the man deserves it
by loveeverything on 2011-10-03Silver Legacy Casino - RenoAwesome-not much more to say after that. The man is a music legend.
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Awesome-not much more to say after that. The man is a music legend.
Row 20 left side a bit far back for my liking but big screens helped. Some of his greatest hits were great and worth the admission alone. Performance just over the hour so short and sweet. My wife and I had a great time seeing him live.
excellent show, enjoyable, 1st time attending, definitely go to another show
GREAT SHOW Glen is as good as ever. Worth the drive to Rama.
WOW, just amazing,after 30 yrs of loving the man and his music .
Too short, only 1 hour and 15 minutes. Too staged.
My husband and I enjoyed the performance from beginning to end. This country singer is a talented musician as well as outstanding performer. His voice and stage presence were also amazing. This is a show that can't be missed.
Glen Campbell is a musician’s musician, and it’s a treat to see him perform. He’s a very relaxed entertainer, and the stage is like second home to him. But don’t let that easy country boy charm fool you. Even though he’s now an elder statesman, he still can swap guitar and vocal chops with the best of them. Glen opened with the song that made him a star, the 1967 Johnny Hartford penned hit Gentle on My Mind. The legnedary performer great for his years, attired in a pin-striped jacket, black t-shirt, slacks and cowboy boots. Glen cracked a joke about “Being happy to be here and being happy to be anywhere at all at his age!,” and given his seventy-something years, no doubt he meant it. He continued to lay on the hits much to the delight of the capacity audience. He followed up with 2 back to back Jimmy Webb penned classics, Galveston and By the Time I Get to Phoenix. Glen’s 5 piece back up band handled the arrangements tastefully. I was amazed at how of the range and power he has retained. Glen chatted easily with crowd. He told entertaining stories about some of his famous hits, tales of his Arkansa childhood and the thrill of working with John Wayne. His only concession to age was the occassional need to check his prompter for lyrics. But at his age, who could really hold it against him? When it came to time for his guitar solos, absolutely no prompting was necessary. Glen’s memory might occassionally slip, but his not his fingers – they dazzled. Occassionally, he’d doff his guitar and sing solo, doing a good job of working all parts of the stage so he could engage the entire audience. He began to intermix hits like 1969’s Try a Little Kindness and the beautiful 1968 Jimmy Webb ballad Witchita Lineman with newer material like In My Heart and interesting covers like Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds’ 1971 hit Don’t Pull Your Love. 1968’s Dream of the Everyday Housewife, and the title soundtrack to True Grit were followed up with a moody reading of The Highwayman and his US top 5 cover of Conway Twitty’s classic Only Make Believe. Of the latter, he remarked Elvis ought to have done it, and did a surprisingly effective impersonation of the King doing the song. He continued with a cover of George Jones’ She Thinks I Still Care and did some decent yodelling on the Hank Williams classic Lovesick Bues before taking a brief breather and turning the stage over to his daughter Debbie Campbell. Debbie performed Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ and Oh Lonesome Me before calling dad back to team up with her on the June Carter/Johnny Cash hit Jackson as well as on the Everly Brothers’ Dream, Dream, Dream and Let It Be Me. Glen’s clearly in his glory working with his daughter. After Debbie departed, Glen performed his 1975 hit Country Boy and and showed off his guitar chops on songs like The Theme from the Lone Ranger and Mason Williams’s instumental Classical Gas. Proving he’s no dinosaur, Glen even ventured into some new territory, pulling out some interesting covers of The Foo Fighter’s Times Like These and a heartfelt renedition of All I Want Is You of his 2008 CD Meet Glen Campbell. Campbell then steered the night home, donning his 12 electric guitar for his 1977 North American No 1 smash Southern Nights followed by yet another North American No 1 smash Rhinestone Cowboy. Glen had the entire crowd singing along, and shook hands with fans while letting then help out with the vocals, earning himself a well deserved standing ovation in the process. For his encore, amid shouts for Sunflower, Where’s the Playground Suzie and I Wanna Live, Glen came back and performed the Phil Spector produced Righteous Brother hit You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling. An odd choice you say? Why? Glen Campbell played on the original record.
At 73 years old this guy is awesome!! Great backing band and his daughter was a very good singer.
Having been to about 30 events over the last 12 months this show ranked in the top 10. Mr. Campbell's voice has not changed and his 12 string guitar wails with the best of them!