Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin’ cards and letters from people I don’t even know
And offers comin’ over the phone
Glen Campbell signature song written by Larry Weiss
This is as good a time as any to go back to 1975 when Rhinestone Cowboy was the number 1 song in the country.
“I was 21 years old and working on a network series. Glen was the coolest guy…He was the most incredible guitar player I’ve ever seen. People didn’t know that then. [The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour] was about his persona, but he had played on just about every rock and roll recording session that had come through Los Angeles with The Wrecking Crew and The Beach Boy. He was the go-to guitarist. There are opening licks on certain Beach Boys songs that are all his.”
Writer/Director Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, Misery)
Filmmaker Rob Reiner Remembers Glen Campbell as ‘The Coolest Guy’
“He was one of the premier guitar players in rock and country…People like Eddie Van Halen one time said, ‘Can you get me a guitar lesson with Glen.’”
Alice Cooper on Glen Campbell
“Glen is one of the greatest voices there ever was in the business and he was one of the greatest musicians.”
Dolly Parton
My special tribute to a Legend, forever Gentle on Our Minds ..