From goffmac747@aol.com Mon Feb 13 20:50:10 2012
Subject:RE: OT[CWSG] Cool keys on the Grammy's so Far

Man BC, thanks for posting this although we may get a will-ye nill-ye
glare for being off topic.

Way cool you were around Glen and Tommy et al and saw this history. I
got the same feeling looking into some of the younger audience's faces
when Glen and the BB were up there. Odd feeling watching the leaf show
disdain for the root.

I used to watch Glen religiously for his all around great talent, his
hot fingered guitar and tasty lines and of course his singing. He used
to have a smoking banjo player named Larry I think was his name backing
him up on the TV show.

Times change but sometimes not for the better. At least they decided to
honor Glen and others for their ground breaking work. They sold dreams
that some of today's youth can't grasp. Glen was gracious mentioning
Norman Luboff twice as he "bo-jangled" up on stage.

We shall never pass this way again.

Gf

-----Original Message-----
From: B Carr
To: clonewheel
Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 2:07 am
Subject: RE: OT[CWSG] Cool keys on the Grammy's so Far

 

Many people don't know what a phenomenal guitar player Glen Campbell
is/was. Back in the 60s, it was Glen and Tommy Tedesco playing on
EVERYTHING in Los Angeles. Virtually all records done in LA in the 60s
had either Glen, Tommy or both on them. They were part of Phil
Specter's Wall of Sound at Gold Star Studios, which was bulldozed to
make way for a strip all. They call that progress. Tommy, who became
a good friend, always teased Glen about leaving session work to sing
cowboy songs.

(I did a session at Gold Star one time and you could just feel the
vibes from all the sessions - Beach Boys, Specter, Sonny & Cher - you
name it. The manager gave me a tour and showed me the reverb chamber
in the basement, which was a concrete closet with a speaker and
microphone in it. It sounded so lush and rich - just natural! I'm
told they never filled in the chamber when they built the strip mall on
top and it still exists somewhere beneath the parking lot. Love to
hear tales like that. Sad to see such a pivotal place steamrollered.)

Even sadder to see someone as talented as Glen face the inevitable
decline he now faces. It was sad to see the faces on the hip hop
artists in the audience who had to be thinking, "Why are they paying
tribute to this old country singer guy?" If they only knew all the
things he has done in his career.