{"id":17422,"date":"2019-08-08T12:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810127"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:39:18","slug":"two-years-after-his-passing-glen-campbells-music-still-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/two-years-after-his-passing-glen-campbells-music-still-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years After His Passing, Glen Campbell\u2019s Music Still Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:355367?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">19m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Although he was neither a Music Row nor a Bakersfield creation, Glen Campbell remains one of the major figures in the development of modern country music. Today is the second anniversary of Campbell\u2019s death from complications of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour<\/em>, which ran on CBS-TV from January 1969 through June 1972, never billed itself as a country show \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t. But it gave the genre a major shot in the arm via Campbell\u2019s fully-displayed rural Arkansas upbringing, his high, engaging voice and stunning guitar playing and the parade of country and country-flavored guest performers he showcased.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBO265Vf7bc?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBO265Vf7bc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Among those guests \u2014 who generally sang duets with Campbell \u2014 were Ray Charles, Johnny Cash (a fellow Arkansan who helmed his own influential network show), Linda Ronstadt, Bobbie Gentry, Jerry Reed, Rick Nelson, Roger Miller, Cher, B.J. Thomas, Anne Murray, the Smothers Brothers, John Hartford and a beardless and neatly-combed Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>In those turbulent times when the war in Vietnam was shattering the nation, Campbell\u2019s show offered an apolitical and feel-good menu that seemed to bring people of all stripes together, at least for the hour. Throughout it all, Campbell just kept on picking and grinning to his own internal metronome. About the closest he came to even acknowledging the war was when he sang Jimmy Webb\u2019s heart-rending ballad of separation, \u201cGalveston.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhKZLhxFFUY?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhKZLhxFFUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>In the years ahead, Campbell would score such No. 1 and Top 5 country hits as \u201cRhinestone Cowboy,\u201d \u201cSouthern Nights,\u201d \u201cCountry Boy (You\u2019ve Got Your Feet in L. A.),\u201d \u201cA Lady Like You\u201d and \u201cStill Within the Sound of My Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps because he was never a part of the Nashville fame-making machine, Campbell wasn\u2019t inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame until 2005, nearly four decades after he had made his greatest impact.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s. He continued to record and tour until early 2013. His final album, <em>Adi\u00f3s<\/em>, compiled from his 2012-2013 recordings, was released in 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kAU3B9Pi_U?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kAU3B9Pi_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810127\/two-years-after-his-passing-glen-campbells-music-still-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 19m ago Although he was neither a Music Row nor a Bakersfield creation, Glen Campbell remains one of the major figures in the development of modern country music. Today is the second anniversary of Campbell\u2019s death from complications of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. 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