
My god, it is 2021 and I still cry that Glen is gone. I would say he was one of the "Guitar Gods".
He was like a rhinestone cowboy riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo.
Not sure how I had this recommended but I wasn’t disappointed. Well done Mr. Campbell.
Merle Haggard: “If the good Lord put too much talent in one human being’s body, that would be Glen Campbell.”
All I can say is, *"WOWWWWW!"* Mason Williams' masterpiece has always amazed & thrilled me on its own. But I was blown away by how Glen Campbell made it his own, here; another great musician & and master guitarist, himself. This performance *proves* it! Thank you, Glen, and may you *Rest in Peace...*
My son who is an excellent musician was busking one night at the Biltmore shopping center in Phx Az when guess who sat down to take a listen to the young guitarist, Ol Glen Campbell himself. He liked what he saw and gave my son a guitar pick with his name on it, he invited my son over his house to play but the kid never took him up on it? When I spoke with him at length I just wanted to hear about the movie True Grit. It was special and very cool to hang with him.
From wiki ... Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972.[2] He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.
A gifted guitar player that will be remembered forever 🎼🎵
Yes, Glen was often overlooked, underappreciated, and underrated . . . as a guitarist, as a musician generally, and as a general performer. Alice Cooper said that Eddie Van Halen told him that it was a dream of his to have a guitar lesson from Glen one day.
Eddie knew Alice was a friend of Glen's. He asked Alice, Do you think you could get me a guitar lesson with Glen?
It's funny how greatness recognizes other greatness, Campbell was no joke, his country bumpkin persona belied one of the greatest session guitarists of the 60s.
I find that to be a common misconception...he definitely was not underrated, especially among other musicians that understood his immense talent.
@@rhondaquintero7369 I'm talking about the general public, and people like the buffoons at rags like Rolling Stone magazine.
Eddie got his wish... Both Eddie and Glen are jamming upstairs! R.I.P
Amazing talent didnt really sppreciate his guitar playing untill after he passed may he rip and jam out we all the othet guitar heroes in heaven
I could watch glen play all day long he was so smooth
Look up "The Wrecking Crew". A couple of dozen master musicians in the 50's-the 70's who were the most in-demand STUDIO MUSICIANS Ever to NOT have their names associated with most of the greatest music of that era ever to grace the airwaves.
Mr. Campbell was one of them until he hit the road and started singing and recording himself !
Damn good movie. I have it. Definitely a piece of musical history.
it's a real eye opener to see who really played on all our favorite songs, and Glen was one of them
Please don't use the term 'Wrecking Crew' around Carol Kaye (one the greatest bassists) who was also a 'session artisit'
@@blueriverlore true, but the movie about the wrecking crew features her heavily
THANKS for sharing about "The Wrecking Crew", Terry! I'd never heard of them but I'm sure going to check them out, now!
Heard this tune for the first time on the Andy Williams show in the 60's. Mason Williams was playing. Always been one of my favorite pieces of music. Love it today in 2021. G.C. just brings it home. 🎸🎶🎵📯🎺
Love glens music
Even today
Adios
Terry lynch
This is music and this is how to play the guitar. period
Breathtaking!
He was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a group of elite studio musicians, who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
I was basically raised by glen’s cousin... every time I see him.. I see Terry. Makes me happy and sad. Damn that hurts...
Remember seeing him do "Gentle On My Mind", live on the Smothers Brothers. GREAT guitarist. RIP MR. Campbell. You are missed!
I am speechless .
Saw Mr. Campbell on his last Tour in Houston Tx....wow what a show he and his children put on....one could tell he was just slighlty lost at moments in between songs,but once he started playing.......he was on it!!! One of the greatest muscians i have ever seen or heard.
He took a difficult song and made it harder with his little added extras! Excellent job.
Those extras aren't very little! Smokin' runs!
Absolutely brilliant player and vocalist! Definitely on the underrated list of guitarists.
Underrated??????
The first half of your comment is spot on the last part makes me wonder if you know who you are talking about...
@@darthtortugas Yeah I've seen the same comment about Peter Frampton, and others. If these guys aren't top notch, then who is then? Campbell was one of premier session guitarists in the day, and has been touted for his ability for decades. Don't get it. It's like a troll comment.
Not underrated by his peers - just noobs who think he's just some country boy.