Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On the Canvas Sessions
TO BE RELEASED ON 19th APRIL ‘24
Featuring DUETS with
BRIAN WILSON, CAROLE KING, DOLLY PARTON, ELTON JOHN, HOPE SANDOVAL, STING, BRIAN SETZER AND MORE
Duets Album Re-Imagines Campbell’s Critically Acclaimed Farewell Album
“Hold On Hope (with Eric Church)” and “Nothing But The Whole Wide World (with Eric Clapton)” AVAILABLE NOW
Courtesy of Big Machine Records
GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, which will be released on 19th April 2024 on Big Machine Records/Surfdog Records, reimagines Campbell’s critically acclaimed 2011 farewell album as a set of duets with some of the biggest names in music. The album blends the late Campbell’s original vocals with an array of stars including Brian Wilson, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Hope Sandoval, Linda Perry, Sting, Brian Setzer and more, to create an artful and unique body of work that celebrates the Rhinestone Cowboy’s final ride.
Two songs are available now – “Hold On Hope (with Eric Church)” and “Nothing But The Whole Wide World (with Eric Clapton).”
The original ‘Ghost On The Canvas’ album, included on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time,” is filled with honest songs of hope, reflection, mortality, gratitude and acceptance of fate. GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions is a project created out of love and respect for the extraordinary legacy of Glen. Legends from across the globe and of all genres (Rock, Punk, Pop, Blues, Country and more) came together to work with the original producer and executive producer of Ghost on the Canvas to compose a beautiful tribute.
Pre-order GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions HERE
Listen to “Hold On Hope (with Eric Church)” HERE
Listen to “Nothing But The Whole Wide World (with Eric Clapton)” HERE
“I’ve always admired Glen Campbell’s guitar playing and loved his singing. I was moved recently when one of his final performances, during his illness, came on TV,” said Eric Clapton. “When I was asked to sing and play with Glen on the song Jakob Dylan wrote, it all just felt right, and I am happy to be part of it.”
“It was really special to me to be able to be part of this project. Glen was so important to not just Country music, but all of music. What a stallion!” adds country star Eric Church.
Glen Campbell was one of the biggest stars of his generation—even outselling The Beatles in 1968. Across his illustrious 50+ year career, the Country Music Hall of Fame member released 64 albums and earned countless awards and recognitions for his music (including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award). He was a huge influence on pop culture—he hosted a number of TV specials including his own The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour television show (on which Eric Clapton was a guest) and earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his work on the iconic film, True Grit. His contribution to music history can be heard across the soundtrack for Elvis’ “Viva Las Vegas,” The Beach Boys’ signature album Pet Sounds and recordings with Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and many others.
Beloved by so many, a myriad of artists and musicians from all genres were eager to lend their talents to this project including: Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Chris Issak, Wendy Melvoin (Prince and the Revolution), Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick), Steve Hunter (Lou Reed), The Dandy Warhols, Chris Chaney, Jason Faulkner Jr., Kim Bullard, Josh Freese (Foo Fighters), Vinny Caliuta, Marti Rifkin, Dick Dale and Tim Pierce.
The original Ghost On The Canvas album was released in 2011, the same year Glen was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease and he subsequently set off on his valedictory Goodbye Tour. Before succumbing to the disease in 2017 Campbell released the inspiring documentary Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, which followed Campbell and his family throughout his farewell tour across the globe.
GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions is produced by Dave Kaplan and Julian Raymond and executive produced by Scott Borchetta and Scott Seine.
GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions Track List:
- “There’s No Me… Without You (with Carole King)”
- “Ghost On The Canvas (with Sting)”
- “Hold On Hope (with Eric Church)”
- “The Long Walk Home (with Hope Sandoval)”
- “Nothing But The Whole Wide World (with Eric Clapton)”
- “In My Arms (with Brian Setzer)”
- “A Better Place (with Dolly Parton)”
- “Strong (with Brian Wilson)”
- “A Thousand Lifetimes (with Linda Perry)”
- “It’s Your Amazing Grace (with Daryl Hall & Dave Stewart)”
- “Any Trouble (with X)”
- “I’m Not Gonna Miss You (with Elton John)”
ABOUT GLEN CAMPBELL:
Legendary singer and guitarist Glen Campbell brought country music to the mainstream as the genre’s first crossover star with hits like “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Wichita Lineman” and “Southern Nights.” In a legendary career that spanned more than six decades and more than 50 million records sold, Campbell created an indelible mark on pop culture as a beloved musician, singer, movie star and television personality. From his time as a groundbreaking guitarist for Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and many others in the fabled backing band The Wrecking Crew to his decades atop the charts to the grace he showed as he closed his career while fighting Alzheimer’s disease, there are few artists who have touched as many lives as the Rhinestone Cowboy.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAID ABOUT GLEN CAMPBELL’S ORIGINAL 2011
‘GHOST ON THE CANVAS’ ALBUM AND FAREWELL TOUR
“…a pre-ordained adieu from the golden voice of American song…most notable for the man’s gloriously undiminished tones.” MOJO
“The Rhinestone Cowboy rides into the sunset 4*” UNCUT
“He’s going out on an elegiac high, with a beautifully crafted, stately but emotionally charged ‘musical biography’.” EVENING STANDARD
“The Rhinestone Cowboy bows out with an album that reflects on the gaudy glories and dark demons of his career…reminds us of his starry past while giving contemporary edge.” DAILY MIRROR
“…one of the great countrypolitan voices. Words such as dignity, stoicism and class come to mind. Most of all class… (The songs are) upbeat and affecting. Still on form, Campbell’s fundamental optimism shines through What a life, what a trouper. He sounds grateful; we should be, too. 4*” FINANCIAL TIMES
“’Ghost On The Canvas’ will be his last album. And what a sign-off it is. (It) is the kind of strong and satisfying country-pop at which Campbell once excelled, a record that would stand on its merits even shorn of its melancholy context. 4*” MAIL ON SUNDAY
“…like Cash, he has saved some of his best work for last…magnificent. A fitting valediction to a great career. 4*” SUNDAY TIMES
“Glen Campbell possesses one of the great American voices…up there with Presley, Cash and Sinatra…a voice assured and undimmed.” THE SUN
“On the London leg of his farewell tour Glen Campbell bowed out of a 50 plus year career as one of the defining figures of country-pop with a show that was both breathtaking and heartbreaking…Campbell’s ability to make music remains largely undiminished… Campbell bade goodbye to a teary crowd with the grit and grace of a great.” THE TIMES
“…his playing is dexterous, fluid and effortless…his back catalogue is a masterclass in beautiful, economical pop songwriting, every melody perfectly formed, not a surplus note or word. He looks like he’s having the time of his life, albeit for the last time.”
THE GUARDIAN
“launching into Jimmy Webb’s Galveston, he soared, eyes closed, through its high notes, before letting rip with a fabulous solo on his peacock-blue Stratocaster…his pipes and fingers were incomparably fresh for a man of 75. During Wichita Lineman, he unleashed its familiar lonesome twang, note-perfect. Rhinestone Cowboy, too, was a singalong joy. As Campbell departed, waving gamely, it was, out of adversity, a profoundly heartwarming goodbye.”
DAILY TELEGRAPH
“We can savour, for a last time, the clarity of a voice that’s still distinctive and evocative, and which navigates a fine line between joy and sadness…he managed a performance that was both assured as well as moving. Catch him on his ‘Goodbye Tour’…he can still belt out a tune.”
THE INDEPENDENT
“Tracks from his new album ‘Ghost On The Canvas’ were impressively sturdy. A supremely dramatic country-rock solo in ‘Try A Little Kindness’ showed his guitar playing can still touch the heights. Behind his unassuming style has always lain – still does – a deceptively sophisticated singer…this was an honourable farewell from an illustrious performer.”
FINANCIAL TIMES
“The sugar-throated cowboy with film-star looks and ballads as epic as daybreak in Arkansas, has lived a life like a great American novel… he was in fine voice and his guitar chops still firmly in place…casting the evening as something of a big family singalong was a masterstroke…It was an incredible set-list…Jimmy Webb might have often provided the songs, but together they created a mythology and America that will remain eternal. That’s one heck of a legacy.”
THE ARTS DESK
“Galveston showcased his dexterous guitar work, while Wichita Lineman put his sonorous tenor through its paces…A triumphant Rhinestone Cowboy backed up by the whole audience gave Campbell the send-off he deserved – it was an absolute privilege to see him.”
EVENING STANDARD
