The excessive thought, care and cash poured into the looks of today’s musical artists is nothing new. In fact, legendary names such as Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Hank Williams and even the less flashy ...

I love classic country music. It brings back memories of long family trips when I was a kid. My mom and dad would listen to the country station and of course we kids would listen as well. It was not ...

In 1975, I was nine. Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” was the first song I was ever obsessed with, the first 45-rpm single I ever bought. The price of a song then was 100 percent of my weekly ...

It’s not my style to write about style. If you’ve got to ask what style is, you probably ain’t got any. But it’s still possible that some may rub off on you, so here goes. There are two kinds of style ...

In “Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell conflates the life of a traveling cowboy to that of a musician in Nashville. I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway / Where hustle’s the name of ...

Rhinestones are fake. They're not real jewels. They're made of glass, or of plastic. But they look great. If you're standing on a stage, dressed in rhinestones, and the light hits you the right way, ...

The singer had his falls from grace, but he should be remembered for his generosity and talent. Larry Weiss is a songwriter who resides in Nashville. He wrote "Rhinestone Cowboy." I am the writer of ...

Newcastle University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The American singer Glen Campbell did not care for musical boundaries. He probably enjoyed hearing The Meters, doyens of New ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misstated the university Professor Kinitra Brooks works at. Cowboy hats are everywhere right now. You see them on artsy posters in ...

Folk icon Glen Campbell is the focus of Justin Chadwick’s aptly titled biopic, Rhinestone Cowboy. Though just in its very early stages, right out of the gate, Rhinestone Cowboy has really good ...

Glen Campbell had a promising start to his country music career. At just 10 years old, he opened for the legendary Hank Williams alongside his uncle. The rest of the road to stardom wasn’t quite as ...