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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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Glen was an incredible guitar player. I have it from a good source that he was "discovered" by Frank Sinatra - who over the years discovered a great many talents - at a studio session in LA. Glen was backing up Frank at a recording session and plinking away during a break. Frank noticed and came over and complimented Glen. They hit it off! Frank actually designed the semicircular theater at the Cal Neva, a configuration later used in several Las Vegas casino show theaters.
When I was a teenager in Albuquerque Glen was playing CW music locally, following in his uncle Dick Bills' footsteps. I knew Glen's drummer's sister and the son of his uncle's drummer who also drove the band's bus. Anyway, Glen would get some money together and do a CW recording which sold to some extent. Then he would do a crossover to pop which would flop. Eventually he succeeded at crossover and really got that music genre's popularity going. He moved to LA in 1960, the year I graduated high school. His career really took off from there.
Glen Campbell - Wikipedia
Glen is second from right playing lead guitar in his uncle's band @ 1960
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