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10 Facts About Glen Campbell
Great musician, mediocre actor at best.
I really like Glen Campbell’s music. He was actually one of my favorite musical performers. I actually knew more about Glen going into this piece than I did about a lot people I’ve written about. For example, I knew he had a tumultuous personal life, including a volatile relationship with Yanya Tucker.
His acting career included a role in John Wayne’s True Grit. Let’s just say he did a much better job of singing the theme song to the movie than he did acting in it. Having said that, it’s on to some facts about Glen Campbell.
1: One of Glen’s first big hits was about tension Middle East. It was called, “Gentile on My Mind.”
Wait, being told it was actually called, Gentle on My Mind and had nothing to do with the Middle East.
2: Glen grew up in rural Arkansas and by the time he was six was playing the guitar on local radio stations.
He had started playing the guitar at the age of four, so he was definitely on the fast track to stardom.
