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Location: Utah | October release, documents his final tour and looks like a very personal look at the human side of the story. Some Ovation content in the trailer at the first link. I am thankful I saw him on that tour and will certainly go see the movie if it shows anywhere near here.
http://glencampbellmovie.com/
http://www.countryweekly.com/news/glen-campbell-documentary-receive...
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Location: New Hartford CT | I know everyone makes fun of the 70's but when I revisit those times it feels like
Glory was ours...sigh
Glen Campbell ruled.
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Location: south east Michigan | '65 thru '75 ... that decade will stand as the most prolific era of popular music for a long, long time.
Glen was a meaningful part of it.
We've all since been waiting for the next big thing. It sure wasn't disco, punk, or ska.
We're still waiting. |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | Wow! I hope this gets released in Japan...if not DVD for sure! |
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Location: Texas | It is a small release here in the States...50 theaters is what they are claiming...so I am hoping for a DVD release also...which is probably a good bet for Cameron to recoup some $$$...additionally, there is always the possibility of a concert CD, since he was filming most of the time Glen toured on the GCGT. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We were so fortunate to catch the Goodbye Tour in Phoenix. He showed how to deal with the disease with grace, humor and music. |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | But it is a patient disease and it eventually caught up with him robbing him of all that distinguishes one as a human being! But he had a long and wonderful run!! |
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| I'm sure it was nice for him and his family to be able to do the farewell concert and go out on his own terms.
Wish I'd seen him in concert. Can't wait for the movie. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I saw him on this tour and really enjoyed it.
The memory loss was there... but but it did not effect the music.
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Location: SoCal | Brad Durasa - 2014-09-16 7:51 AM
I saw him on this tour and really enjoyed it.
The memory loss was there... but but it did not effect the music.
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To the best of your memory? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | nerdydave - 2014-09-15 8:37 PM
But it is a patient disease and it eventually caught up with him robbing him of all that distinguishes one as a human being! But he had a long and wonderful run!!
It's definitely a nasty disease, but your description is a bit over the top. It affects people differently. I was just talking to an old friend whose wife of over 50 years no longer remembers him. His kids made him get an iPhone and loaded a bunch of pictures of them in their younger years. He goes to see her and shows her the pictures, hoping. My mother still remembers most of the family members down to the great grandkids, but can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago. I worry that my inability to remember names is the first phase, but, if so, this phase has lasted at least 40 years. |
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Location: Utah | My father-in-law died from complications of Alzheimers. He didn't know who any of us were, and frequently thought his daughter was his wife. But he did keep his sense of humor throughout. I would say he lost his current memory and much of his analytical intellectual abilities, but he did retain himself. Which is better than many do.
Glen seemed to have short term deficits such as not knowing which city he was in. He kept referring to a monitor and saying it was great to be in .. Sandy Utah, as if he hadn't said it earlier in the show yet.
Alzheimers is a tough thing for everyone involved. Hopefully he is in a top notch care facility, which can be pretty good. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Interesting. I saw him in Phoenix and thought he didn't know what city he was in when he introduced a song about Albuquerque. Then I realized he might have been joking about playing "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in Phoenix. Or maybe not. Either way, it was a good joke leading into the song. He also had to ask what key they were in, but once they told him, he could take off on a riff or lead like he always could. He also repeated how great Jimmy Webb was.
My mom was a decent piano player and singer and really still is. She either is embarrassed by her failing memory or thinks she can't remember how to play, but once she sits down and starts, it all comes back. Music is good for them. It's sad, but I hope she goes before she forgets who my dad is, but I don't know which will be worse, if he goes first or second. He just had a heart attack and she couldn't figure out where he was when he was in the hospital. |
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Location: Texas | Short term...no doubt a problem
Long term...any time you cannot remember the words to songs you have sung a kajillion times since the 60's...I would say long term memory was affected. Watch the interviews, Kim always helped him by suggesting a certain name or event and Glen would take it from there. It was evident that they wanted to keep Glen from talking between songs, because he would start out talking about something and then have no idea where he was going with the conversation.
I saw three of the concerts. They all were great. Glen was quick with his humor to mask shortcomings. I think it was every bit of an incredible effort by his family and TJ to allow him to tour. They managed him on stage so professionally, in order for him to methodically run through an hours worth of hits. TJ doesnt get the credit he deserved. they were running a separate channel between TJ and the kids, so TJ could communicate with them...keeping things orderly. |
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Location: SoCal | There are people on a Campbell fan board who thought that his wife had him out there on the road to allow the kids to make money as musicians. I always thought that if he had not gone out on tour, he would have been in a facility that much sooner. I think being out on the road, kept Glen, Glen, that much longer.....
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Location: Texas | Paul, it cerainly wasn't for the money. They maybe were hitting two dates a week. The crowds 2k? I was on the front row at all three...55 bucks at two of them 75 at the other. all the other seats were discounted from that. No sponsorship. There was no money to be made for the kids. Heck, a lot of their dates weren't even close to each other. They got to run around the country for two years. And since the tour has stopped, uhm, the kids moved out to Nashville, and well, its a big place. So they are probably making the same amount of $$ as musicians that they were in Malibu, that they were on the road, that they are in Nashville. They probably have a pretty steady income...as musicians. The kids did open for Glen, in the non-casino venues...which around here, werent that many. Every concert, Kim was standing in the same spot, stage left. I totally agree with you. It was expensive therapy. So Cameron and Co. werent the only ones spending $$$. Hopefully they can put together a really nice DVD of the highlights from the tour, set wise. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Without going too deep into this... Do you think that Glenn had FUN? 
That is the important part. This is his reward for decades of work.
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Location: Michigan | i read an article about two months ago that stated glen was in a nursing home and that his wife was there every day with him and he was failing fast.she commented that if she put his guitar in tune that he could still play a few licks , but he was not doing well forgetting who his loved ones were . that disease doesn't have a timeline on when or how fast it will take you but at this point it never loses it's battle . my mom has had it for 8 years and is in a home now and like flysig said one day i am her father the next her husband and the next her son but one thing is she has is a positive attitude on everything and no aches or pains that she knows of so i think that the not knowing what is happening from minute to minute might not be a bad way to go out , it is just very hard on the ones who have to watch it happen to them.
i will say that music seems to be the greatest thing that seems to take altztimers patients back to their younger days and makes all of their issues go away for a while.they have a few different people come in each week and play for the patients and all of the altztimers patients go to another world singing and toe tapping just like dave kell does when he gets text's from famous artists to go meet him on their tour buses.
it was mentioned years back that if you have a bit of stage fright ask to volunteer to play at a nursing home , most of them would love to have people do that and it will help you get over the nerves and you will really be putting some sunshine back into many peoples live's and they don't care when you do screw up, it's a win win.GWB |
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Location: NW Indiana | I lost my mom to the disease, like so many others on this forum. Reading all the posts I found a familiarity with most, but I'm with Old Man Arthur and hope Glen had fun on his final run. |
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Location: New Hartford CT | gwb - "they have a few different people come in each week and play for the patients and all of the altztimers patients go to another world singing and toe tapping just like dave kell does when he gets text's from famous artists to go meet him on their tour buses"
The Kell Legend lives on...nice one gwb |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Like Moody and OMA, I thought he was out having a good time. If he wasn't enjoying every minute of the performance I saw, he sure was hiding it well. Not that my opinion matters, but I totally support his family getting him out for his final tour. Much better than in an institution where he goes much faster. They live in the present, because they can't remember the past, so why not make the present full of something he really liked to do? |
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Location: Flahdaw | guitarwannabee - 2014-09-16 10:06 PM
toe tapping just like dave kell does when he gets text's from famous artists to go meet him on their tour buses.
That's not his toe (but it's easy to confuse the two) |
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Location: Utah | He looked like he was really enjoying himself when he played in Utah. He joked a bit with the audience and his kids, and he smiled an awful lot. When he was playing and singing he looked like he was in a different and good place. I don't think it was an unpleasant situation for him at all. He was real proud of his kids, and they seemed very proud and protective of him. |
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Location: Michigan | finally a post going off in the right direction like it use to be.GWB |
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Location: Michigan | i just saw something on the t.v. show ( inside addition ) that they are doing a bit on glen i believe today GWB |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | darkbarguitar - 2014-09-17 5:27 PM
guitarwannabee - 2014-09-16 10:06 PM
toe tapping just like dave kell does when he gets text's from famous artists to go meet him on their tour buses.
That's not his toe (but it's easy to confuse the two )
Man I'm tellin' ya I have a great life. If everybody on the planet enjoyed their life half as much as I do all wars, famines, and droughts would cease. What a day for a daydream. Oh wait.... wasn't this thread about Glen Campbell? I am unworthy to be singled out in it, but glad I'm in somebody's front mind awareness! |
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Glen Campbell documentary film to get national release