Its knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch and its knowing im not shackled by forgotten words and bonds. Glen campbells version of this song was the first major hit for john hartford, who. Crooner frank lamphere sings dean martin dean martin new york nightclub tribute. Hartford himself won the award for best folk performance. Glen campbell sings gentle on my mind original live youtube. Those who find the john hartford song gentle on my mind heavy trodding will need to soak their feet after listening to this album. Read about gentle on my mind by glen campbell and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. My favorite album from patti pages columbia period.
Its knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch and its knowing im not shackled. Dean martin covered the song on his 1968 album gentle on my mind. The karaoke version without the vocal guide is available on this recording is a cover of gentle on my mind as made famous by dean martin this version is not the original version. Campbell started out as a session guitar player, so hes a musician, he sings, but hes an entertainer as well, neil perry tells rolling stone country. Gentle on my mind 1967 glen campbell album wikipedia. Dean martin gentle on my mind lyrics genius lyrics. Gentle on my mind by john hartford appears on the 1968 glen campbell album of the same name. Listen to gentle on my mind by don gibson on slacker radio and create personalized radio stations based on your favorite artists, songs, and albums. Gentle on my mind comes from alison krauss new solo album windy city is available now in north america and australia. The singing peek sisters gentle on my mind by comix discomix. John hartford originally recorded gentle on my mind written by john hartford and john hartford released it on the single gentle on my mind in 1967.
A new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. It was also covered by buddy spicher, the arizona smoke revue, the tony evans orchestra, vassar clements and other artists. Presley included a swinging version of john hartfords gentle on my mind, which glen campbell had taken to. While glen campbell always played a perfect performance of his most famous hit, he didnt write it.
Always loved this song,no matter who sings it glen is the best at it,but the lyrics make up for it allthanks alot mike. The song gentle on my mind has a distinctly 1960s pop beat to it. Most people immediately associate gentle on my mind with glen campbell. Glen campbell gentle on my mind lyrics metrolyrics. John cowan hartford december 30, 1937 june 4, 2001 was an american country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyr. Friend of mine sent me a copy of this lp, columbia cs 9666, which dates late 1968, for patti pages cover take on glen campbells minor chart single, gentle on my mind. Glen campbell gentle on my mind lyrics genius lyrics. Watch the video for gentle on my mind from elvis presleys from elvis in memphis for free. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Just in time is a popular song with the melody written by jule styne and the lyrics by betty comden and adolph green. Login add new lyrics add a new album become a member meet the. The sheer tenderness and longing in her version of john hartfords gentle on my mind is closer to the original than glen campbells smash hit, yet she makes it her own. With tom jones, phyllis diller, lulu, the mike sammes singers.
Its knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch and its knowing im not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried up on some line that keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory. Glen campbell gentle on my mind terrific guitar break youtube. The essential dean martin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Finally, after issuing two greatest hits sets, reprise released gentle on my mind, martins first album of new material in 16 months. We really got to see that at the rehearsals for the grammys. Campbells version of gentle on my mind is available for download on itunes. Carl jackson, with ashley campbell, sings gentle on my mind country road tv2,686 views 4. Host tom jones sings gentle on my mind yesterday when i was young and lodi. Gentle on my mind by glen campbell song meaning, lyric interpretation, video. The way we do the song is a simplified version of how it goes.
Blake shelton glen campbell tribute grammy awards 2012 performance hd 54th grammys. By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind i dipped my cup of soap back from a gurglin cracklin caltron in some train yard my beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face through cupped hands round a tin can i pretend to hold you to my breast and find that youre waving from the back roads by the rivers of my memry. Watch the video for gentle on my mind from dean martins dino. Ukulele gentle on my mind glen campbell cover nikkimo by nikki mo. Inspired by a classic sixties film, the john hartford bestseller was a. Albums waarop het liedje gentle on my mind te vinden is. Campbell had an uncanny knack for singing in elvis presleys key, and thirteen of these tracks went on to be recorded and released by presley. This album came out in either 68 or 69 following the success of bobbies ode to billie joe and was recorded on capitol records,both of the singers label. What is the meaning behind the song gentle on my mind by. The song earned a new life when the band perry recorded the song in 2014.
Cover versions of gentle on my mind by john hartford. This song won four grammy awards for campbell and hartford. Aretha franklin, this song is one of the mostrecorded country songs in history. John mayer honors glen campbell with gentle on my mind cover. Clark claims that this is the album shes wanted to record her entire career. Lyrics to gentle on my mind by john hartford from the a tribute to john. What is the meaning behind the song gentle on my mind by glen campbell. Campbell used gentle on my mind as the theme to his. Sinatra sang a variety of folkrock oriented songs, including judy collins hit both sides now written by joni mitchell and the glen campbell hits gentle on my mind written by john hartford and by the time i get to phoenix written by jimmy webb. I remember him in my prayers and i hope that his journey to the next phase of. Watch glen campbell duet with gentle on my mind songwriter. Dean martin had a numbertwo hit in the uk with his version of gentle on my mind recorded in 1968.
Campbell used gentle on my mind as the theme to his television variety show, the glen campbell goodtime hour between 1969 and 1972. Glen campbell sings gentle on my mind original live. Tammy wynette released a version in 1968 on her album, divorce. Carl jackson, with ashley campbell, sings gentle on my mind duration. Gentle on my mind, glen campbell, 1967 vinyl youtube.
Oh, benny mart, now its knowin that your door is always open and your path is free to walk that makes me tend to leave, my sleepin bag rolled up and stashed. Charles hollingswort from leeds, al glen campbell recorded an album with bobbie gentry with gentle on my mind on it with added female lyrics for bobbie. Watch the band perrys gentle on my mind video rolling. Glen campbell gentle on my mind terrific guitar break. Glen campbell lyrics 298 song lyrics sorted by album, including hes got the whole world in his hands, southern nights, gentle on my mind. We did gentle on my mind, then blake shelton came up. Before glen campbells breakthrough single, gentle on my mind, campbell was recording songs for legendary songwriter, ben weisman, who wrote an unmatched 57 songs recorded by elvis presley. Campbells version was his last top 10 hit on this chart, and his only release for jimmy bowens shortlived universal label. Frank sinatra covered the song, as well as other glen campbell numbers, on his 1968 album cycles. Glen campbell got a fitting tribute during john mayers the search for everything tour stop in nashville when mayer sang gentle on my mind. Little green apples makes great use of the guitar while patti sings this with great sensitivity.
Glen campbell the band perry blake shelton gentle on my mind southern. The fact that theyre tuned in an open c most of the time was a stroke of luck in terms of pairing it with the pressley girls singing gentle on my mind, and it produced a somewhat open sound similar to campbells guitar tuning. Phyllis diller does a dance number with the norman maen company from ladies who lunch. Blake shelton glen campbell tribute grammy awards 2012 performance. Campbell used gentle on my mind as the theme to his television. Watch the video for gentle on my mind from john hartfords live from mountain stage for. Shes gone, gone, gone was also a single by american country music artist glen campbell. Everybody loves somebody dream with dean version dream. Its knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch and its. In the interim, the countrypop sound he had pioneered with producer jimmy bowen and arranger ernie freeman had taken hold with others, and he found himself covering the country crossover hits honey, by the. Gentle on my mind is the sixth album by american singerguitarist glen campbell, released in 1967 by capitol records.
However, dean martins version, recorded in 1968, was more. Watch the band perrys gentle on my mind video, set to their grammynominated cover of the glen campbell classic. Find glen campbell gentle on my mind lyrics and search for glen campbell. Glen campbells version has received over 5 million plays on the radio. It was released in september 1989 as the first single from the album walkin in the sun. By the rivers of my memry ever smilin, ever gentle on my mind. Gentle on my mind is a song written by john hartford, which won four 1968 grammy awards. John hartford gentle on my mind lyrics genius lyrics.