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 →