R.I.P. Glen Campbell

Note to wife:

Glen Campbell died today, following a six-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

You know him as a singer and TV personality, but did you know he was a prominent studio musician before becoming a star himself? You can hear his distinctive guitar on the Mamas & Papas’ “California Dreaming,” the Monkees’ “I’m A Believer,” and Frank & Nancy Sinatra’s “Something Stupid” and many more hits of the 1960s.

Kyle Young, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO, summed him up this way:

“Had Glen Campbell ‘only’ played guitar and never voiced a note, he would have spent a lifetime as one of America’s most consequential recording musicians. Had he never played guitar and ‘only’ sung, his voice would rank with American music’s most riveting, expressive, and enduring. He left indelible marks as a musician, a singer, and an entertainer, and he bravely shared his incalculable talent with adoring audiences even as he fought a cruel and dread disease. To all of us who heard and loved his soulful music, he was a delight.”

Read more about Glen Campbell and his Arizona ties in his ZonaStars profile.

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