Gunnar wrote:Glenn Campbell certainly had a pleasant and passable singing voice, but I was most impressed by his virtuosity as an instrumentalist, like his performance in this duet with Roy Clark or his rendition of The William Tell Overture. See also this dueling banjos bit.
And as already pointed out, he was remarkable on the bagpipe too, which I hadn't realized until Jersey Girl pointed it out above.
Triva question...is Galveston about the city or a girl?
Thanks for sharing that! Yes, he was a remarkable and versatile musician. I will have to look up that documentary on NETFLIX.
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Gunnar wrote:Glenn Campbell certainly had a pleasant and passable singing voice, but I was most impressed by his virtuosity as an instrumentalist, like his performance in this duet with Roy Clark or his rendition of The William Tell Overture. See also this dueling banjos bit.
And as already pointed out, he was remarkable on the bagpipe too, which I hadn't realized until Jersey Girl pointed it out above.
Triva question...is Galveston about the city or a girl?
"Seawaves crashing" sounds like a place. He did well with some songs with a sense of place...Wichita Lineman...By the Time I Get to Phoenix. But there was often a woman behind the places.
