He was born in the sticks and the brambles
Learned to shred a guitar into shambles
Because of this chap
Jimmy Webb's on the map,
Don't expect any other Glen Campbells.
GC died yesterday from Alzheimer's complications. Born in Delight, Arkansas, he was 81. Non-musicians may not understand a couple of things: 1) to "shred" a guitar is to play it amazingly fast (and well.) 2) Songwriter Webb became famous mainly due to Glen's recordings of Galveston, Wichita Lineman, and By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
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