Glen Campbell: podcast appearances and interviews

Glen Travis Campbell was an American country musician and actor born in Billstown, Arkansas. He began his professional career as a studio musician in Los Angeles, playing with a group of instrumentalists known as The Wrecking Crew before achieving fame as a solo artist. Over a career spanning five decades, Campbell released 64 albums and sold more than 45 million records worldwide. His musical output includes twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Campbell's chart success includes 80 songs making it onto the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Chart; of these, 29 reached the top ten, and nine attained number one on at least one chart. Notable hits include Universal Soldier, Gentle on My Mind, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Rhinestone Cowboy, and Southern Nights. In 1967, he won four Grammys in both country and pop categories, with songs like Gentle on My Mind and By the Time I Get to Phoenix earning multiple awards. Several of his early hits have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Campbell also pursued acting, earning a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role in the film True Grit and singing the film’s nominated title song. Throughout his career, he received numerous accolades including Male Vocalist of the Year awards from the CMA and ACM and the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1968. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011, Campbell retired in 2013 and passed away from the disease in 2017 at the age of 81.