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GETTIN' ZIGGY WITH IT

ZIGGY Marley knows what it's like to grow up around music. The oldest son of Bob Marley grew up in a house filled with it -- everything from the reggae rhythms of his dad to the Jackson 5 and even Glen Campbell, whose country-pop hit "Rhinestone...

Published: 2009-05-02 Provider: New York Post Keywords: music news, new music, music charts, new music releases, record labels, latest music, music reviews, PBS

Glen Campbell Recalls Good Times

Glen Campbell has trouble with his memory these days, a problem he freely admits.

Published: 2007-11-30 Provider: CMT - Country Music TV

Glen Campbell is still on the line with a rocking new CD

Glen Campbell might not spend a lot of time listening to Foo Fighters and the Velvet Underground, but on Meet Glen Campbell, ...

Published: 2008-08-19 Provider: USA Today

James Taylor to Release “Covers” Album, Takes on Leonard Cohen, Buddy Holly, Dixie Chicks

James Taylor will release an album of covers, mysteriously titled Covers, on September 30th via Hear Music. Taylor will perform renditions of songs that span several decades, including a pair of Leiber-Stoller tunes (”Hound Dog” and “On Broadway”), Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and even the Dixie Chicks’ version of “Some Days You Gotta Dance.” “An album of other peoples’ music is something I’ve been wanting to do for years,” says Taylor. “I’ve enjoyed performing these songs over the years but to record them live in a room with these incredible musicians was just extraordinary.” Taylor and his Band of Legends gathered in a converted Massachusetts barn last January and recorded Covers in ten days. Follow the jump for the rest of the track list. Track Listing: 1. “It’s Growing” (William Robinson, Jr.-Warren Moore) - made popular by The Temptations 2. “(I’m A) Road Runner” (Edward Holland Jr.-Lamont Dozier-Brian Holland) - made popular by Jr. Walker & the All Stars 3. “Wichita Lineman” (Jimmy Webb) made popular by Glen Campbell 4. “Why Baby Why” (Darrell Edwards-George Jones) 5. “Some Days You Gotta Dance” (Troy Johnson-Marshall Morgan) made popular by the Dixie Chicks 6. “Seminole Wind” (John Anderson) 7. “Suzanne” (Leonard Cohen) 8. “Hound Dog” (Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller) Big Mama Thornton inspired arrangement 9. “Sadie” (Joseph Jefferson-Charles Simmons-Bruce Hawes) - made popular by The Spinners 10. “On Broadway” (Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller-Cynthia Weil-Barry Mann) - made popular by The Drifters 11. “Summertime Blues” (Eddie Cochran-Jerry Capehart) 12. “Not Fade Away” (Norman Petty-Buddy Holly)

Published: 2008-08-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: Albert Hofmann, 4AD, Glen Campbell, Perez Hilton

Albert Hofmann, the chemist who discovered LSD, died of a heart attack yesterday in his native Switzerland. He was 102. While researching a fungus, Hofmman synthesized the compound into lysergic acid diethylamide, which eventually helped influence every piece of music written in 1967. Record labels Too Pure and Beggars Banquet will close and fold into the 4AD label as part of restructuring. Artists contracted under the two labels, including Mark Lanegan, The National and John Cale, will now be released under 4AD. Country’s Glen Campbell will cover the Foo Fighters, Tom Petty and U2 on his new, genre-busting album Meet Glen Campbell. Perez Hilton will join the staff of NY rap station Hot 97’s morning crew to provide daily minute-long gossip updates. Hilton’s tenure begins May 5th.

Published: 2008-04-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Meet Glen Campbell by Glen Campbell

The country singer releases a covers album featuring songs from contemporary rock groups such as U2 and Green Day as well as classic artists such as John Lennon and Velvet Underground. [Country]

Published: 2008-08-19 Provider: Metacritic

'Idol' getting big support from tiny town

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Published: 2008-04-01 Provider: CNN Keywords: Grants Pass, Louis Swisher, Oregon, Selma, American Idol, Audrey Mechling, Reno (Nevada), Seattle, Kristy Lee Cook, Simon Cowell, Katherine Mechling, Desiree Eddy, University of Oregon, Siskiyou National Forest, Carlene Cook, San Diego, Eugene, Philadelphia, Stan Kinsey, Glen Campbell

'Greatest musicians' finally get honor

They played with Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Monkees, and countless others on chart-topping and Grammy-winning hits. But for all their success, the Wrecking Crew may have well been the invisible people.

Published: 2008-06-26 Provider: CNN Keywords: Jimmy Bond, Hal Blaine, The Beach Boys, Larry Knechtel, Leon Russell, Danny Tedesco, Carol Kaye, Tommy Tedesco, Hollywood, The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra, Da Doo Ron Ron, Steve Douglas, Movies, Chuck Berghofer, Frank Sinatra, Entertainment, Music, Documentary Films, Glen Campbell

72-year-old singer goes for Green Day

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Published: 2008-08-28 Provider: CNN Keywords: Jimmy Webb, Punk Rock, Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond, Nat King Cole, Entertainment, Green Day, Galveston, Pop and Rock Music, The Velvet Underground, Music Stars, Tom Petty, Angel Dream, U2, Music, Foo Fighters, Celebrity News, Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys, Alternative and Contemporary Rock

Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Prepare to Get 'Grit'-ty

Now this could be an interesting cast. Variety reports that Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in talks to co-star in the Coen Brothers' upcoming remake of the classic 1969 Western True Grit. Damon would play lawman La Beouf (originally portrayed by Glen Campbell), who teams up with U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn to track a murderer into hostile Indian territory. If all goes as planned, Brolin would play the killer. The Big Lebowski star Jeff Bridges is already on board to play Cogburn, portrayed by J

Published: 2009-10-28 Provider: Celebuzz

Celebrity Birthdays, April 22

Happy Birthday To British musician Peter Frampton (1950), American film writer/director John Waters (1946), prolific actor Jack Nicholson (1937), singer/songwriter Glen Campbell (1936), jazz bassist Paul Chambers (1935; d. 1969), "The Facts of Life" actress Charlotte Rae (1926), TV producer Aaron Spelling (1923), pinup model Bettie Page (1923),[...] Read more!

Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: StarPulse

Autopsy Reveals Jett Travolta Died Of "Seizure Disorder"

A source close to the Travolta family has revealed to People that the autopsy of Jett lists a "seizure disorder" as the cause of death. No official statement regarding the autopsy - which was conducted today, Monday - has been released, however. A second source confirms to the Associated Press that Jett died of a seizure., Glen Campbell [...]

Published: 2009-01-05 Provider: PerezHilton Keywords: John Travolta, R.I.P., Sad Sad