“I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band.”

American country musician and actor

Glen Travis Campbell was an American country musician and actor. He was best known for his hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972. Before his solo success, Campbell was widely respected as a session guitarist. Over a five-decade career, he released 64 albums and sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.