What a song it is, instantly recognisable from these opening lyrics… Hartford’s original version picked up the Best Folk Performance and Best Songwriting. Glen Campbell’s version won two of the four Grammys “Gentle On My Mind” received back in the 60s - Best Country Solo Male and Best Country Performance. But that version was so professionally done, as one might expect from a group of such talented musicians, the record company just did a couple of light edits here and there and released the demo as the single. Perhaps fittingly, he worked up a rough version with his Wrecking Crew bandmates to use as a demo. However, one day Glen Campbell heard John Hartford’s version of “Gentle On My Mind” on the radio and begged to record it himself. He could probably have made a decent living as an in-demand studio musician for as long as he wanted. Glen Campbell had a level of technical ability on the guitar which few could match. The Wrecking Crew were the secret sauce, usually uncredited, behind hits by the Beach Boys (“Help Me Rhonda”, “I Get Around” and “Good Vibrations”), the Mamas and Papas (“Monday, Monday” and “California Dreaming”) as well as the Crystals, Sonny and Cher, the Carpenters, Frank Sinatra and many more. He was a regular guitar player in what became known as the Wrecking Crew - the loose Los Angeles-based group of session musicians which included Hal Blaine and Leon Russell and which played on many of the best-known songs of the 60s and 70s. Glen Campbell is also an immensely talented musician. The flow of royalties from writing a massive hit record gave him the freedom to pursue his own direction as a musician.Īlthough others would bolster John Hartford’s royalty cheques in later years, it was Glen Campbell’s version of his song which first hit the top of the charts. He was always grateful to “Gentle On My Mind”. His musical talents and his skill for witty, idiosyncratic lyrics were popular with the public, so he toured regularly. He was much in demand as a fiddle player and banjo player. John Hartford was a prolific and talented multi-instrumentalist who released 30 or so albums over his career. Songs which take weeks or months to grind out are not usually nearly as good because they are put together via a more rational thinking process and have much less of the divine in them. His own memories took over and, like every other time when a songwriter receives a gift of music or lyrics from the gods, wrote the song in about half an hour.īrilliant songs are nearly always written quickly, the product of some kind of divine intervention. Hartford wrote the song after watching the film “Doctor Zhivago”. John Hartford’s song is about a restless character who finds it hard to settle in one place. Although Hartford found some success with his own version, most people in the UK will know Dean Martin’s or Glen Campbell’s versions better. “Gentle On My Mind” was written by John Hartford. Let’s face it - a song that can win five Grammys over 50 years for three different artists must be pretty good. This 1967 song won four Grammys, shared between two different artists, that year and picked up another Grammy in 2014 for the version I’m writing about today. I came across a great version of “Gentle On My Mind” this week. Foremost among them,was this delightful re-working of Glen Campbell’s breakthrough hit, “Gentle On My Mind” by The Band Perry… When it was clear Glen Campbell was fading there were tributes from across the music industry. *Asterisks signify that the previous note is continued at the start of the measure.“Gentle On My Mind” - Glen Campbell/The Band Perryįollowing Glen Campbell’s recent passing I thought it was time to revisit an article I wrote a couple of years ago. Additionally, it has the common Country weakness of double Guitar, making it hard to use effectively, though having multiple Guitar/Guitar songs on a page can make opportune drops easier.Īdditionally, 1960s are locked out in Battle Mode as a decade request, invalidating an entire third of the song's data. The vocal part includes the rhythm guitar due to limited multitracks of the recording.Īs a pre-2000's song in a rare genre, "Gentle on my Mind" isn't a strong battle song, as it misses many common genres, years and requested tracks. This is the only song in the game to not feature a beat part. It is composed of two guitar parts and one vocals part. The oldest dated song, although a cover, is Soon May The Wellerman Come. The song is available in Fuser and was released as part of the VIP Launch Pack.īeing from 1967, it is currently one of the two oldest original songs in the game, in a tie with (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding, although Gentle On My Mind was released a few months before the latter. Gentle On My Mind is a song released in 1967 by Country artist Glen Campbell.
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