Contributions

  • Carter, Tom, 1947- - Contributor

Publication

1994 - Villard Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1468273
  • LibraryThing1013057

Classifications

  • DDC782.42/1642/092
  • LCCML420.C22 A3 1994
  • LCCML420.C22

Description

With extraordinary candor intended to set the record straight, one of music's most popular performers tells of his sojourn amid the decadence and destructive trappings of fame - the bucks, the booze, the cocaine, the women - and of the religious awakening and unconditionally loving marriage that literally saved his life. Glen Campbell's boy-next-door persona belied his hedonistic, near-fatal lifestyle. It all started like a dream - the rise from ruthless poverty as one of twelve children in a small Arkansas town and the against-all struggle for stardom, first as a brilliant studio musician (behind artists such as Sinatra, Elvis, Ray Charles, and Nat King Cole), then as a solo performer who in the sixties and seventies sold some 45 million records (including the timeless classics "Wichita Lineman," "Gentle on My Mind," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," and, of course, "Rhinestone Cowboy") and hosted his own top-rated TV show.

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People

Glen CampbellGlen Campbell (1936-)Glen Campbell (1936-2017)

Other Editions

  • Rhinestone cowboy: an autobiographyVillard Books1994-01-01

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