Glen Campbell, a world-class, once-in-a-generation music virtuoso whose instrument just happened to be guitar and whose native style was radio-friendly country & western, has died. He was 81.

He also took over guitar duties on later sessions. “Danke Schoen” by Wayne Newton (1963) From country to Bavarian, Campbell can be heard on 21-year-old Newton’s cover of German bandleader ...

“is that f_____ guitar player?” By the time his anonymous sideman had become a superstar in his own right, just two years later, Old Blue Eyes might well have remarked that Glen Campbell’s ...

After a constant juggling of shifts to keep an eye on Glen Campbell around the clock ... It’s inspirational, like Rocky with a guitar. At the heart of it, it’s about love, it’s about ...