Review. Glen Campbell, The Farewell Tour.

This is Glen Campbell's final tour, unlike Frank Sinatra who spent twenty years doing farewell tours Glenn will not be doing that. This is a sell out tour, so if you have not got a ticket you have very little chance of seeing Glenn Campbell. Disappointed fans were asking for "any spare tickets" and hoping for returns at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall.
Starting with the backing band "Instant People" who played a very gentle easy listening selection of their own music, with great harmonies, for half an hour before, after a short break, the man himself came on stage to a tremendous welcome.
"Gentle on my mind" set the tone and pace of the evening and all the hits came, if not thick and fast they were there. For Conway Twitty's song "It's Only Make Believe" which Glen took to number 4 in the charts here in 1970, Liverpool's own Billy Fury had only managed to reach number 10 in 1964, Glen said that Elvis should have recorded "It's only make believe" then proceeded to do a very passable Elvis impersonation, Glen is right, Elvis should have done it.
Apart from the hits, Glen included some of his more recent songs from his well received album "Ghost on the Canvas" which was released on 30th August this year. " It's Your Amazing Grace" was a particular favourate with me.
He pointed to the band and said "My kids" as the backing band "Instant People" include his sons Cal On drums and his son Shannon on Guitar. Daughter Ashley is the most versatile singing, playing guitar and keyboards as well as banjo when joining father Glen on 12 string guitar in their own "Duelling Banjos'
Glen paid tribute to Jimmy Webb, who wrote his hits, "By the time I get to Phoenix" "Witchatar Linesman" and "Galveston" as well as pointing out that he could not act when John Wayne asked him to play the Ranger in the original "True Grit" "That's why John won the Oscar, he looked so good next to me"
During his biggest hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" who received "letters from people I don't even know" a lady walked up to the stage and handed Glen a letter, which was rather apt, even if it did leave the security men flummoxed.
Glen mixed his singing with guitar solo's, at one point telling his kids I'm still the best, his guitar playing is superb and his voice has lost none of it's lustre, there were a few moments when words were mixed up and Glen had a senior moment, but I doubt if there was a member of the audience who had not had a similar senior moment, but all the time his family and friends were there to keep him on track.
He came back on for a two song encore saying "we used to call this milking it" and finished with the very gentle and low key "In My Arms" and then with his family and friends to guide him, left the stage to a very deserved standing ovation.

10/10 A very brave performance.

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