Campbell announces he has Alzheimer's, plans final studio disc
Campbell was recently diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer's Disease, according to a press release. He did an interview with People's Magazine, which will be out on Friday.
"Ghost On The Canvas" will be out Aug. 30 on Surfdog Records. Among the tunesmiths contributing songs are Paul Westerberg, Jakob Dylan, Robert Pollard and Teddy Thompson with backing by Chris Isaak, Dick Dale, Billy Corgan, Brian Setzer, Rick Nielsen, Roger Manning and The Dandy Warhols. The album is produced by Julian Raymond, who also co-wrote a number of new songs with Campbell.
Campbell will celebrate the new album as well as his five-decade-plus career with a valedictory worldwide concert tour, "The Glen Campbell Goodbye Tour." A complete itinerary will be announced shortly.
Campbell's career went back on the upswing with 2008's "Meet Glen Campbell," produced by Raymond. The album found Campbell putting his stamp on songs by such artists as U2, Green Day, Tom Petty, Foo Fighters, and Jackson Browne, supported by members of Jane's Addiction, Jellyfish and Cheap Trick.
Over the course of his career, Campbell has had 6 Top 20 albums and 21 Top 40 hit singles on the overall charts. His track record as one of country music's greatest stars includes 27 Top 10 country classics spanning 22 years, as well as 9 number 1 country albums.
More news for Glen Campbell
- 01/26/24: Campbell duets disc coming
- 03/26/20: "Wichita Lineman," "Make the World Go Away" make National Recording Registry
- 08/09/17: Country world reacts to Campbell passing
- 08/08/17: Campbell passes away at 81
- 07/24/17: Campbell's "Adios" video drops
- 05/04/17: Campbell bids "Adios" with new song
- 04/14/17: Campbell says "Adios"
- 08/23/16: Bentley, Keith pay tribute to Campbell
CD reviews for Glen Campbell
The setlist from Glen Campbell's Aug. 19, 2008 show at L.A.'s Troubadour consists largely of unfamiliar material as the focus was primarily on tunes from the current release at the time "Meet Glen Campbell" on which Campbell covered artists as diverse as Tom Petty, Lou Reed and John Lennon.
A trio of Jim Webb tunes are amongst the nicely represented hits. Campbell introduces "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by proclaiming "this is one of my ...
At first glance it may seem an unlikely connection, that which tied Glen Campbell, the so-called Rhinestone Cowboy, with the undisputed King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley. Nevertheless, it was a relationship that spawned several years, mostly during Elvis' lean period in the mid '60s and Campbell's tenure as part of that famed studio ensemble, the Wrecking Crew. As the decade wore on, both men accelerated in prominence, Elvis via his 1968 televised comeback special and Campbell ...
Glen Campbell was in fine voice for this 1990 Doncaster, England concert that features strong performances of many of his classic hits and some rare gems, but at times the collection feels a bit dated by the presence of unmemorable tracks from his current album at the time. Campbell's association with songwriter Jim Webb is celebrated nicely not only with megahits "Galveston," "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman," but one of the highlights is a ...
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