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The Rhinestone Cowboy – Glenn Campbell

Source: The Australian

For as long as I can remember Glenn Campbell has always been there. On my parents’ record-player, TV hosting his own show on TV and on regular rotation on my own playlists.

He features in my CD collection, in my Apple Music Library as well as in playlists of the 60s, 70s, Songs I Love and even on my Gym playlist! So, it was with much sadness that I record his death.

I was aware of the many trials and tribulation he’d faced. He had his challenges, including his battle with Alzheimer’s which he made public in 2011. That may have curtailed his concert tours but not his recording which culminated with his last album Adios released in June of this year.

I am glad my parents introduced me to Glen Campbell, as he is someone I would never have found from my more usual sources of listening. He just wasn’t fashionable as a teenager but he was part of the soundtrack of my life.

Jimmy Webb’s Galveston, I know not necessarily sung as Jimmy Webb had intended is a classic. It gives me a spring in my step every time I hear it. At the gym I have it booming through my headphones and often on repeat. I never tire of it. Continue reading

Country Music – a new passion

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To anyone who has read browney237.com before, my love of listening to music will not be a surprise. Whether walking to or from work, at work or studying, I am always listening to something. As a result it’s always a constant challenge to look for something new and at the moment that’s Country.

Over the years my music collection has had a smattering of Country, Olivia Newton-John and Glen Campbell to name two, but it hasn’t been a major part of either my vinyl or CD collection.

It used to be a joke with my team at work that I liked both Country and Western Music. Always got a laugh, but the truth is that Country is an awesome genre. I have to say that my wife and daughter do not share that view! They are always insisting that I put my headphones on or just turn it off – whilst for me it is my new passion.

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