Now maybe you do and maybe you don't like Country Music and even if you do - the Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell may not be your taste.
But this movie / documentary about deciding to go on a last 115 date tour to say goodbye to his fans after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's is right on so many levels. Supported by his wife and backed on stage by his three kids he can still play the old songs and when he can glimpse reality through the fog makes some pretty poignant jokes at his own expense. Having finished his hit "Galveston" and taken the applause he starts the song again and the backing band hesitates. His daughter on keyboards behind him gently offers - "We just did that one Dad". For a moment he realizes what he has done and quips - "I ain't taught them how to follow me yet..." He got a Best Country Song Grammy this year for his very last studio song - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You". Opening line: "I'm still here but yet I'm gone" No sympathy vote here - it is a powerful number from the movie. Truly deserved a Grammy.
But this movie / documentary about deciding to go on a last 115 date tour to say goodbye to his fans after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's is right on so many levels. Supported by his wife and backed on stage by his three kids he can still play the old songs and when he can glimpse reality through the fog makes some pretty poignant jokes at his own expense. Having finished his hit "Galveston" and taken the applause he starts the song again and the backing band hesitates. His daughter on keyboards behind him gently offers - "We just did that one Dad". For a moment he realizes what he has done and quips - "I ain't taught them how to follow me yet..." He got a Best Country Song Grammy this year for his very last studio song - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You". Opening line: "I'm still here but yet I'm gone" No sympathy vote here - it is a powerful number from the movie. Truly deserved a Grammy.