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April 19, 2024 1:38 pm  #1


Glen Campbell's Great Music Hid A Tortured Life

An insightful article from Britain's Telegraph traces the tumultuous life of one the great guitarists who rose out of poverty and into a world of fame, mixed with booze and cocaine - a life that wasn't always Gentle on his Mind.

It's all part of a new album in which artists proceed to duet with a master musician who's been gone since 2017. But getting to those heights of fame wasn't easy.

"Glen Campbell endured the kind of Depression-era poverty that left a permanent mark on anyone who survived it. His father almost didn’t survive it. Unable to provide for his large family, Wes Campbell’s plan to kill himself in nearby woods was derailed only by a bounty of a dozen or so squirrels that he was able to shoot and bring home for dinner."

‘Out of the frying pan and straight into hell’: Glen Campbell’s wild ride from poverty to insanity

 

April 20, 2024 10:56 am  #2


Re: Glen Campbell's Great Music Hid A Tortured Life

I gotta wonder about this.
 
"Wes Campbell’s plan to kill himself in nearby woods was derailed only by a bounty of a dozen or so squirrels that he was able to shoot and bring home for dinner." 
 
If 12 squirrels are playing on the ground and you shoot one, how many are left?  NONE!

 

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