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Glen's roots were in country music but he first made his name in pop music. He was a session guitarist, most notably as a member of Phil Spector's Wall of sound. He also had a couple of minor pop hits - Turn around look at me and Too late to worry too blue to cry – but that was it. Given all that, it seems strange that Glen's 1962 debut album was a bluegrass album. As far as I know, Glen has not recorded anything else like it since. This release includes two bonus tracks, recorded at around the same time but not included in the original album.The songs are all covers, drawing heavily onmore… the Delmore Brothers (five songs) and Merle Travis (four songs including Dark as a dungeon). The other covers include 100 miles away from home, more familiar to me as 500 miles instead of 100, Truck driving man, perhaps the best truck driving song of them all, and Long black limousine, a song that has been covered by many singers including Elvis Presley.Glen was still learning his craft when this was recorded and we can only wonder at what he might have done for bluegrass music if he had recorded such an album in the seventies. Nevertheless, this is a wonderful album although Glen's normal fans may think less of it than I do.

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Glen Campbell - Big Bluegrass Special (2002) Retail CD

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