ICE CUBES: Relishing my moment with Glen Campbell

With but a fleeting few musical heroes left, any opportunity to meet and speak with one is a must. When Glen Campbell announced that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, that his new album, Ghost on the Canvas, would be his last and that his recent tour would put a cap on his long career, I began to consider the possibilities of meeting him.

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ICE CUBES: Relishing my moment with Glen Campbell

POSTED: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 10:00 AM

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With but a fleeting few musical heroes left, any opportunity to meet and speak with one is a must. When Glen Campbell announced that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, that his new album, Ghost on the Canvas, would be his last and that his recent tour would put a cap on his long career, I began to consider the possibilities of meeting him. And not only because he played on 1960s recordings with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Beach Boys, and Elvis Presley as a session giant or starred in the original True Grit and his one-time network TV show The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

Campbell — who sold out Irvine Auditorium last week guided by his solidly string voice, finger-licking good guitar picking and a smart intuitive band made up mostly of his kids — has crafted some of the finest songs in history — from Allen Toussaint’s “Southern Nights” and Chris Gantry’s “Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife” to John Hartford’s “Gentle on My Mind” and, one of my five favorite songs of all time, Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman.”

I had the chance to interview him when he was holed up at the Embassy Suites at the Philadelphia Airport prior to leaving for the Irvine Auditorium. The story will be in Blurt magazine in October but I wanted to share the snaps photographer Scott Weiner took of us. I’ve interviewed a lot of people face to face, but rarely was I so engaged and enchanted.

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Photos: Scott Weiner

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