Reuters - Aug 28, 2008
Country veteran Glen Campbell's unusual covers album is his biggest release of new material in more than 30 years. Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol), featuring versions of tunes by the likes of rock...
More »Reuters - Aug 21, 2008
Glen Campbell covering Green Day and Foo Fighters? The inevitable first reaction to news that the pop cowboy is doing an album of covers by those bands and others including U2 and the Velvet Underground...
More »E! Online - Nov 16, 2005
Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning. The country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday night, including Album of the Year for There s More Where That Came From...
More »AP - Nov 16, 2005
For Big & Rich, the CMAs in New York was more than unusual it was out of this world. John Rich brought three dates with him each with purple hair, raccoon made-up eyes, silver bathing...
More »Reuters - Oct 27, 2005
Leading names from Broadway and country music have signed on for the aptly named benefit concert Broadway Meets Country, which will take place November 12 as part of a series of events leading up to the...
More »Reuters - Sep 25, 2005
Chuck Berry yearned for Baton Rouge, The Band headed for Lake Charles and Glen Campbell was homesick for Galveston when he cleaned his gun. Pick a place pounded by the twin hurricanes that ravaged the...
More »AP - Aug 29, 2005
Country band Alabama, singer Glen Campbell and pioneering harmonica player DeFord Bailey, the Grand Ole Opry s first black star, are being inducted into the County Music Association Hall of Fame. Formal...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2005
The Americana Music Assn. will pay special tribute to songwriter John Hartford, who died in 2001, and to singer/songwriter Judy Collins at its fourth annual Honors & Awards on September 9 in Nashville...
More »Reuters - Sep 7, 2004
Johnny Cash s guitars, his black leather boots and a tin cup from Folsom Prison are among the memorabilia from the late country music star displayed on Tuesday ahead of an auction at Sotheby s. The...
More »AP - Jul 10, 2004
Glen Campbell called it a captive audience and he wasn t kidding. Campbell, nearing the end of his 10-day sentence for extreme drunk driving, gave a free 30-minute concert Friday night for about...
More »AP - Jun 18, 2004
Friends of Ray Charles sent the late singer off on a high note Friday. B.B. King, Glen Campbell , Stevie Wonder and Wynton Marsalis performed musical tributes to Charles, who died last week at 73, during...
More »E! Online - Jun 18, 2004
It was billed as a worship and celebration, but the memorial service for Ray Charles was something more. Like, a pretty fine show. Willie Nelson , Glen Campbell , B.B. King and Stevie Wonder were...
More »AP - Jun 15, 2004
Country music singer Glen Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to 10 nights in jail and two years of probation for a November drunken-driving hit-and-run collision. Believe you me, I think that s the last...
More »E! Online - Jun 15, 2004
The Rhinestone Cowboy has been saddled with jail time. Glen Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to 10 days in jail following last month s guilty plea of extreme drunken driving and leaving the scene of...
More »AP - Jun 14, 2004
Country music singer Glen Campbell , who pleaded guilty last month to extreme drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident, had his sentence delayed so he could perform Sunday at the CMA Music...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country Music Television s list of the 100 greatest love songs: 1. I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton ) 2. You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson ) 3. Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Patsy Cline )...
More »Reuters - May 31, 2004
Glen Campbell has signed a one-off deal with Universal South Records for a two-CD set due June 8. Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love contains one disc of pop standards and one of gospel...
More »E! Online - May 10, 2004
Forget country, Glen Campbell s going to be singing the jailhouse blues real soon. Facing the music for a 2003 arrest that produced the grimmest mug shot this side of Nick Nolte , the Rhinestone Cowboy...
More »Reuters - Mar 27, 2004
Famous Music Publishing has picked up exclusive worldwide rights for most of the classic pop and R&B songs written by Clyde Otis and Brook Benton. The Clyde Otis Music Group (TCOMG) s newly minted,...
More »Reuters - Mar 10, 2004
Georgia-born singer Alan Jackson , who shared a recent hit with Jimmy Buffett on the duet It s Five O Clock Somewhere, led the field of contenders for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations...
More »AP - Jan 26, 2004
LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna are among the stars expected to perform when the Country Music Association Music Festival, formerly known as Fan Fair, returns June 10-13 to downtown Nashville. Also scheduled...
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