mirrorimij Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I saw this movie last night. What a beautiful and sad story. If you haven't seen it, please do. The man and his family are very brave to put that film out there. He had a great life and I love the way they celebrated it. Obligatory Hamer content..........Glen plays a 12 string Hamer. It was blue, sorta Monaco shaped, firebird pickups (like an Eclipse), crown inlays. Paging NEWMAN.......do you remember building that one? I would guess its around a 1996. Tons of Ovations throughout the movie. I believe Glen was recently placed in a nursing facility. I hope he and his family are ok.
tomteriffic Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 The guitar was a one-off 12-er, a but more toward purple than the pic shows. I understand he's been in a nursing home for a while now. Great talent on his own and he played on zillions of records. Sorry to see him doing the Long Goodbye.
Hackubus Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 The missus & I saw that back this summer. Very touching.
Jakeboy Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 He was a guitar badass! Back in the 70s I saw him on TV cutting heads left and right on some Awards show where different people were taking solos in a big finale. He and George Benson went at it and Campbell was RIPPING! He whipped everyone that night.
zzzdat Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Saw the same show, He kicked everyone's ass that night. I saw a later show where he made Carlos Santana look silly.Cool BeansGene
cynic Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I would very much like to see it, and if anyone knows of any streaming service that currently has it I'd be grateful for the information.It doesn't appear to be showing at more than a half-dozen theaters across the nation, with nothing scheduled for SoCal.
blackfbiv Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 You haven't seen this guys? My wife's granddad had Alzheimers... She will not watch this video or listen to the song... I can dig that. Always liked Glen Campbell myself. Heard that Rhinestone Cowboy stuff plenty while growing up.
currypowder Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 This was on CNN Sunday night and I was lucky enough to catch it. Looks like it'll be shown a couple more times this weekend. Here's the movie page: http://www.cnn.com/shows/glen-campbell-ill-be-me And here's a younger version of him playing Southern Nights with the purple Hamer 12-string
django49 Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 CNN is a good place to look......Might well be available "On Demand" for free.
scottcald Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Look on YouTube for vids of Glen and Roy Clark dueling. Kick ass players.
tommy p Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 It was on CNN but I don't think there are any upcoming showings. Luckily I recorded it.
currypowder Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 It was on CNN but I don't think there are any upcoming showings. Luckily I recorded it.Looks like they've added a couple of airings this weekend, Friday at 8 on HLN and Saturday at 9 on CNN.http://deadline.com/2015/06/glenn-campbell-ill-be-me-ratings-record-alzheimers-disease-cnn-films-1201462452/
tommy p Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Watched it last night. Heartbreaking. My uncle died of Alzheimer's a couple of years ago and like Glen, he went from being the nicest guy you ever met to angry and paranoid until he had to go to a nursing home. I'll never forget when I realized how bad it was - we were at an anniversary dinner for my parents and he asked "Where's Tommy?". I was sitting across from him and he was looking right at me.
currypowder Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 I'll Be Me just popped up on Netflix. Definitely worth the watch.
SSII x 2 Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 I remember an episode of Glenn's TV show where Al Hirt was the guest. Must havebeen before I was playing guitar. Glenn was playing a soldibody Ovation, must have beenthrough a fuzz box, and he was trading off with Al. Unbelievable!And yah, my Mom died from Alzheimer's too. Lucky for her she went from mean oldlady to sweetheart when the disease hit. I like to hope that helped her final years inthe nursing home...
specialk Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks for kickin' this to the top! It's on Amazon Video too, now.
hamerhead Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 We saw 'I'll be Me' a couple weeks ago. What a monster talent, but when he started forgetting his kid's names it got real sad real fast. I'm a little surprized he's still hanging on, but he seemed to be in good physical shape. Damn what a tough thing.
FGJ Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 On January 21, 2015 at 0:29 PM, cynic said: I would very much like to see it, and if anyone knows of any streaming service that currently has it I'd be grateful for the information. It doesn't appear to be showing at more than a half-dozen theaters across the nation, with nothing scheduled for SoCal. Here ya go: http://putlocker.is/watch-glen-campbell-ill-be-me-online-free-putlocker.html I thought it was a great documentary. I'll tell you, I really admire his wife. He definitely is blessed with friends and family that love and support him. It's worth the watch.
Hamerica Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 Wow, can't believe I did not add to this post. I need to thank Mirrorimij for posting about the documentary. After seeing this post, we watched the show on one of those streaming services. Great, great documentary and yes, very hard to watch. Glen Campbell was one of those guys that was everywhere in the late 60's and 70's as well as Roy Clark who is just a badass guitar player. "Wichita Lineman" is one of those songs Jim Webb wrote that has endured. Johnny A. did a nice cover of it on his "Sometime Tuesday Morning". For Christmas, I purchased several Glen Campbell's CDS for the wife for Christmas. It was great to take a trip down memory lane. If you haven't seen the movie, I would recommend it. Best wishes, Hamerica
specialk Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 This tune off his last album, Ghost On The Canvas, features Billy Corgan, Brian Setzer, Rick Nielsen, and Marty Rifkin. It's called There's No Me… Without You:
The Shark Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 Lukather and Glen... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Zr3hnPQGU
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