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Burning bridges : life with my father Glen Campbell

Campbell, Debby, 1956-2013
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Glen Campbell began his musical career as a songwriter to many of the 1960's biggest stars. He transitioned to film with John Wayne in 1969's True Grit, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in 2012. During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums selling more than 45 million copies. His hits include Galveston, and Rhinestone Cowboy. For the last twenty-four years, Debby has been by her father's side, as a part of his concert touring act, as well as a supportive part of his family. She has been with her dad through his four wives, through drug and alcohol addiction, and now through the shattering beginnings of Alzheimer's disease. In Burning Bridges, Debby Campbell writes her story of a father and his devoted daughter from her heart, and from her diary. She has shared some of the most rewarding years in her father's life. And now, for the first time, she blows the lid off of all of Glen Campbell's family secrets. It is about a family bound together by Glen's talent, and ultimately torn apart in the name of money and power. Debby and her band were recently fired by Glen Campbell's current wife once his Alzheimer's became more apparent, and were replaced by a group featuring the current wife's own children. Debby will discuss the marriages, the drink and the drugs, the illness and her sacking, as well as Glen Campbell's many successes. In her frank family memoir Debby Campbell sets the record straight on a daughter's love for her talented father, with the full knowledge that she is about to start burning some bridges of her own.
Main title:
Imprint:
London ; Sydney Omnibus Press, 2013
Collation:
176 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colored), portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes discography (pages 161-173) and filmography.Also issued online.
ISBN:
9781780388588
Dewey class:
782.42164092782.42164
Language:
English
BRN:
250906
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Brighton LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Biography782.42164 CAMAvailable
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