Glen Campbell was a part of the legendary Wrecking Crew. A group of session musicians who played on many, MANY of the biggest songs of the 60’s (and 70’s). He’s a true shredder. RIP Glen.
Glenn was a very accomplished musician. He played guitar on The Beach Boys landmark "Pet Sounds" album, and was a part of their touring band for about a year when Brian Wilson was unable to tour.
This was a Vietnam protest song that made its way through because it was very subtle. He said while I watched the cannon flashing I clean my gun and dream of galveston❤❤❤
I absolutely love this song and the story, penned by the great songwriter Jimmie Webb. It is a Vietnam-era reflection of the fear and loneliness felt by the many soldiers serving at the time, but the message is timeless. Glen Campbell was at the top of his game throughout his long career. Like many of us, his personal life was sometimes a mess, but even when Alzheimer's made his family and friends strangers to him, he could still pick up a guitar and play like the top musician he was. His song "I Won't Remember You" is the most brilliant personal reflection about one inevitable reality of Alzheimer's. I heard it once, and I cannot listen again. But everyone should listen to this masterpiece at least once.
Glen Campbell was a session player playing on a thousand albums with the Wrecking Crew. He was also a member of the Beach Boys for a while. Eddie Van Halen asked Alice Cooper to ask Glenn for playing lessons.
I’m a lead guitarist and have been playing for over 50 years. That guitar is no prop. Also, the other guitar I believe is a baritone. The only reason I’m not sure is because Dan Electro is the only baritone I’ve ever seen and that is a Fender. It could be drop tuning but I don’t think so because as he moves to the A and D strings it still has the baritone sound. I was playing in Rock bands and when I was young I would listen to Glenn Campbell and liked it but thought it was very commercial. My girlfriend wanted to take her parents to see him for her fathers birthday and I was like alright. I left being blown away. He is such a great player, has a great voice and his band was awesome.
That Bass VI that Glen used on "Wichita Lineman" actually belonged to his fellow Wrecking Crew bassist, Carol Kaye. I think the story was she let him borrow it for the recording to play the middle eight solo part. One of the most beautiful and iconic parts of the whole magnificent song. The song was written specifically for Glen by Jimmie Webb who also wrote this song you just reacted to, "Galveston".
It's a Strat Baritone guitar, made by Fender and copied by a lot of other companies, it's halfway between a Six string bass and a standard tenor guitar.
His albums from the early seventies are classic smooth, easy listening but also original in many ways.Bought 'Sweet Baby James' and 'Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon' when first released and love them both to this day.
That guitar is no prop. Glen Campbell was one the greatest guitarists as well as an awesome singer with an incredible vocal range, he played guitar on Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the night." R.I.P. Glen Campbell
Just saw your glen Campbell video, if by chance you get this text you definitely need to check out his concert where he plays the the William Tell Overture, live, his talent really shines.
There is a famous clip of GC performing Wichita Lineman on late 60's TV playing a Fender Bass VI but that's probably the extent of his relationship. He DID record the bass solo on the recording of Wichita but that was using a Danelectro loaned by his friend Carol Kaye.What you saw on that performance was the baritone part played by Jeff Dayton on a blonde Strat set up as a baritone; a guitar originally loaned to him by GC.
Justin: in all my many decades of listening to so many genres of music...I have never heard Glen Campbell' guitar referred to as a "prop". He was recognized as one of the finest 'session' men in the (recording) studios, then - he was persuaded to record under his own name and was recognized as an exceptional performer/musician. I'm not a big country fan but I do recognize talent and Campbell was one of the top talents!
The bass-6 on the original version of "Wichita Lineman" was actually owned by Wrecking Crew bassist and guitarist Carol Kaye. She is second only to the legendary James Jamerson as the most important, most influenced bass player in the history of American music.
He was a top of the line guitarist, but he was also had a very, very good singing voice. He played guitar for decades, he was known as a guitarist before he started singing, definitely the guitar was not a prop!
Glen Campbell is the greatest singer/guitarist ever recorded. He and Alice Cooper were neighbors and friends for over 30yrs and Alice would tell Glen that guys like Van Halen wanted to see if Alice could set him up with lessons from Glen. Glen could not read or write music but was a session player with The Wrecking Crew who played on dozens of hits back in the day. Sorry for the long comment, but Glen was great PERIOD
"The guitar is a prop" Nope! Not with Glen it wasn't. He could play like crazy. He played on a ton of other musicians recordings for a living before he made it big.
The bass VI was supposedly made originally for Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys because he wasn’t really a bass player and it was easier for him to play. Not sure if that’s true but that’s what I’ve read.
Guitar was sure not a prop just wait for the solo. Check out more Glen he was a master on the six string and twelve string.check out Glen Campbell shreds the guitar.
His guitar is not a prop. He was a wonderful guitar player. A friend of mine was his luthier. The original recording of this song is much better than this live production.
Glen was a member of The Wrecking Crew and one of the most recorded musicians in history. Glen was on over 600 records ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hhl-3EOYTkc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w9-FfwwXRDg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dd9nMrvBbmA.html
When I watch folks who are younger then I react to Music from my generation (1960's) I find myself thinking they don't know the context. In the case of Galveston consider that this was in the middle of the escalation of the war in Vietnam. Lyrics were very poignant to a lot of GI's.
What I have heard, regarding 'Wichita Lineman' was that Carol Kaye was using a particularly 'twangy' sounding type of string at the time, so Glen borrowed her bass to play the solo. PS- you seem to to be offended that old people exist. Don't worry, we'll soon be gone.
........sorry dude, but you lost your argument with your lady. A Bass VI is truly an electric guitar tuned an octave below a standard guitar. You shouldn't have gotten mad at her all those years ago for calling it a guitar because she was correct. A bass guitar is still a guitar......... 🤠
a bass guitar is not a guitar.. it's a bass guitar. A guitar is a guitar. They are not the same. See every guitar teacher that teaches bass. See every guitar player that fills in as a bass player for a band. Not the same as an actual bass player. Caaaauuusssee... they aren't the same instrument. A Bass VI is not a guitar tuned down an octave.. that would mean every guitar could be a Bass VI. Good luck tuning a guitar down an octave.
......I am a bass player and I am quite aware of the Bass VI. With the proper gauge of strings, likely a baritone set, you can tune this guitar down one octave with no problems. In construction and assembly techniques the Bass VI is essentially the same as an electric guitar. It has a longer neck than a standard guitar but it is still a guitar. The pick ups are different and are designed for its frequency range but the instrument itself is still a guitar. You sling it over your shoulder same as one would do with an electric guitar. Why does the marketing for it refer to it as a guitar that is easily played by existing guitar players ?? It comes from a class of instruments known as electric guitars in the same way that the bass violin is in a class of instruments known as orchestral strings. This is the violin family, which includes violins, cellos, violas and bass violins. If you took your Bass VI in for repairs where would you take it? To a guitar repairman right?
.....so, tell me where you would go to get your Bass VI repaired ?? You would take it to a guitar shop and a guitar tech would handle any problems with it and set it up for you using luthier techniques. The same shop would also repair the instrument called the bass guitar, thus, the electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, Bass VI, harp guitar, etc. are all guitars and to refer to a bass guitar as a guitar is grammatically correct. Like at my last band practice I asked the keyboardist to hand me my guitar and he correctly handed me my bass guitar.....
I questioned the use of prop. He is amazing. Not sure why you took offense. He was one of the best guitar players and he played bagpipes incredibly well. Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions. This coming from another Campbell.
I found the music too loud for the vocals. Might have been different in person. The studio version is much better. The song was sad and haunting, You should listen to it. Great guitar solo by Glen. This is not a good version of the song itself.
