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Location: SoCal | http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/glen_campbell/news/14956 |
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Location: Flahdaw | That's too bad. He had a helluva good run, though. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Major bummer. I think Alzheimer's must be the very worst disease there is. :( |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | If not, close to it. Glen has inspired an awful-lotta folks over the years. Just can't avoid Age & Gravity.
Hope he is allowed to make a graceful exit. |
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Location: SoCal | He was going to do a 2 year farewell tour in support of a new album that was supposed to come out a month ago. Now it's been postponed until late August and he's only going to tour in the fall. This is probably why the album was postponed..... |
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Location: Texas | While on vacation, I read this review:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110605/ENTERTAINMENT/106050377/Re...
I thought to myself, something must be wrong. I have seen him do interviews recently that seemed a little disjointed, but at 70 something he probably has lost interest in answering the same questions he was asked for the last 40 years.
Being my boyhood idol, I am saddened by this news. He is a tremendous musician and the reason a lot of us play Ovations. |
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Location: Tennessee | "If I knew I was gonna live this long, I woulda taken better care of myself" - Mickey Mantle.
I had the honor of meeting Glen and speaking briefly with him at NAMM earlier this year. He's a Legend and this is going to be a tough thing for a lot of people who love him ... but fortunately, he does have a lot of people around him who love him. He's a very lucky man in many ways. |
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Location: USA | so sad. I hope he has one more amazing tour.
He definitley helped pave the way for country/ pop artists. |
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Location: Utah | Glen was a major contributor to my desire to play guitar and to play Ovation.
I hope he suffers little and that his body doesn't outlast his mind. |
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Location: Texas | That is truly sad news. It's a horrible disease…
-standing-
it's better to burn out than to fade away… |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Tragic. I had a friend go with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, it's the exact opposite where the body dies while the mind lives. He wrote a book about his experience call; Laugh, I Thought I'd Die.
Though he didn't have a choice between Alzheimers and ALS he said that if he DID, he'd choose ALS.
It's sad, but Glen's lived larger than most.
Made a lot of people happy and did his best.
And that's the best you can do. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | yeah... ok... this news officially sucks. |
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Location: NJ | tragic and sad |
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Location: south east Michigan | ". . . By th'Time . . . . . . I get to Cheboygan . . . . . "
What What???
Too soon? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | That really sad news. ....... yes its too soon |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeez, people. If I had read this thread without reading the article I'd have guessed he was already dead. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Originally posted by Waskel:
Jeez, people. If I had read this thread without reading the article I'd have guessed he was already dead. I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. |
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Location: closely held secret | I\'d Rather Be Dead - Harry Nilsson |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Like the man said...
He just wants everybody to know that he just has Alzheimer's, he ain't Drunk.
Therefore, if he forgets a line to a song it ain't cuz he is High.
It's just cuz he is getting Old!
Just means that he will be lightening his concert schedule.
I hope that I am in such good shape when I am his age... in 21 years. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. Hell, I don't know.
I've been told I've got maybe 6 months or so left. If I could exchange an impending death sentence for a few more years of progressing Alzheimers, would I?
I simply don't know. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Fletcher, that's awful. I don't know what to say, but hope you can find some joy in your life. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | To quote Nerudo out of context, love is so short, and forgetting is so long ...
I saw this with my grandmother and it's like what shakespeare said about the seven stages of life ... sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything and then it ends. I'm sure being who is there will be people around him who love him ... time passes so quickly |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by fletcher:
Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. Hell, I don't know.
I've been told I've got maybe 6 months or so left. If I could exchange an impending death sentence for a few more years of progressing Alzheimers, would I?
I simply don't know. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Been thinking about what to do with them all.
I'll be sure to give your idea all the consideration it deserves. ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Oh no. I'm screwed..... |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I know it's tacky (this the OFC after all) but can you will me the GCDB I sold you? Hey Tin Man, I think you left something at the Wizard's place.
Fletcher, make the most of every day, hope the docs are wrong, and try to ignore Moody…
…you're in our thoughts and prayers.
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Tacky friends are the finest of all, their heart is always in the right place... |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
I hope that I am in such good shape when I am his age... in 21 years. You're ONLY 54??? :eek:
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Fletcher, sorry to hear that. Now I wish I'd made more of and effort to meet you when we were visiting our daughter in Ft. Bragg a couple weeks ago. |
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Location: USA | Like a Rhinestone cowboy... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I love this bar. (right genre, wrong singer..I know)
Thanks Moody for saying the kind of thing I'd been trying to myself.
Mentioned my late buddy a bit before; that was his main complaint
about LIVING with a fatal condition.
Everyone walks on eggshells and is so damned sombre and weepy.
There's still all sorts of gallows humour to invoke,
and where the hell do you think it comes from?
Laugh at death and it shrinks in size.
fletcher, think you can make it to Damons' in August?
I can teach you to play bagpipes to every song you've ever known.
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Location: Jet City | We'd love to have ya. |
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Location: SoCal | When my dad was dying (and knew it), he'd get pissed when friends would come in and pray for healing.
Life is what it is and there's no getting out of it alive. Might as well keep a smile as long as possible.
Take a look at my signature. The date is the day that a good friend (and a member of this board) died. I worked hard until that day to always put a smile on his face and make him laugh. Can't do that being down..... |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | I wonder what's going on with Glen's website? It was taken over by Surfdog Records, his new label, for a facelift and to promote the new record but that was over a week ago.
It is frustrating right now, especially, not to be able to check in and commiserate. |
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Location: Tennessee | Maybe that's the point? |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Bobbo;
No, I don't think so. The site has been appropriated by Surfdog to direct any traffic (which right now would be more than usual) to a promo page hawking the new record. I have never seen a marketing approach like this before. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Glen and his estate could really use the money, I'm sure.
What is a website to any commercial artist BUT a method of moving product? Modern artists use it as part of the whole process of connecting to their supporters, yes. But we're not talking about a modern artist.
(and, of course, there is the not-inexact perception that marketing people have no shame... ...that the easily shamed would notice.) |
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Location: Tennessee | What I meant is that maybe they want to tweak the message and update the tour stuff and overall marketing campaign before launching ... this was pretty big news and is a total game changer. If I was Surfdog, I would not want to be in a position when I could be perceived by Glen's legions of fans as being insensitive, mercenary, and opportunistic. I know it was billed as Glen's final album already, but still, things are different now that they've gone public. Glen's got some real good people around him, and they'll make sure things are done right. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Glen and his estate could really use the money, I'm sure. You know something about their financial condition? I suspect that Glen's pretty well squared away.... |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Yep, he's paid a couple of divorce settlements over the years but I suspect he still has a gazillion or two left over. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Who gonna catch the tour? |
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Location: Right now? | I am very saddened to read of your prognosis, Fletcher (Kevin). I will always think of you when I play or listen to music and I will always think of you as kind and
sweet. My hearts hurts deeply tonight at this devastating
news, and I feel terribly helpless. I am SO sorry. You are and will remain in my thoughts, my friend.
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Fletcher, I am so sorry to hear about your illness. I pray that each day is special, each sun rise is bright and each moon is full. You are in our prayers brother, and hope fully the Doc's are wrong and you get a few more years with your family and friends. God be with you.
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Location: Brisbane Australia | 
Very sad!!
I'm glad I got to see him when I did.
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Location: Right now? | AJ,
You WERE so lucky to get to meet him when you did! That's a great photo. I seem to remember one with him and Brad (Professor BB) too ... that's was also a very good shot. My favorite of all of his hits is "Gentle on my Mind" and of course "By the Time I Get To Phoenix" ... my siblings and I used to line up on the floor in front of the television to watch his show, 'cause Mamma would NEVER miss that program. The good part of it all is that G,C, has always been a gifted, seemingly down-to-Earth, successful musician/performer that brought MUCH, MUCH happiness to other people.
Sad news nevertheless.
(And Kevin, I mstakenly wrote 'hearts', but alas as far as I know I only have one. If I did have more than one, they would ALL surely be hurting, my friend). I am thinking of you; every day).
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by WillaMuse:
I seem to remember one with him and Brad (Professor BB) too ... January, 2007 . . . he did a concert backed up by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where I have a little influence. Stephen and I and our wives went back stage before the concert and took some photos with him and he signed one of my guitars I had stashed next to his dressing room. Then we had front row center tickets for the concert. He recognized us during the show and stuck the microphone in our faces during Rhinestone Cowboy. I hope we didn't disapoint. We saw him again last year when he appeared at the Denver Botanic Gardens concert series and I met his wife and daughter. He was a real showman.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | good times good memories |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nice clip there...
But to remind y'all once again, He Ain't Dead! He ain't even really sick yet!
(I forget stuff all the time)
But that is a nice clip. |
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Location: Tennessee | Nice pic Brad. Tell T28 that next time he needs to be a rock and roll man and wear a black shirt ... and leave the Bill Cosby getup at home. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Those are some nice pics |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Thanks Bobbo.
I have a black T-shirt that I acquired on my last trip to N California that properly expresses my sentiments.
I'll show it to you next time we hook up. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I just pre-ordered his last album "Ghost On The Canvas" on Amazon. |
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Location: Indiana | It is indeed a sad moment. I still have my first Glen Campbell album - that I bought in 1968 - when I was 12 years old.
I have had the good fortune of seeing him in concert three (3) times - once sitting front row center. The last time I saw him was in Nashville a couple of years ago where my son and I were honored to sit at a table with Ralph Emery and his lovely wife Joyce. This was an experience in and of itself - he shared some great memories.
During the concert, there were a few moments where Glen seemed distracted or would ask what key a certain song was in - I wondered then what was occurring.
He is the reason that I own and play Ovation guitars.
Having watched my grandmother go through Alzheimer's, I can only hope that the transition is peaceful for him because I know it will not be easy for his family . . .nor for those of us enjoyed him through the years. |
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Location: Texas | "He is the reason that I own and play Ovation guitars."
It would be interesting to run a poll and see how many of us this would apply to. |
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Location: SoCal | I suspect that it's the reason most of the players out there play Ovation. He started it.... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | My prayers are with him and his family ... and you also Fletch...
May we ALL live each day to its fullest, as if it were the last, making the most of the really important things. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | My Brother recently reminded me that in our family you either die young of cancer or live a long time... mumbling incoherantly.
Lost my Father to dimensia/alzheimers, not a great way to go but he always enjoyed our company and our smiles (whoever the heck we were!). |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by jay:
"He is the reason that I own and play Ovation guitars."
It would be interesting to run a poll and see how many of us this would apply to. Count me as a yes. |
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Location: Indiana | He's definitely responsible for my first one. He's also responsible for setting the bar really high for me as a player. I'm still coming up short. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Originally posted by jay:
"He is the reason that I own and play Ovation guitars."
It would be interesting to run a poll and see how many of us this would apply to. I became a Glen Campbell fan BECAUSE he played Ovations. My Dad worked for Charlie, and we were all so excited the first (and every) time we would see one of his guitars on TV! |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Glen's Fan Forum is back up!
web page
I too, play Ovations because of Glen.... |
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Location: Massachusetts | I've been a fan of Glen from the first time I heard him sing and play.
There were a lot of performers playing Ovations back in the '70's, what happened?
You'd think that in this day and age of going green everybody would be using guitars that used less wood just to save the trees!! |
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