Glen Campbell

Phew!

Phew! here too.

Although of 'when a man loves a woman' fame Percy Sledge has gone.

Apparently that's old news that's been brought up again for some reason!

but it wont be m.m. of course

I thought a goner

nah, would have had rip next to me title if that was case.

Great news

heaven knows what state his mind is in now poor chap

I wasn't aware he had Altzheimers disease 

theres a very good documentary about glenn and his altzheimers think shown on bbc 4,very moving indeed

I'll look out for it.

you might shed a tear

doc was two years ago,prob a lot worse now

4 sure,such a cruel thing

I'd rather listen to his hits than Prince
Witchita Lineman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU
Though the guitar solo won't feature on the solo thread.
That's a 6 string bass, long before them prog-metal guys "discovered" them 10 years ago.

My buddy , a guitar player , tells me Wichita Lineman is one of the most difficult pieces of popular music to play.

It's just a fantastic song, very well written and peformed.

The violin parts are particularly hard to play on a bass guitar

Absolutely wonderful songwriter and performer who always seemed to be really enjoying what he did.

The TV programme mentioned earlier on this thread really is a tearjerker

but the bloke is always trying to laugh or smile throughout.

Terrible for anyone to be cut down by this awful illness and the impact on family and friends devastating.

It is indeed.

Very enjoyable music. We all grow old and I hope he is comfortable and without pain.

programme mentioned is actually on sky arts. keep an eye out for it. indeed, very sad. keep eye out for bbc4 on fridays though s they have a very goods rocumentary too about gc, from his beginnings in arkansas.

sixwotsix, concur, ive been told same by my nephew who has his own band, blues guitarist , plus was keyboards player in selector that wl is very hard to play.

Many years ago he was a much sought after session man but he could not read the dots. So the MD would go through the motions with the band and Campbell would make out to read his part. When the band struck up he would busk it. Wonderful chap.

On Sky Arts atm "I'll be me"

Surely repeated