Tag archives: Glen Campbell
Jimmy Webb was a 14-year-old working the family farm when he heard a Glen Campbell song on the radio. It brought him to his knees. “I was driving a tractor in the middle of a wheat field in the Oklahoma Panhandle – which is a pretty remote area – listening to my transistor radio. They […]
Instead of a ballroom like usual, VNA Health held their annual health and safety PHorum at the West Wind Drive-in Theatre watching a movie. It was a special documentary produced by Emmy Award winning actress Jane Seymour about guitarist Glen Campbell and his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Executive Director Lynda Tanner says, “It is important […]
Starting out the New Year, I always make it a tradition to recall a few special people who passed away in the last. So, here are those who died in 2017 that I especially want to remember. This is a highly personal and random list, as it is every year. Usually I include those who […]
Top lyricist Toni Stern is waxing poetic again with her latest work, As Close As I Can. The Santa Ynez resident, who wrote lyrics for songstress Carole King in the 1960s and ’70s, most notably “It’s Too Late” for her 25-million selling album Tapestry, wrote her first book of poetry, Wet, two years ago. The […]
