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Wonderful new interview with the great Carl Jackson.
During the interview, he speaks about meeting Glen Campbell for the first time--at a State Fair--and how it came about that Glen initially hired Carl.
Carl says that when Glen hired him, it "started the best 12 years of my life".
Quotes from Carl:
"Glen is THE greatest singer this nation has ever known, as far as I am concerned--the world,"
"...his vocals were absolutely perfection."
"I can't say enough good things about Glen Campbell."

Driving to this interview, Carl was listening to Glen Campbell songs from the box set, "The Legacy"!

For Glen Campbell, influence beyond music

By Charles Andrews on July 1, 2015 in Curious City
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The Original Rhinestone Cowboy’s Glittery Home Will Be Reconstructed

by Allison Meier on June 29, 2015
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Glen Campbell – The “Only” Rhinestone Cowboy

Some memories about Glen's Branson days are shared here:

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Rewind of a Glen Campbell tribute podcast on the405media.com. Lots of less heard Glen Campbell gems in here.

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Nudie's Caddy is a cowboy's dream car

Fun video! Glen Campbell's official "Rhinestone Cowboy" video appears briefly in this story as an example of Mr. Caddy's artistry as a tailor:

Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's Battle: Inside the Country Star's Good and Bad Days at His Memory-Care Community
People.com / Country
June 25, 2015

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(Note: The broadcast of "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" will be on Sunday, June 28th -- not Friday -- as mentioned in this article.)

Yes Dee, I am not sure why he felt he needed to make those comments. Perhaps he is still bitter in relation to his own Father's conduct and feels Glen's actions in the past were also questionable.
On a positive note, it reminded me of something my two daughters said to me once a few years ago. When they were very young they used to hear me playing Glen on the HiFi when they were in bed and used to enjoy working out which song was playing based on the bass sounds they could hear through the floor. They remember they found it very restful to fall to sleep with that sound drifting through the bedroom in the half dark.

You may want to take this story with a grain of salt. The writer admits in the comments section that the approach he used for writing this article was "creative non-fiction". Personally, I don't support the sensational way he began the article. What do you think?

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Here you can listen to a 2012 interview with Glen again.

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Hi Randy,
I remember the "Paul wasn't aiming his songs" comment but what a great interview. Thanks for posting it. And boy do I miss interviews like these popping up on google news... Still, it's great to be able to read these articles again. They would make for great discussion of the week topics too!

And thanks for telling about CCC. I never knew about that program. I thought this was very impressive.

During the time of the CCC, enrollees planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America, constructed more than 800 parks nationwide and upgraded most state parks, updated forest fire fighting methods, and built a network of service buildings and public roadways in remote areas.[6]