Some decent tunes !

An original



THE original

Sorry to read yesterday that Glen Campbell passed away. I went to one of his London shows ... quite some years ago now but thoroughly enjoyed it. Good memories ...


"Country music legend Glen Campbell, the mellow-voiced "Rhinestone Cowboy" who sold millions of albums over a career that spanned decades, has died at the age of 81.

Campbell, who left his mark on the music, television and movie worlds, died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist," his family said in a statement.

Campbell's more than 70 albums sold more than 50 million copies, earning him six Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Musicians Hall of Fame.

Completed while he was already suffering from the ravages of Alzheimer's, Campbell's final album, "Adios," was released in June."

Words and more from here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4772982/Country-music-legend-Glen-Campbell-dead-81.html

All the best Jan

I'm listening to more and more music by dead people

At least most of these are still alive



Absolutely Fabulous voice <G>

Everyone else used to have Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead etc. when I was young, so I bought the stuff they DIDN'T have, like King Crimson and J J Cale. Then some of the musos, especially the jazzers, had the REALLY obscure stuff.

I notice YouTube seems to have been pruned a bit recently.

Perfection

Just posted this on the blog from a band that are becoming one of my favourites

Pretty good for young people who are still alive!

Meanwhile

A blues number a perfect to finish Saturday night 

It's the blues, Jim, but not as we know it



I'll get me beret . . .

WOW! Beautiful!



His actual name was Farrell Sanders. Someone mispronounced it introducing him at a club, and he liked it so much he kept it.

The world's first supergroup



oh OK the world's second supergroup

To be honest I didn't realise he was still alive!

Another blast from the past. They don't make music like this any more



They make music like this instead

85% chocolate



Oh man! That voice still does it to me over forty years later.

chris c wrote:85% chocolate



Oh man! That voice still does it to me over forty years later.

Great choice Chris hard to believe it's that long ago

graham64 wrote:

Great choice Chris hard to believe it's that long ago

Scary isn't it?



If this sounds a bit familiar, Mike Gibbs and Bill Oddie collaborated on the music for The Goodies. Contains a lot of the Great and Good of sixties/seventies British jazz.

He celebrated his eightieth birthday recently

graham64 wrote:

Great choice Chris hard to believe it's that long ago

Thirty years on and she has lost her stunning looks and flawless skin (I suspect eating too much wheat) but she still has the voice, and the guitar chops

Another one bites the dust

Another blast from the past



their Irish record

And another blast from the past

chris c wrote:And another blast from the past

 Takes me back to my misspent youth that one 

This live performance blew me away

graham64 wrote:
 Takes me back to my misspent youth that one 

Yup!

I think it was the "Music Appreciation Society" when I was still at school where someone played the George Harrison double LP.

I can't remember if they played all of it, but I thought while it wan't bad it was overblown and overlong.

Then someone slipped on a single track of John Mayall with Clapton and there was more music in those five minutes than in the previous hour.