Original subtitles

-WHO IS THAT?

-IT'S YOU, HONEY.

-THAT'S ME THERE?

-WHO'S THAT WITH YOU?

-OH, THAT'S ME.

-WHO ARE YOU HOLDING?

-I-I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE I'M HOLDING.

-IT'S DEBBY, YOUR OLDEST DAUGHTER.

-THAT'S DEBBY?

DEBBY!

-I FORGOT.

WELL, WHO IS HE?

-COME ON. YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS.

IT'S YOU, HONEY.

-OH.

-IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT YOU.

-NO KIDDING?

I'LL BE ME.

WHO IS THAT?

-THAT'S BILLIE.

-OH, IT'S MY DAUGHTER.

-NO, THAT'S YOUR SECOND WIFE.

-BILLIE.

-YOU WERE MARRIED FOR 16 YEARS.

YOU HAD KELLI, TRAVIS, AND KANE.

-OH, REALLY?

WHO IS THAT?

-THAT'S YOUR THIRD WIFE, SARAH, AND DILLON.

AND THEN YOU MET ME.

-WOW, SHE'S A GOOD-LOOKING GIRL.

AND SHE STILL IS.

-SO HOW MANY DOES THIS MAKE NOW?

-THAT IS SIX BOYS.

AND -- YEAH, I GOT SIX BOYS, TWO GIRLS.

-EIGHT?

-IF I HAVE ANOTHER -- YEAH.

HEY, "REPLENISH THE EARTH" IT SAID, YOU KNOW.

-YEAH, BUT NOT ONE PERSON.

-MRS. CAMPBELL, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE MOTHER

OF ONE OF THE FINEST RECORDING STARS IN THE COUNTRY?

-WELL, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIM AND EVERYTHING,

BUT I'M JUST STILL THE SAME OLD CARRIE,

STILL THE SAME OLD THING.

-WHAT KIND OF -- WHAT KIND OF BOY WAS GLEN, MR. CAMPBELL?

-UH, HE WAS JUST A GOOD OL' COUNTRY BOY.

-THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I GUESS I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK FOR THIS, TOO,

AND MAINLY FOLKS WITH THE CMA.

BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK TOMMY SMOTHERS

FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO DO A GOOD COUNTRY SUMMER SHOW.

-HE REALLY BROUGHT COUNTRY INTO THE MAINSTREAM.

-THE RECORD HE'S GOT OUT,

I GUESS IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECORDS HE'S EVER HAD,

CALLED "RHINESTONE COWBOY."

SOMEBODY TOLD ME IT'S ON THE WAY TO SELLING

TWO MILLION COPIES OF ONE RECORD.

-YOU KNOW, AND STRANGE ENOUGH,

THAT'S MY FIRST NUMBER-ONE RECORD.

-THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

-GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M GLEN CAMPBELL, I THINK.

-IN 1968, THE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR WAS GLEN CAMPBELL.

-WERE YOU A BEACH BOY EVER?

-YEAH, SIX MONTHS.

-DIDN'T YOU SIT IN FOR BRIAN WILSON?

-I KNOW I HAVEN'T CHANGED, I DON'T THINK.

LIKE, WHEN YOU GO BACK HOME,

THE PEOPLE TREAT YOU SO DIFFERENT.

-HE GREW UP DIRT POOR IN ARKANSAS,

LEARNED MUSIC ON A SEARS AND ROEBUCK GUITAR,

AND BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECORDING STARS OF ALL TIME.

AS A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER STUDIO MUSICIAN,

HE RECORDED WITH EVERYONE FROM FRANK SINATRA

TO ELVIS TO THE BEACH BOYS.

-IF "TRUE GRIT" IS AS SUCCESSFUL AS EVERYONE SAYS IT'S GONNA BE,

WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING GOING.

-THE RHINESTONE COWBOY HIMSELF, MR. GLEN CAMPBELL.

PEOPLE SAY, "IS THERE NO END TO THIS MAN'S TALENT?"

-IS THERE NO BEGINNING?

-YOU KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS TODAY?

THE MONTH, THE DAY, AND THE YEAR?

WHAT MONTH DO YOU THINK THIS IS?

-I -- WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW. LET'S GO LOOK.

-OKAY. WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR?

ARE WE IN WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, OR FALL?

-I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM.

-ALL RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW THE YEAR?

WHAT YEAR IS IT?

-1870, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

-NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

NO. I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS.

WHEN IT'S NEEDED, I TAKE CARE OF THAT.

-HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?

-I DON'T KNOW. HOW OLD AM I?

-WELL.

I WAS BORN IN 1936.

-OKAY.

-1949.

-76.

-SO YOU'RE 76 NOW.

-YEAH, I'M 76.

-OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS PLACE?

-I DON'T KNOW.

-UM, WHAT KIND OF A PLACE IS THIS?

WHERE HAVE YOU COME?

-OBVIOUSLY, I'M BEING ANALYZED.

-OKAY.

SO WHAT KIND OF AN INST-- WHAT IS THIS?

IS THIS A -- IS IT A HOSPITAL, MEDICAL FACILITY?

-MM-HMM.

-THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY. RIGHT.

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL YEARS?

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT?

-MY GOODNESS. I DON'T KNOW.

-OKAY.

-I DON'T REALLY NONE USED THAT VERY MUCH LATELY.

-I'D LIKE YOU TO TRY TO REMEMBER FOUR WORDS, OKAY?

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU FOUR WORDS.

YOU TRY TO REMEMBER THEM NOW.

-"IF," "AND," AND "BUT" IS MY BIG ONES.

-THOSE -- THOSE -- THOSE ARE LATER.

THOSE ARE LATER.

TRY TO REMEMBER THESE FOUR WORDS, OKAY?

-OKAY.

-APPLE.

-APPLE.

-MR. JOHNSON.

-MR. JOHNSON.

-CHARITY.

-CHARITY.

-AND TUNNEL.

-AND TUNNEL.

-CAN YOU GIVE THOSE BACK TO ME NOW?

-NO. I HAVE NO USE FOR IT NOW.

I JUST ALREADY PASSED IT.

-THEY'RE GONE ALREADY. OKAY.

-I CAN PLAY GUITAR.

-2, 3.

-YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, DON'T YOU?

-I'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES.

-I IMAGINE SO. I NEVER --

-YOU DIDN'T FLINCH, SO THAT'S GOOD.

-TWO INJECTIONS.

-TWO INJECTIONS WE'RE GONNA DO.

-IT'S THE SAME STUFF?

-NOPE. IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT MATERIAL.

IT WILL GET TAKEN UP DIFFERENTLY IN THE BRAIN.

-OH.

BUT MY BRAIN IS SO SMART.

I WAS SO BRIGHT, MY DADDY CALLED ME SUN .

-I'M GULLIBLE FOR SILLY THINGS.

-SILLY THINGS?

-DID THEY STICK THAT IN ME?

-YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A, UM -- A NEEDLE IN THERE,

BUT THERE'S NO TUBE TO IT YET.

-ALL RIGHT.

NOW, I'M GONNA JUST HAVE YOU REST QUIETLY IN HERE.

AND IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, I'LL COME GET YOU,

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT PICTURES. OKAY?

-DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE KNOCKING ME OUT?

-NO, I JUST WANT YOU TO REST QUIETLY IN HERE.

I'M GONNA TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN.

-♪ AND I REMEMBER, TOO, A DISTANT BELL ♪

♪ AND STARS THAT FELL OUT OF THE BLUE ♪

-"LIKE THE RAIN."

-HUH?

OH, THE RAIN.

-STARS THAT FELL LIKE THE RAIN.

-♪ AND THE RAIN OUT OF THE BLUE-HOO-HOO-HOO ♪

♪ WHEN MY LIFE IS THROUGH

-♪ AND THE ANGELS --

-♪ I REMEMBER -- OH, YOU SING IT.

-♪ AND THE ANGLES ASK ME...

-♪ ...TO RECALL

-♪ THE TRILL OF THEM ALL

-♪ I REMEMBER, TOO,

♪ YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID "I DO" ♪

♪ DIDN'T YOU?

-DID YOU TURN THE LIGHT OFF?!

-OKAY, WE'LL BE RIGHT IN.

-THIS IS YOUR BRAIN. -WOW.

-IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE CAMERA,

SO WE'RE LOOKING FRONT ON AT THE BRAIN.

IN THIS PARTICULAR SHOT,

WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS REGION OF THE BRAIN...

-OH.

-...BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART OF THE BRAIN, AMONG OTHERS,

THAT'S INVOLVED WITH MEMORY.

-THAT BUTTERFLY IN THERE ON PURPOSE?

-THE BUTTERFLY IS SORT OF WATER SPACE IN THE BRAIN, OKAY?

IT'S LIKE WHERE VENTRICLES, WHERE THE FLUID IS,

THE SPINAL FLUID IS, OKAY?

SO, RIGHT IN HERE IS A STRUCTURE CALLED A HIPPOCAMPUS,

AND THAT'S VITAL FOR MEMORY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,

IT STARTS TO SHRINK.

AND SO WE CAN SEE HERE ON THIS M.R. SCAN

THAT YOURS IS SMALLER THAN IT USED TO BE.

IT USED TO OCCUPY THIS WHOLE SPACE,

BUT NOW IT'S CONSIDERABLY SMALLER.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL ATROPHY.

SO, IF WE LOOK AT THESE BOTTOM PICTURES HERE,

THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BLUE BACKGROUND,

IF THE BRAIN PATTERN WAS NORMAL...

-MM-HMM.

-...IT WOULD BE SOLID DARK BLUE,

LIKE THIS COLOR IN HERE.

AND SO THINGS IN THAT PART OF THE BRAIN

ARE NOT WORKING QUITE NORMALLY.

-HMM.

-THIS INDICATES THAT, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD,

YOUR DIFFICULTIES ARE DUE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

THIS IS -- WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT NOW.

THIS IS A FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED NEW TEST NOW

THAT TELLS US THAT THAT'S THE LIKELY UNDERLYING CAUSE.

-I-I FIGURED THAT WAS JUST A...GETTING --

GETTING THE ONES, UH, OUT THAT I DON'T REALLY WANT OR NEED.

-YOU'RE TRYING TO FORGET THINGS THAT YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE,

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CLEAR OUT THE MIND A BIT, YEAH?

-WELL, I DO. I FORGET 'EM.

-GOOD.

-I KNEW -- I KNEW IT WAS ALZHEIMER'S,

BUT IT'S MORE SOLIDLY IN MY MIND NOW THAT I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.

AND, UM...IT'S --

IT'S REALLY HARD.

BUT...I-I JUST --

YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO MAINTAIN AS LONG AS I CAN

AND TRY TO KEEP HIM HEALTHY AND HAPPY.

-WHEN I FIRST HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE WORD, YOU KNOW, "DEMENTIA,"

UM, THE REACTION WAS FIRST, UM, SYMPATHY, EMPATHY,

BUT ALSO AS A BUSINESSMAN, "WOW, WHAT'S THIS GONNA MEAN?

WHAT ABOUT THE TOUR?" YOU KNOW.

"IS THAT GONNA BE VIABLE?"

AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROPERLY.

WE NEED TO GO PUBLIC WITH IT.

-PLEASE DON'T.

-HE SANG GOOD.

-STOP. WOULD YOU STOP IT?

-NO!

-LET ME FIX THIS.

AAH.

SING IT PRETTY.

-NO.

-PLEASE.

-NO.

-I'LL LET YOU KISS MY BACK.

♪ EVERY STREET IS DARK AND FOLDING♪

♪ OUT MYSTERIOUSLY♪

-WE GOT THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S

ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT "GHOST ON THE CANVAS"

WAS BEING RELEASED,

WHICH IS A FABULOUS, FABULOUS PIECE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GO OUT AND PROMOTE IT.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY,

YOU KNOW, WITH THE RECORD COMPANY AND WITH JULIAN.

-SUFFERING WITH THIS DISEASE THAT HE HAS,

I MEAN, IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF PITCH THAT HE HAS,

THE PERFECT PITCH,

IF HE WAS LIKE HALF THE MUSICIAN THAT HE -- THAT HE IS,

I JUST DON'T THINK, UH --

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WOULD PULL THIS OFF.

-STEP IN. READY?

-WHAT WE GONNA DO?

-WAIT A MINUTE.

-THE NEW SONGS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE

BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW AND IT'S -- IT'S HARD --

IT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR HIM TO LEARN NEW SONGS,

BUT WE'RE DRILLING THEM IN HIS HEAD EVERY DAY.

HE'S PRACTICING WITH THE LYRICS.

-ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

-I HAD IT JUST EXACTLY WHERE I WANTED IT.

-HE LIKES LIKE 120.

-WOULD YOU PUT IT AT 122?

JUST OUT OF KICKS, PUT IT AT 122.

-JUST FOR KICKS.

-THERE ARE TOO MANY --

THERE'S TOO MANY INDIANS IN HERE, MAN.

I'M THE CHIEF.

THERE'S WANNABE -- THERE'S ONE DRIVER IN HERE.

SO IF YOU WANT ME TO FIRE YOU FROM THE DITCH...

-THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS.

GLEN HAS BECOME UN-REHEARSE-ABLE.

ANY REHEARSAL IS MORE LIKE A SOUND CHECK.

HE CAN'T GET THROUGH A SONG WITHOUT STOPPING

AND TRYING TO EITHER TELL SOMEONE

HOW TO PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENT

OR THAT THEY'RE PLAYING TOO LOUD.

-WAIT A MINUTE!

-ONE THING I NOTICED ABOUT HIM

ASKING FOR A STRANGE TEMPO CHANGE WAS THAT, UM --

I MEAN, SOMETIMES MY BROTHER WOULD BE, LIKE,

A LITTLE ARGUMENTATIVE AND SAY, "DAD, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE."

AND I'D SAY, "GUYS, LET'S JUST DO IT FOR HIM."

-IT'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE FASTER.

-I'M JUST PLAYING WHAT'S ON THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

-THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S MY RECORD.

-WHAT TIME IS IT?

-UH...4:00.

YOU GO ON IN 45 MINUTES.

-NO KIDDING?

-THERE'S YOUR COFFEE. BE CAREFUL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HOT THAT IS.

-TODAY IS, UH, GLEN'S FIRST

TELEVISION PERFORMANCE,

UM, SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW RECORD

AND SINCE THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S.

-SEE THAT LITTLE CIRCLE?

IT'S, LIKE, VERY IMPORTANT

THAT YOU DON'T GO OUTSIDE THAT CIRCLE, 'CAUSE THE CAMERAS.

-NO.

-I'LL STAND WHERE I WANT TO

AND SING WHERE I WANT TO, STAND AND ALL.

YOU GOT IT.

-WELL, I FEEL LIKE A STAGE MOTHER

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, AS A STAGE MOTHER,

I KNOW THE PERFORMANCE BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS,

I KNOW EVERY WORD,

I KNOW EVERY LICK ON THE GUITAR.

IT'S LIKE AN ORGANISM, YOU KNOW?

WE'RE TRYING TO COMPENSATE.

IF HE GOES THIS WAY, WE GO THAT WAY.

-WE WERE TERRIFIED THAT MY DAD

WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT,

HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE SONG.

WE WERE TERRIFIED HE WAS JUST

GONNA WANDER OFF INTO THE AUDIENCE.

HE KEPT TURNING AROUND TO LOOK AT CAL AND THE DRUMS

AND TO TELL THE BASS PLAYER HOW TO PLAY.

-ARE YOU A BASS PLAYER?

-YEAH, SURE AM.

-WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR

ABOUT THIS SHOW TODAY?

THAT HE CAN'T DO IT.

IT'S MY GREATEST FEAR.

-SO, WHAT ABOUT THE TOUR?

-IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD BE HARD TO CONTINUE TO DO --

TO DO THINGS.

-MY NEXT GUEST IS AN AMERICAN ICON.

HE'S WON FIVE GRAMMY AWARDS,

SEVEN ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS,

AND THREE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS,

SOLD OVER 50 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.

HE RECENTLY WENT PUBLIC WITH THE FACT

THAT HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,

AND HE'S WRITTEN HIS FINAL RECORD

AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS LIFE.

TONIGHT HE'S GONNA BE JOINED BY THREE OF HIS KIDS

TO PERFORM TWO SONGS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM RIGHT HERE,

"GHOST ON THE CANVAS."

PLEASE WELCOME THE LEGENDARY GLEN CAMPBELL.

-I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.

♪ I'VE TRIED AND I HAVE FAILED, LORD ♪

♪ I'VE WON AND I HAVE LOST

♪ I'VE LIVED AND I HAVE LOVED, LORD ♪

♪ SOMETIMES AT SUCH A COST

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

♪ ONE THING IS THAT I KNOW

♪ THIS WHOLE WORLD'S BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪

♪ A BETTER PLACE

♪ AWAITS, YOU'LL SEE

♪ SOME DAYS I'M IN CONFUSION

♪ MY PAST GETS IN MY WAY

♪ I NEED THE ONES I LOVE, LORD

♪ MORE AND MORE EACH DAY

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

♪ ONE THING I KNOW

♪ THIS WHOLE WORLD'S BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪

♪ A BETTER PLACE

♪ YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE

♪ OOOOOOOOH-OOOH-OOOH

♪ A BETTER PLACE

I GOT THROUGH IT!

-GLEN CAMPBELL!

HELLO, BUDDY. GOOD JOB.

-GOD BLESS YOU. -THAT WAS GREAT.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL. -THANK Y'ALL.

-YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE GUYS

THAT'S JUST IMPACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.

-"GENTLE ON MY MIND" -- YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST --

THEY'RE JUST SUCH GREAT SONGS.

AND IT'S LIKE THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG BOOK,

AND YOU'RE PART OF IT.

-AWW.

-WELL, THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.

-YOU'RE OKAY.

-WELL, WE LOVE HAVING YOU.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES,

AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO COME, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE.

THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.

-I WILL. GOD BLESS YOU.

-AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

IF THAT DAUGHTER WANTS TO COME BACK WITHOUT YOU, IT'S FINE.

-I HAD TO WATCH THEM ALL, SO I JUST PUT THEM TO WORK.

-WELL, THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

-THANK YOU.

-THANKS, YOU GUYS.

-WELL, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME "WOO WOO" IN THERE.

-♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY

-YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO A MAJOR CITY LIKE NEW YORK OR L.A.,

THEN THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT SHOWS

BECAUSE ALL THE CRITICS COME,

AND YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

SO, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DO THE NOKIA SHOW HERE IN L.A.,

WE HAD SOME REHEARSALS

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE SHORED IT UP AND DID OUR VERY BEST.

-MAYBE IN HIS CURRENT STATE OF HAZINESS,

WHEN HE CONNECTS TO SOMETHING THAT HE'S BEEN DOING FOR SO LONG

OR JUST BRINGS HIM THE MOST JOY,

I THINK THAT THEN HE ACTUALLY BECOMES HIMSELF AGAIN.

-IT REALLY IS -- IT REALLY IS FUN.

THE MOST INCREDIBLE SETUP THAT I'VE EVER BEEN IN,

WITH THE KIDS AND MY WIFE

AND PLAYING WITH THE KIDS IN THE BAND.

IT'S JUST -- IT REALLY IS -- IT REALLY IS FUN.

-IT'S NOT ALL BAD, NECESSARILY.

LIKE, UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE

WE GET TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE WHILE HE'S STILL AROUND.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO --

YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, WE DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE,

LIKE, THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR LIFE'S BEEN

UNTIL THEY'RE GONE.

WITH THIS ILLNESS,

WE KNOW THAT THE END IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NEAR,

AT LEAST, LIKE, FOR HIS CAREER,

AND KIND OF CELEBRATE IT AND ENJOY IT

WITH HIM STILL, YOU KNOW, WITH US.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF NICE.

-THAT IS -- THAT'S TOO -- THAT'S JUST TOO --

THAT -- THE BASS IS JUST TOO LATE.

-WE'LL TURN IT DOWN A BIT.

-YEAH, THERE IS A BIG MUSICAL CHALLENGE

IN THIS KIND OF SHOW

THAT MOST MUSICIANS DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH,

WHICH IS, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.

ALL BETS ARE OFF.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING.

-WHAT TIME WE GONNA GO?

-WHERE, TO DO YOUR SHOW?

-WELL, WE GONNA SING SOME SONGS, AREN'T WE?

-YEAH.

-GONNA BE ABOUT SIX MINUTES.

-OKAY.

-♪ OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH

-SHOW TIME!

-SHOW TIME!

-LET HIM GO TO WORK.

-♪ OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH ♪

♪ OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH

♪ OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH

-THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

I'LL TELL YOU, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY EVENING.

MY KIDS -- BOY.

IS THIS IN "C"?

OKAY.

OKAY.

I REALLY LIKE THIS SONG.

♪ GOT AN EASY PLACE TO BE

♪ IN MY ARMS

♪ BABY, IN MY ARMS

♪ GOT A SIMPLE SPACE TO FEEL FREE ♪

-YEAH.

-♪ IN MY ARMS

♪ BABY, IN MY ARMS

YEAH.

-GLEN WOULD SAY, "GOD HAS A PURPOSE IN EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A PURPOSE IN EVERYTHING."

AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD SAY

IF HE KNEW THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS

OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.

-AND GLEN'S NOT MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE'S MUSICAL,

BUT HERE'S SOMEBODY WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS,

YOU KNOW, GOD EVER PUT INTO SOMEBODY,

AND -- AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,

IT HASN'T REALLY TAKEN THAT GIFT AWAY FROM HIM.

-HE HAD SUCH A GREAT DEMEANOR AND WAS IN HIS GLORY,

AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO SEE,

'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

-♪ AH, AH-AH, AH-AH

-PEOPLE WERE JUST SO ENCOURAGING AND LOVING,

AND THEY ALL KNEW THAT -- YOU KNOW,

THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH PRESS ABOUT HIM HAVING ALZHEIMER'S,

THEY ALL KNEW,

AND THEY WERE JUST CHEERING HIM ON

AND GIVING HIM SO MUCH LOVE.

SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BLESSING

AND A CONFIRMATION THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

-LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA-A-A-A!

-I THINK THE DECISION TO BOOK A TOUR

AND DO A TOUR IS INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INHERENT IN THERE IS THE RISK

THAT HE COULD KIND OF UNDERMINE PEOPLE'S RESPECT FOR HIM

OR, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATION FOR HIM.

-YEAH, I SING HARMONY.

-HUH?

-YOU SING LEAD. I SING HARMONY.

- ♪ I GOT A FEELING CALLED THE BLUES ♪

-"G".

THERE YOU GO.

-♪ I GOT A FEELING CALLED

-♪ THE BLUES, OH, LORD

♪ SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE

-THERE YOU GO.

-TRAVELING ON THE BUS WITH THE ENTIRE CREW,

THE BAND, EVERYBODY,

YOU KNOW, THANK GOD WE ALL LIKE EACH OTHER.

-♪ OH, LORD, THAT LAST LONG DAY... ♪

-THIS WHOLE OPERATION IS MORE OF A FAMILY VIBE.

SO, YOU KNOW, GLEN'S BEEN -- I WOULDN'T SAY SO MUCH OF A --

NOT SO MUCH AS A FATHER FIGURE TO ME,

BUT HE'S BEEN A GREAT MENTOR,

HE'S BEEN A GREAT FRIEND TO ME FOR MANY YEARS.

-♪ DADDY, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DREAM ♪

-YEAH.

-MY HUSBAND CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN WORKING

WITH THE CAMPBELLS ALMOST 30 YEARS.

-♪ WELL, I'VE GROWN SO USED TO YOU SOMEHOW ♪

♪ WELL, I'M NOBODY'S SUGAR DADDY NOW ♪

♪ AND I'M LONESOME

♪ I GOT THE LOVESICK BLU-U-U-U-U-U-ES ♪

-HE MAKES US FEEL LIKE FAMILY.

WE SHARE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE OUT OR WHATEVER.

SO IT IS A FAMILY VIBE.

THEY'VE ACCEPTED US, JILL AND MYSELF AND OUR SON, AARON.

AND HE AND AARON GET ALONG REALLY WELL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT AARON IS POSSIBLY HIS GRANDSON.

WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST -- JUST PART OF THE ROAD FAMILY.

-WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S BEEN, LIKE -- WE'VE BEEN SO LONG TOGETHER,

HE BARELY EVEN FORGETS ME.

NICKNAME HE CALLS ME NOW IS "WHISTLE BRITCHES."

-WHY?

-THAT'S THE ONLY NAME HE REMEMBERS.

-♪ NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO GAIN ♪

♪ NOTHING, NOTHING

♪ NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO GAIN ♪

♪ NOTHING, NOTHING

♪ GOT NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE, WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO GAIN ♪

-HERE'S OUR FRIDGE.

WE GOT GOODIES IN HERE -- PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY.

MY BUNK. IT'S WHERE MY BANJO SLEEPS, AND SOMETIMES ME.

THIS IS THE BACK LOUNGE.

-♪ OVER THE BORDERLINE

♪ THERE ARE NO MORE LOVE LOST AND NO MORE GAMES ♪

♪ NO MORE DIGGING HOLES OR GRAVES ♪

♪ NOTHING TO LOSE BUT RIVETS AND CHAINS ♪

♪ GOT NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO GAIN ♪

-WE DID A SHOW LAST NIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DIAGRAM

THAT SHOWED WHERE YOU WERE EVERY SECOND,

BECAUSE IT WAS ALL OVER.

-WAS IT GOOD?

-IT'S A LITTLE TOO BUSY.

-IT'S A LITTLE TOO -- YOU CAN'T STAND STILL.

-THAT'S WHAT BETSY ROSS SAID.

-THAT'S WHAT BETSY ROSS SAID WHEN SHE FINISHED THE FLAG.

"IS THIS TOO BUSY?"

-♪ AND NO RICH MAN'S WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN DUST ♪

♪ THEY BURY HIM DOWN SAME AS THEY DO US ♪

-SEE THIS ONE NOW? SEE WHERE I'M GETTING TO?

-STOP, STOP, STOP.

-OKAY. THAT ONE'S THERE.

AND NOW WE GO OVER.

OH, AND THIS ONE GOES HERE.

WELL, YOU'RE -- YOU JUST DID --

HOW DID YOU DO YOURS SO QUICKLY?

-'CAUSE I'M FASTER THAN YOU.

-NO, WE GOT A DIFFERENT KIND OF SHOE, I THINK.

-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH-OOH

-EVERY LITTLE THING AFFECTS GLEN IN A BIG WAY.

YOU KNOW, WITH HIS TEETH,

HE HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING ON HIS TOOTH,

SO HE ASKED FOR KNIVES.

"DOES ANYBODY GOT A KNIFE?

DOES ANYBODY HAVE A RAZOR BLADE?"

HE WANTS TO STICK THINGS IN HIS MOUTH.

-THAT'S A TIFFANY DIAMOND RIGHT THERE.

-IT'S MY EARRING.

MY EARRING IS IN HIS MOUTH AS WE SPEAK.

JUST OBSESSES OVER EVERY LITTLE THING.

-WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO -- WHO GOT THAT STARTED.

WHO GOT IT STARTED?

-WHAT, THAT YOU HAD ALZHEIMER'S?

-IT'S A RUMOR.

"IT'S A RUMOR."

-HE'S ALWAYS UP.

HE'S ALWAYS UP, EVEN THROUGH HIS CHALLENGES AND ALL THAT.

HE JOKES AROUND CONSTANTLY.

HE'S GOT MORE JOKES THAN ANYBODY I'VE EVER MET.

AND WE JUST CRACK EACH OTHER UP ALL THE TIME

AND JUST HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIME.

-I HAVE CRIED, AND I HAVE LAUGHED.

LAUGHING IS A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.

-FLEX YOUR MUSCLES FOR ME, HONEY.

WHOO. WHOO! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

THAT'S NOT A 75-YEAR-OLD BODY.

WHOO. JUST DON'T TURN SIDEWAYS.

-PART OF ME WAS AFRAID

THAT THE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE SHOW

BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A STOCK-CAR RACE.

THEY WERE GOING TO SEE A CRASH,

THAT THEY WERE ALMOST EXPECTING TO SEE SOMETHING.

AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE MORE RESPECT

FOR MY FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT PEOPLE

REALLY SEEM TO WANT TO BE THERE

TO SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE AGAIN.

-IN A WAY, IT'S A BLESSING FOR HIS FANS

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ON DOWN THE LINE,

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO -- TO GO AND --

AND SEE HIM AND WATCH HIM PERFORM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW IS --

IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE,

YOU KNOW, A LIVING LEGEND.

-GLEN AND MY DAD WERE FRIENDS.

AND, UM, HIS MUSIC FILLED THE HOUSE, THE CASH HOUSE.

MUSIC MAGICALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN EVERYONE'S LIFE.

I MEAN, IT'S THE FIRE THAT DRIVES US ON.

IT GETS US THROUGH OUR ROUGHER, HARDER TIMES.

-I STILL CLING TO THE FACT

THAT MUSIC DOES SOMETHING TO THE MOLECULES.

I THINK THAT MUSIC IS ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS

THAT REALLY, COLLECTIVELY,

CAN CHANGE THE MOLECULES IN ALL OF US.

AND GOSH, WHAT A -- WHAT A -- WHAT AN IMMENSE BLESSING

TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT IMPACT ON PEOPLE.

-GOD BLESS YOU. THANKS.

WHOA!

THANK YOU.

WHOO!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

♪ 'CAUSE IT'S KNOWING THAT YOUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN ♪

♪ AND YOUR PATH IS FREE TO WALK ♪

♪ THAT MAKES ME TEND TO PULL OUT ♪

WE GOT A THING GOING HERE?

NOW, WHAT IS T-T-THAT -- WHERE'S THAT --

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS ON ME,

'CAUSE I GOT -- I FORGOT EVERYTHING I LEARNED.

IS THAT -- YOU GOT -- I THOUGHT WE HAD A THING.

I FORGOT WHERE A-FLAT WAS, MAN.

-UNFORTUNATELY, OUR TELEPROMPTER WENT OUT

RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW.

SERIOUSLY.

-WHAT?

-OUR TELEPROMPTER WENT OUT. IT JUST BLEW.

I WAS WONDERING WHY THAT WAS.

HAS ANYBODY HERE GOT EVERYTHING -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

-WE GOT IT WORKED OUT. HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

-WHAT?

-WE'RE GONNA PULL IT UP.

OKAY, READY?

-OKAY.

IS IT WORKING?

HELLO! OH, THERE WE GO! YAY!

♪ IT'S KNOWING THAT YOU 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 ♪

-"TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS."

YOU KNOW, THAT THING HAS GOT THIS LONG GUITAR SOLO IN IT.

WELL, HE'S READING THE TELEPROMPTER

'CAUSE HE'S PRETTY MUCH READING THE TELEPROMPTER FOR EVERY SONG.

HE'S SINGING AND STUFF, AND HE GOES --

HE SAID, "GLEN, PLAY A LONG GUITAR SOLO HERE."

"OKAY."

-I'LL PLAY ONE OF THEM.

♪ WELL, YOU GOT TO TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS ♪

♪ SHOW A LITTLE KINDNESS

♪ SHINE YOUR LIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ♪

♪ AND IF YOU TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS ♪

♪ THEN YOU'LL OVERLOOK THE BLINDNESS ♪

♪ OF NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE

♪ ON THEIR NARROW-MINDED STREETS ♪

PLAY FOR 'EM!

♪ OF THE NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE

♪ ON THEIR NARROW-MINDED STREETS ♪

-I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORLD KNOWS

WHAT A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER GLEN CAMPBELL IS.

THEY SHOULD.

IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE TV SHOWS

AND LISTEN TO THOSE RECORDS,

AND -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE RECORDS HE PLAYED ON,

THE LINER NOTES DIDN'T SAY "GLEN CAMPBELL PLAYED"

ON THOSE BEACH BOYS' RECORDS.

BUT HE DID.

♪ I AM A LINEMAN FOR THE COUNTY ♪

♪ AND I DRIVE THE MAIN ROAD

♪ SEARCHING IN THE SUN FOR ANOTHER OVERLOAD ♪

♪ I HEAR YOU SINGING IN THE WIRE ♪

♪ I CAN HEAR YOU THROUGH THE WHINE ♪

♪ AND THE WICHITA LINEMAN

♪ IS STILL ON THE LINE

-SO MANY BLESSINGS TIED UP IN THIS.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH GLEN

AND THE GIFT THAT HE'S GIVING AND THE GIFT HE'S RECEIVING,

AND HOW HE'S TOUCHING PEOPLE'S LIVES,

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS

WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FEEL SO SEEN

BECAUSE HE'S OPENING UP SUCH A CONVERSATION.

-HE JUST GOES AROUND BREAKING THE BARRIER.

HE -- HE WALKS AROUND, AND HE SHAKES HANDS,

AND HE SAYS HI, AND HE TELLS HIS JOKES,

AND HE TALKS LIKE DONALD DUCK, AND HE MAKES PEOPLE SMILE.

-DO YOU EVER GET HUNG UP?

I GO AROUND NOW -- I WALK INTO THE --

IN THE KITCHEN TO GET SOMETHING, RIGHT?

AND I GO, AND I SAID,

"NOW, WHAT DID I COME IN HERE FOR," YOU KNOW?

I STOPPED IT. I QUIT GOING INTO THE KITCHEN.

-IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HIM BE VULNERABLE.

YOU KNOW, OUR CULTURE DOESN'T REALLY ENCOURAGE US

TO DO THAT VERY MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE

TO MAKE THE DECISION TO BE THAT VULNERABLE.

-YOU WANT ME TO INTRODUCE THESE --

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE?

OH, YEAH.

THERE THEY ARE.

-JUST ME FOR NOW.

-OKAY.

THIS IS MY -- MY --

-OVER THERE.

-YEAH, MY -- MY KIDS AND FRIENDS

AND WHOEVER ELSE IS HERE.

-HI.

-MY DARLING, UH --

-INTRODUCE ME, DAD.

-HUH? -INTRODUCE ME.

-I HAVE. I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN OR YOU WOULD HAVE GOT IT FIRST.

-YOU'RE FUNNY.

-ANYWAY, MY DARLING DAUGHTER, ASHLEY.

ASHLEY CAMPBELL, WITH HER --

SHE PLAYS BANJOS, SINGS, GUITARS.

-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

-HUH?

YOU WANT ME TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY NOW?

-NO. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT LATER.

WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE THE BAND LATER.

HOW ABOUT WE DUEL A LITTLE BIT?

YEAH.

-DUELING.

-YOU READY?

-OF COURSE. I WAS BORN READY.

-THAT WASN'T EXACTLY THE GLEN CAMPBELL THAT WE HAD KNOWN,

BUT HE STILL WAS.

OKAY, SO HE WANTED TO SING "WICHITA LINEMAN" TWICE.

WHO GIVES A RAT'S ASS? LET HIM SING IT TWICE.

AND HE WALKED OUT THERE, AND HE PLAYED HIS ASS OFF.

AND THE CROWD LOVED IT.

I SAT THERE IN THE RYMAN LAST NIGHT,

AND I CRIED, AND I LAUGHED, AND I LEARNED.

HE'S STILL GLEN CAMPBELL.

-THE AUDIENCE BEING THERE SOMEHOW TRIGGERS HIS --

HIS ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT OTHER PART OF HIS BRAIN,

WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.

-I WATCHED THE FAMILY THERE ON STAGE TOGETHER,

AND I WATCHED THEM PERFORMING.

I KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

I JUST THINK ABOUT KIM.

I THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY

AND WHAT CHANGES SHE'S GOING TO SEE IN THIS MAN

THAT'S JUST SO STRONG AND HAPPY AND BIG.

AND -- AND HE'S WORTH SO MUCH TO US,

AND I-I JUST KNOW THAT HE'S -- HE'S GONNA KIND OF SHRINK.

IT'S -- IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

-GLEN, LAST NIGHT AT THE RYMAN,

YOU SOMETIMES FORGOT WHAT KEY IT WAS IN,

BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MELODY.

HOW IS THAT?

-I-I-I COULDN'T ANSWER IT, BUT I CAN DO IT.

AND I CAN DO IT WHEN I WANT TO DO IT.

IT'S AMAZING.

SOMETIMES I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

NO, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S IN YOUR SYSTEM THAT'S --

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I WISH -- I WISH I KNEW.

-LOOK OVER THERE.

-MM-HMM.

-WELL, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR TOURING,

WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS HERE

OR A FEW DAYS THERE

WHERE WE'D GET TO COME BACK TO MALIBU

AND TRY TO ENJOY A NORMAL LIFE.

-PLAY THE PIANO FOR ME.

OPEN AND CLOSE.

-I'M A GUITAR PLAYER.

-I CAN SEE. OPEN AND CLOSE YOUR HANDS.

-YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE STILL DEALING

WITH THE LITTLE THINGS EVERY DAY

THAT ARE SO DIFFICULT FOR GLEN,

LIKE "WHERE'S THE BATHROOM IN YOUR OWN HOME?"

AND EVERY SECOND IS A CHALLENGE FOR HIM.

-SO I THOUGHT WE'D START OUT BY JUST ASKING YOU HOW YOU FEEL

AND HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING.

-I JUST THANK THE LORD FOR GIVING ME A GOOD --

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

-PRETTY GOOD HEALTH?

-YEAH. I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW,

THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.

I CAN STILL JUMP AS HIGH,

BUT I CAN'T STAY UP AS LONG, THOUGH.

-HIS COORDINATION SEEMS PRETTY GOOD.

HE'S DOING BUTTONS OR SHAVING, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

-YEAH, HE'S DOING REALLY WELL.

-AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE BATHROOM HABIT?

IS THAT UNDER CONTROL, OR MORE OR LESS?

-YEAH. IN FACT, THERE WERE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THAT A YEAR AGO.

-RIGHT, I REMEMBER.

SO THAT RESOLVED, OR --

-IT RESOLVED. IT STOPPED.

UM, YOU WERE -- YOU WERE, UM,

I THINK GETTING DISORIENTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND --

-WHEN?

-ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

IN OUR BEDROOM, YOU WOULD GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

AND PEE IN THE CORNER.

OR WE'D BE IN A HOTEL ROOM,

AND YOU'D GO INTO THE BATHROOM --

-THAT WAS WHEN I WAS DRINKING.

-NO.

THERE MIGHT BE A TRASH CAN

SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOILET,

AND YOU WOULD PEE IN THE TRASH CAN INSTEAD OF THE TOILET.

-I -- HONEY, I SLEEPWALK, IS WHAT THAT'S CALLED.

-MM-HMM.

-I WOULD. I WOULD GET UP.

AND IF I DIDN'T -- IF I DIDN'T JUST TRIP OVER IT, IT WAS A --

IT WAS A GOOD -- WHEN I TRIPPED OVER IT,

I SAID, "OH, GOOD GOSH, I'M," YOU KNOW.

-WHEN'S THE LAST TIME GLEN PERFORMED BEFORE AN AUDIENCE?

-WHAT? YESTERDAY. WHEN WAS THAT?

-I THINK IT WAS, UH, SATURDAY NIGHT.

-WHERE WAS THAT?

-YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING MENEXT.

-OKAY, UM, WE WERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

WE WERE IN MORRISBURG -- NO, WAIT.

-YEAH, IT WAS...

-SHIPPEN-- SHIPPENS-- SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

-HE'S STAYING BUSY, HUH? -UH-HUH.

-AND GENERALLY, WOULD YOU SAY HE'S DOING WELL

AND, FIRST OF ALL, ENJOYING --

-VERY GOOD.

-...AND ENJOYING THE PERFORMANCE, RIGHT?

-HE IS LOVING IT.

HE IS REALLY HAVING A GOOD TIME ON STAGE.

-SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME --

SOME DECLINE.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY GLEN PRESENTS HIMSELF -- EXCELLENT.

BRIGHT, ALERT, INTERACTS WELL, COMMUNICATES WELL.

AND, UM, WHERE I AM SURPRISED IS HOW PRESERVED GLEN IS,

HOW ABLE HE IS TO PERFORM,

HOW ABLE HE IS TO COMMUNICATE AND INTERACT.

I THINK HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE.

UM, YOU ARE MAINTAINING YOUR INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY

BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE STUFF THAT YOU LOVE TO DO

AND YOU'RE PERFORMING.

-THAT IS TRUE.

-AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT

THAT THAT'S A LARGE REASON

THAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL AS YOU'RE DOING.

BECAUSE YOUR MEMORY DID DECLINE SOMEWHAT

SINCE I SAW YOU THE LAST TIME,

THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE GONNA MAYBE BOOST THE DOSE

OF YOUR ARICEPT AT THIS POINT AND SEE IF THAT HELPS.

THERE IS SOME DATA TO SUGGEST

THAT HE MIGHT GET A BIT OF A COGNITIVE BOOST

FROM A -- FROM A STRONGER DOSE OF ARICEPT,

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.

-MIGHT HELP YOUR MEMORY A LITTLE BIT, AND YOUR THINKING.

MAKE YOU SHARPER.

-I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET RID OF IT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

-YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I DEFINITELY THINK THERE ARE PARTS OF GLEN'S LIFE

THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO FORGET,

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY HE HAD AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM.

I THINK HE WAS DRINKING TO FORGET THE PAIN OF DIVORCES

AND MAYBE THE GUILT OF THE CHILDREN

THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THOSE DIVORCES.

HE FELT REALLY BAD THAT HE WASN'T THERE

TO BE A FATHER FOR THEM.

-I'M HERE TO SEE GLEN CAMPBELL.

I'VE BEEN A FAN SINCE 1967.

UM, I HAVE EVERY -- EVERY ALBUM HE EVER MADE,

AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE HIM

PERHAPS, PROBABLY, FOR THE LAST TIME.

-I'M SO GLAD THAT HE HAS THE COURAGE

TO GO AND DO THIS FAREWELL TOUR

WHICH IS GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

-I MEAN, I THINK TODAY,

WHEN YOU GET A DIAGNOSIS LIKE ALZHEIMER'S,

IT SCARES PEOPLE.

BUT IT YOU JUST THINK OF IT LIKE --

LIKE PEOPLE USED TO THINK OF IT

BEFORE YOU EVER EVEN HEARD OF ALZHEIMER'S --

LIKE, "OLD GRANDPA'S GETTING FORGETFUL."

-RIGHT. "STARTING TO LOSE MY MEMORY A LITTLE BIT."

-THAT'S PART OF LIFE, YOU KNOW.

AND YOU JUST GO WITH IT AND HAVE FUN WITH IT, LAUGH AT YOURSELF.

THANK YOU, NEW YORK CITY!

-WORKING SEEMS TO REALLY STIMULATE HIS MIND,

AND HE REALLY SEEMS TO ENJOY IT.

AND THERE'S -- THERE'S A FUNNY THING THAT HE DOES

WHEN HE'S GETTING THIS ADULATION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

HE KIND OF -- YOU SEE HIM PATTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD,

AND HE'S EXPLAINED THAT TO ME.

IT'S, UM, THE HAIR GOES BACK UP ON HIS NECK,

LIKE, UH, GOOSE BUMPS.

AND SO HE'S JUST -- HE'S JUST, LIKE --

THAT'S HIS WAY OF TELLING US HE'S GOT THE GOOSE BUMPS

AND HE'S REALLY FEELING --

FEELING THE ENERGY FROM THE CROWD.

-♪ SEE HER, HOW SHE FLIES

♪ GOLDEN SAILS ACROSS THE SKY ♪

♪ WE'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH

♪ BUT CAREFUL IF YOU TRY

♪ THOSE LOOKS AS WARM AS GOLD

♪ THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS

♪ THE MOON CAN BE SO COLD

COLD IN HERE.

-WHOO!

-♪ ONCE THE SUN DID SHINE

SWEATING NOW.

♪ GOOD LORD, IT FELT SO FINE

ELVIS WOULD HAVE DONE IT.

♪ THE MOON, A PHANTOM, ROSE

♪ THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE PINES ♪

♪ AND THEN THE DARKNESS FELL

I SHOULD DO ELVIS.

♪ THE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS

♪ IT'S HARD TO LOVE HER WELL ♪

♪ I FELL OUT OF HER EYES

♪ I FELL OUT OF HER HEART

♪ I FELL DOWN ON MY FACE

♪ I TRIPPED AND MISSED MY START ♪

-HE'S LEFT HIS MARK IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND WILL CONTINUE TO.

AND HE'S CONTINUING TO DO IT NOW, AGAIN,

IN THE LATTER PART OF HIS LIFE, WHICH IS, UH --

I FIND THAT TO BE, UH, SO INSPIRING.

-♪ SHE'S HARD TO CALL YOUR OWN

-MUSICIANS LIKE -- LIKE GLEN, IT'S MAGICAL, IS WHAT THEY DID.

IT'S MAGIC.

-THANK YOU.

-YOU KNOW, WHAT IS LIFE?

I MEAN, LIFE IS --

IS A JOURNEY OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH

AND ACCUMULATED MOMENTS AND EXPERIENCES.

BUT -- BUT IT'S MEMORIES.

THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS. IT'S MEMORIES.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE OF MY WHOLE LIFE, IS MEMORIES.

-♪ BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX ♪

♪ SHE'LL BE RISING

-"BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX,"

"GALVESTON," "WICHITA LINEMAN" --

ALL THESE SONGS OF HIS THAT I LOVED.

BUT GLEN'S VOICE -- GLEN'S VOICE GOT TO ME.

THERE'S A REAL, UM -- IT'S A HIGH, LONESOME TONALITY

ABOUT THE WAY HE SINGS.

BUT THERE'S A CRY IN HIS VOICE THAT JUST --

IT JUST TOTALLY AFFECTED ME.

I REALLY WISHED THAT I COULD SING THAT

LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

-♪ I AM A LINEMAN FOR THE COUNTY ♪

♪ AND I DRIVE THE MAIN ROAD

-I GREW UP SINGING HIM.

I MEAN, I SANG SO MANY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.

YOU HAD TO. YOU COVERED THOSE, GROWING UP WHERE I DID.

-♪ I HEAR YOU SINGING IN THE WIRE ♪

-YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS KIND OF FIGHT FOR RESPECT

A LITTLE BIT AS COUNTRY PLAYERS,

AND HERE'S A GUY THAT PLAYED ON THESE RECORDS

THAT HE COULD STAND TOE-TO-TOE WITH ANYBODY.

-THERE'S SO MANY SIDES OF GLEN

PEOPLE EITHER DON'T KNOW OR HAVE FORGOTTEN.

THEY SORT OF -- SO MANY PEOPLE

KNOW HIM AS THE "RHINESTONE COWBOY" GUY

OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SONG THEY MIGHT ATTACH TO GLEN.

AND THEN YOU START GOING BACK

INTO THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER,

AND YOU FIND THIS INCREDIBLE SESSION PLAYER.

THEN YOU FIND, UH, A GUY WHO WAS HOSTING

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS AT THE TIME.

I MEAN, AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED, DIVERSE HUMAN BEING.

-FROM TELEVISION CITY IN HOLLYWOOD,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GLEN CAMPBELL!

-WELL, I WAS A YOUNG WRITER

ON "THE GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR."

AND WE ALL JUST IMMEDIATELY ADMIRED HIS TALENT.

-YEAH!

-HE JUST WENT ALONG WITH IT.

HE WAS COMPLETELY GAME AND COMPLETELY FUN.

AND HE HAD KIND OF A DOWN-HOME, UH, SENSE OF HUMOR.

-♪ ...FREEBORN MAN

♪ AND MY HOME IS ON MY BACK

♪ I KNOW EVERY INCH OF HIGHWAY

♪ EVERY FOOT OF BACK ROAD, EVERY MILE OF RAILROAD TRACK ♪

-IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE TREAT FOR US YOUNG WRITERS

TO BE INTRODUCED TO TALENT

AT THAT LEVEL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

-I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT THAT -- WHAT IS THAT?

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.

-THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

-LIFETIME -- YOU RECKON --

-RIGHT. SO...

-LIFETIME. -YEAH.

-OH, I AIN'T DONE YET.

-YEAH.

-TELL 'EM THAT.

-GLEN CAMPBELL'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FAMILY.

MY DAD WAS WORKING FOR AN INDEPENDENT BOOK

AND RECORD PROMOTER BACK IN THE DAY.

THROUGH THE YEARS, THEY BECAME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS,

AND 'ROUND '67, '68, MY DAD WENT INDEPENDENT,

AND GLEN SAID, "HEY, WE WANT TO PUT YOU ON RETAINER.

IF WE HAVE A HIT, WE'LL BE WITH YOU FOREVER."

THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE ONLY CHECK THAT MONTH

WAS FROM GLEN CAMPBELL.

SO THAT'LL ALWAYS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.

-♪ AND IT'S KNOWING I'M NOT SHACKLED ♪

♪ BY FORGOTTEN WORDS AND BONDS

♪ AND THE INK STAINS THAT HAVE DRIED UPON SOME LINE ♪

-HUGE VENUE, TELEVISION AUDIENCE,

TELEVISION CAMERAS, UM, A BAND TWICE AS BIG.

UM, IT -- IT MIGHT BE OFF-PUTTING.

-ONE, TWO, THREE.

-♪ SOUTHERN NIGHTS

MAN, WHAT A -- WHAT A COOL -- WHAT A COOL ENTERTAINER, MAN.

JUST EVERYTHING THAT I'M TRYING TO BE WITH MUSIC

AND NOW, SOMEHOW, TELEVISION AND STUFF.

GLEN CAMPBELL WAS THE INVENTOR OF THAT FOR COUNTRY MUSIC

IN MY EYES, YOU KNOW.

-BIG DEAL TO COME AND SING THIS FOR HIM?

-BIG DEAL -- YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL TO SING IT FOR HIM.

IT'S A WAY BIGGER DEAL FOR ME TO SING IT WITH HIM.

I MEAN, I THINK, WHEN MY CAREER IS OVER

ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT THIS IS --

THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS I LOOK BACK AT

AND -- AND POINT AT AS ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS, YOU KNOW.

-BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE -- THAT PURE TONE

AND THE -- THE... SIMPLE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS NEVER FANCY.

HE WASN'T SINGING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT WAS SIMPLE ON THE SURFACE,

BUT IT -- THERE WAS A WORLD OF EMOTION UNDERNEATH.

-I ALWAYS FELT LIKE HE WAS JUST, LIKE, THE --

LIKE THE MAJOR LEAGUE'S FIVE-TOOL PLAYER.

YOU KNOW, HE COULD ACT, HE WAS GOOD LOOKING,

HE COULD PLAY GUITAR, AND HE COULD SING,

AND HE COULD WRITE A SONG.

YOU KIND OF HATED HIM A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT.

-SO, GLEN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PLAYING TONIGHT?

-WONDERFUL.

AM I PLAYING TONIGHT?

-GLEN CAMPBELL HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC HISTORY FOR DECADES,

AND HE STILL IS.

HE TOOK COUNTRY MUSIC TO NEW HEIGHTS

AND BECAME A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR,

NOT JUST ON THE RADIO, BUT IN MOVIES AND TV, TOO.

LAST YEAR, GLEN ANNOUNCED

THAT HE WAS FACING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

AND HE WOULD CAP HIS BRILLIANT CAREER

WITH ONE MORE ALBUM AND A FAREWELL TOUR.

-TELEPROMPTER'S WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

-WHAT?

-TELEPROMPTER.

-IN WHERE?

-TONIGHT, WHEN YOU SING.

IT'S WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.

-OH, REALLY?

-LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

PLEASE WELCOME THE GREAT GLEN CAMPBELL, EVERYBODY!

-OKAY!

♪ I'VE BEEN WALKING THESE STREETS SO LONG ♪

♪ SINGING SOME GOOD OLD SONG

♪ I KNOW EVERY CRACK IN THESE DIRTY SIDEWALKS OF BROADWAY ♪

THANK YOU!

♪ YOU KNOW, WHERE HUSTLE'S THE NAME OF THE GAME ♪

♪ AND NICE GUYS GOT RUNNED OVER BY THE CLOAK AND THE RAIN ♪

♪ THERE'S BEEN A LOAD OF COMPROMISIN' ♪

♪ ON THE ROAD TO MY HORIZON

♪ BUT I'M GONNA BE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE SHINING ON ME ♪

LET'S GIVE IT ALL!

-♪ LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY

-YEAH, GOT A NEW CHOIR ON THAT ONE.

-♪ GETTING CARDS AND LETTERS PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW ♪

♪ AND OFFERS COMING OVER THE PHONE ♪

♪ JUST LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY ♪

♪ AND COWGI-I-I-I-I-I-I-RL

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

AWW.

WHERE DO I GO?

DO I GO SOMEWHERE OR SHUT UP?

-I WAS -- I WAS ROCKING TO "RHINESTONE COWBOY."

♪ LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY

SO COOL, MAN.

-THANK YOU. -YOU'RE SO GOOD.

I JUST HAD TO COME AND TELL YOU I LOVE YOU. THAT'S ALL.

-WELL, GOD BLESS YOU, MAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

-THE ONLY WAY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET HELP IN

IS WHEN WE HAVE FAMILY FRIENDS THAT HE'S KNOWN

FOR A REALLY LONG TIME COME TO HELP.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE SO --

YOU KNOW, SUCH A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH OUR FRIENDS.

DANTE, THE GOLF ANGEL...

I'M GONNA GET YOU SOME COFFEE. YOU LIKE IT BLACK?

-YESTERDAY, WE, UH, WENT TO THE DOCTOR, THE DENTIST.

AND, UH, HE PROBABLY ASKED ME 40 OR 50 TIMES WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND I TELL HIM, AND PROBABLY 15, 20 SECONDS, 30 SECONDS LATER,

HE ASKS ME AGAIN.

-COFFEE.

-HEY, BABY. HERE'S YOUR, UM, COFFEE.

HE LIKES TO DRINK OUT OF A BIG CUP.

-GOOD MORNING, GLEN CAMPBELL.

-BIG CUP.

-SEE THAT? HUH?

-YEAH.

-GRAMMY.

-I KNOW.

HOW YOU FEELING TODAY, GLEN?

-FINE.

-HOW WAS IT AT THE GRAMMYS?

-IT WAS -- IT WAS COOL.

IT WAS, UH, OH, A LOT OF STUFF.

REALLY A LOT OF STUFF WENT ON WITH THIS ONE.

-DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT SONG YOU SANG?

-"RHINESTONE."

-GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU REMEMBER IT.

-♪ LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY

-DO YOU REMEMBER WHY YOU -- WHY YOU WENT TO THE GRAMMYS?

-I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS I EARNED SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT.

-A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

-OH, A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

-THEY HONORED YOU FOR ALL YOUR LIFE'S WORK.

YOU GOT A STANDING OVATION.

-DID I?

-YEP. YOU SURE DID.

YEAH, I -- THERE'S A POINT NOW

WHERE I HAVE TO HELP HIM WITH THE CLUB.

I'LL TELL HIM WHAT YARDAGE IT IS,

AND, UH, GOING BACK A COUPLE MONTHS,

HE'D ALWAYS SAY, "WHAT YARDAGE?"

AND THEN HE'D PICK HIS CLUB OUT.

NOW HE JUST STARES AT THE CLUBS MOST OF THE TIME,

AND I HAVE TO PICK A CLUB OUT FOR HIM.

-OW.

--BUT THE GOOD THING IS, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T CARE TOO MUCH.

HE'LL GET MAD FOR A SECOND IF HE HITS A BAD SHOT.

THEN HE'LL FORGET EVEN WHAT SHOT HE HIT,

IF IT WAS GOOD OR BAD.

SO MOST TIME, WE SAY, "IT WAS A GREAT SHOT,"

AND HE'LL SAY, "YEAH?

-HEY! HOW ABOUT THAT?

-GOOD SHOT, GLEN.

-NICE SHOT. GO IN THE HOLE.

-SHORT. YEAH, IT IS.

-SO, UNFORTUNATELY, ALZHEIMER'S ATTACKS ALL PARTS OF THE BRAIN.

AND WE WOULD EXPECT MUSICAL SKILLS,

TOGETHER WITH OTHER INTELLECTUAL SKILLS,

TO DECLINE DURING THE COURSE OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

-OH, I HIT THAT SO HARD.

-ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PATIENTS

NO LONGER HAVE THE COGNITIVE CAPACITY

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SPOKEN TO THEM.

AS THINGS GET WORSE,

THEY START TO FORGET THE NAMES OF FAMILY MEMBERS.

THEY BECOME CONFUSED ABOUT FAMILY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

-THE GRASS IS SLIPPERY.

-AS THINGS REALLY DETERIORATE,

LANGUAGE FUNCTION CAN BECOME PROFOUNDLY IMPAIRED.

THE PATIENTS HAVE DIFFICULTY EXPRESSING THEMSELVES.

ON OCCASION, PATIENTS, WHEN THEY PROGRESS,

DEVELOP HALLUCINATIONS OR DELUSIONS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY GLEN IS ENTERING A STAGE WHERE HIS --

HIS COGNITION IS GETTING WORSE.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD BE SO ABLE

IN HIS MUSICAL SKILLS?

IN GLEN'S CASE, HE STILL HAS

SUCH A DEVELOPED MUSIC AREA IN HIS BRAIN

THAT HE'S ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AND ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC.

SOMEHOW, THAT MUSICAL SKILL, THAT MUSICAL TALENT,

IF IT'S ACTIVATED, CAN HAVE A SPREADING EFFECT

AND HELP THEIR FUNCTION GLOBALLY

IN TERMS OF THEIR INTELLECT.

-SINGING IS A LOT BETTER THAN GOLFING.

-LET'S SEE.

-I WANT SOME SHORTS OUT OF THIS.

-THAT'S OUTDOOR FURNITURE FABRIC.

-OH, I DON'T CARE. I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT COULD BE GLEN CAMPBELL FABRIC IF I WANTED.

-YEAH?

-THAT'S RIGHT. WOULDN'T THIS BE NICE?

-DO YOU WANT A COUPLE EGGS AND TOAST?

-YEAH.

THAT'S COOL, HONEY.

-IS THAT TOO BUSY?

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU WANT SOME SHORTS OUT OF THAT, HUH?

-YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME SHORTS LIKE THAT.

-WELL, I MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO SIT ON YOU ON THE PATIO.

-OKAY.

-WHEN WE WENT TO DR. COHEN'S OFFICE,

AND HE SAYS, "I'M GONNA DOUBLE HIS ARICEPT,

AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT GIVE HIM A BOOST."

WELL, IT DID -- IN A DIFFERENT AREA.

IT WAS LIKE GIVING HIM,

YOU KNOW, VIAGRA FOUR TIMES A DAY.

HE JUST WOULD NOT LEAVE ME ALONE.

SO I CALLED DR. COHEN, AND HE SAID,

"WELL, GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DOSE."

SO -- SO WE DID.

BUT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS

TO DEAL WITH THAT LIBIDO, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT BRAIN,

BUT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK -- LOOK AT IT,

I GUESS THERE'S AN UPSIDE TO ALZHEIMER'S.

-WITH ALZHEIMER'S --

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS,

THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN -- IF WE CAN ACTUALLY DO --

GET IT OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT STUFF,

IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST -- IT WOULD BE --

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BLESSING THAT WOULD BE,

IF WE COULD GET -- GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT

AND HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE -- WHO DO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S.

I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD

IF IT COULD HAPPEN.

-THAT CAME FROM YOUR HEART.

TALKING ABOUT IT.

DO YOU EVER GET THE BLUES?

-MM. YEAH, I DO.

-WE'RE GOING TO THE FIRST FLOOR.

-THE ESTIMATES ARE, BY 2050,

THE NUMBER WILL RISE FROM THE CURRENT 36 MILLION GLOBALLY

TO 115 MILLION ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AROUND THE GLOBE.

-YOU'RE DOING MORE FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

IT'S SO INSPIRING.

-HELLO.

-FOR FIVE DECADES,

GLEN CAMPBELL HAS INSPIRED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

NOW GLEN HAS FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO INSPIRE US --

THROUGH HIS COURAGEOUS EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER'S.

-HOW ARE YOU? HI, GLEN.

-HOW YOU DOING?

-GOOD. HOW'S IT GOING? -WONDERFUL!

-AND THIS ISSUE THAT YOU'VE COME TO TALK ABOUT,

IT'S ABOUT THE BUDGET, AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE,

BECAUSE NOBODY -- EVERYONE WILL SAY,

"WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S,"

BUT HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY IS IT FOR YOU IN THE BUDGET?

AND EDDIE HAS BEEN SUCH A CHAMPION,

AS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, HIS PERSONAL STORY.

-AFTER MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY FROM ALZHEIMER'S,

I VOWED THAT I WOULD CREATE, UM, A CONSCIOUSNESS IN CONGRESS.

LAST YEAR, WE SPENT $140 BILLION ON ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS.

AND BY THE TIME ALL THE BABY BOOMERS ARE RETIRED,

IT'S $15 OR $16 MILLION,

WHICH WOULD RAISE THE TOTAL COST UP TO $600 BILLION,

WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE DEFENSE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

SO, ONE -- ONE BOMBER

CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS 1/4 OF THE COST --

THAT IS, $500 MILLION,

WHICH IS THE TOTAL BUDGET WE HAVE

JUST FOR TRYING TO FIND THE CURE.

SO HOW DO WE PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

WITH MORE BOMBERS OR PUTTING THE RESEARCH INTO ALZHEIMER'S,

WHERE THEIR FAMILIES ARE REALLY THREATENED,

AND THE BUDGET BECOMES UN-BALANCE-ABLE?

-THE MORE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE

AND IT'S JUST A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE,

THE BETTER OFF AND THE HEALTHIER AMERICA WILL BE,

ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF ALZHEIMER'S.

SO WE COULD NOT BE BETTER SERVED THAN GLEN CAMPBELL.

I MEAN, GETTING ON STAGE AND SINGING, THAT MUST BE FUN.

RIGHT?

COMING TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES...

THAT'S REALLY GENEROUS.

-SO, GLEN, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING TONIGHT?

TELL 'EM WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING.

-THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. -THAT'S RIGHT.

-YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME I BECAME GOVERNOR IN THE LATE '70s,

HE WAS ALREADY A MAJOR FIGURE IN AMERICAN MUSIC,

AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS FROM DELIGHT,

WHICH IS CLOSE TO WHERE I GREW UP.

HE HAS BROUGHT A CLARITY TO THIS ISSUE.

WE DON'T SPEND NEARLY ENOUGH MONEY ON ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY WAY OF SLOWING THE PROGRESSION

OF THE DISEASE.

IT'S GONNA BE A MASSIVE PROBLEM,

AND WE JUST NEED TO GET A BIG MAJORITY OF THE CONGRESS

ONBOARD WITH THE IDEA

THAT FEDERAL RESEARCH DOLLARS ARE ESSENTIAL

IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREAS. THEY JUST ARE.

YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY GET ANYTHING

APPROACHING THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT YOU NEED

ON A PROBLEM THIS BIG

JUST BY HAVING THE PRIVATE COMPANIES

TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW DRUG

THAT WILL SLOW THE MARCH OF ALZHEIMER'S OR REVERSE IT.

THIS TOUR OF HIS JUST SAYS, "HERE I AM.

"HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME.

"I'M GOING OUT WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE AND A SONG IN MY HEART,

"AND I'M SHARING IT WITH YOU SO YOU WILL KNOW.

YOU WILL KNOW."

AND, UH, THAT MAY BE MORE OF HIS ENDURING LEGACY

THAN ALL THE MUSIC HE MADE.

-AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT IN WASHINGTON TODAY

WHERE ASHLEY CAMPBELL TOLD SENATORS

WHAT ALZHEIMER'S IS DOING TO HER FATHER.

THAT'S BECAUSE SHE HAPPENS TO BE THE DAUGHTER

OF THE LEGENDARY SINGER GLEN CAMPBELL.

-I THINK A PERSON'S LIFE IS COMPRISED OF MEMORIES,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS DISEASE TAKES AWAY FROM YOU,

LIKE A MEMORY OF MY DAD TAKING ME FISHING IN FLAGSTAFF

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,

OR PLAYING BANJO WITH MY DAD WHILE HE PLAYS GUITAR.

NOW WHEN I PLAY BANJO WITH MY DAD,

UM IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR HIM TO FOLLOW ALONG.

AND IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR HIM TO RECALL MY NAME.

IT'S HARD TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT SOMEDAY,

MY DAD MIGHT LOOK AT ME,

AND I WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HIM.

-WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BOO!

CAL?

-PBHT!

-♪ 4 YEARS OLD, RUNNING UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR BED ♪

-I LOVE YOU.

-♪ THUNDER ROSE, AND I PULLED THE COVERS OVER MY HEAD ♪

♪ YOU SAY IT'S JUST A STORM, ENJOY THE SHOW ♪

♪ YOU TAKE ME TO THE WINDOW

♪ AND YOU SHOW ME THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL ♪

♪ NEVER HAD TO ASK YOU TO SING FOR ME ♪

♪ IT'S JUST THE WAY YOU PUT ME AT EASE ♪

♪ BONE FOR BONE, WE ARE THE SAME ♪

♪ BONES GET TIRED, AND THEY CAN'T CARRY THE WEIGHT ♪

♪ WE CAN TALK UNTIL YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY NAME ♪

♪ DADDY, DON'T YOU WORRY, I'LL DO THE REMEMBERING ♪

♪ DADDY, DON'T YOU WORRY, I'LL DO THE REMEMBERING ♪

-LOOK -- LOOK AT YOUR DADDY.

SAY, "OKEYDOKEY, PAPA."

-OKEYDOKEY.

-"PAPA."

-PAPA.

-ARE YOU ASKING ME?

-CAL, FIRST CHILD.

YOU GOT CAL...

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING IT!

-YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO'S THE SECOND OF OUR CHILDREN?

-YEAH, JUST GO RIGHT DOWN.

-CAL, SHANNON, AND...?

-WHAT?

-CAL, SHANNON, AND...OUR DAUGHTER.

-IF I --

-ASHLEY. ASHLEY.

SAY, "I'M 5h MONTHS OLD."

-ASHLEY GETS THE FIRST PIECE.

"HEY, SON." HE CALLED EVERYBODY "SON."

-UH-HUH.

WHO IS THIS? YOUR DAD?

-I-I-I -- LONG -- IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

HE CALLED EVERYBODY "SON." "HEY, SON."

THE GUY?

-YOUR DAD? YOUR GRANDPA?

-NO, NO. FROM -- AT NASHVILLE.

"HEY, HOSS."

AND HE WENT TO --

I WENT TO THAT, WHATEVER THAT IS, WITH HIM.

-I THINK I CRIED THE FIRST WEEK.

IT GOT ME.

STILL DOES.

SO, THIS WAS A MAN MY HERO.

HAD A MIND LIKE A STEEL TRAP.

AND TO SEE HIM TO THE POINT THAT HE CAN'T REMEMBER MY NAME,

WELL, THAT -- THAT GOT ME.

-MY FATHER-IN-LAW PASSED AWAY FROM ALZHEIMER'S,

SO WE WERE LIKE THIS.

AND SO I'VE SEEN IT IN EVERY, EVERY STAGE,

FROM THAT FIRST DAY

WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEBODY LOOKS AT SOMETHING AND GOES,

YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S THIS?"

AND IT'S A LOCK, AND THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW --

AND THEN TO WHERE IT SNOWS OVERNIGHT

AND, "HOW DID THATGET HERE?

WHAT IS THAT?" YOU KNOW?

-MY FATHER PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS 70.

-WOW. HE WAS YOUNG.

-HE WAS YOUNG, YEAH.

HE WAS JUST 70 YEARS OLD.

THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT WAS AFFECTED AT FIRST WAS,

YOU KNOW -- THIS IS A WHITE CUP,

BUT HE COULDN'T SAY IT'S A WHITE CUP.

HE WOULD SAY MAYBE IT'S A BLACK CUP

OR IT'S -- OR HE COULDN'T GET IT OUT.

AND IT REALLY FRUSTRATED HIM.

-MY MOM DIDN'T -- IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY WITH HER.

BUT WE DID WATCH HER GO BACKWARDS THROUGH HER LIFE.

ONE NIGHT, IT WAS TIME TO GO TO BED,

AND MY DAD WAS IN THE KING-SIZE BED ON ONE SIDE,

AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, NO.

"THERE'S A MAN IN THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS,

"THEY WOULD NEVERGO FOR THIS.

I -- ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'M NOT GOING IN THERE."

-I HAD A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS IN A NURSING HOME NOW,

DOESN'T KNOW ME.

HE MOTHER DIED IN A NURSING HOME,

DIDN'T KNOW HER.

-AND IT AFFECTS DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT --

IT'S NOT LIKE ONE, "OH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS."

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BRAIN, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRAIN --

THE MEMORY LOSS, IT'S MOTOR SKILLS.

-AT FIRST, IT WOULD MAKE ME ANGRY

'CAUSE HE WOULD NOT LISTEN TO ME.

"DON'T DO THAT. THAT'S NOT POLITE.

DON'T LICK YOUR PLATE."

YOU KNOW, "HERE, TAKE A PIECE OF BREAD."

"LEAVE ME ALONE." HE'D FIGHT ME ABOUT IT.

-I'M TELLING YOU. THAT'S GOOD, BOY. WOW.

-I WOULD GET ANGRY, AND I WOULD JUST TAKE MY PLATE,

AND I'D GO EAT IN THE PANTRY ON A LITTLE STOOL,

JUST IN THERE BY MYSELF,

'CAUSE I JUST REFUSED TO LOOK AT HIM THAT WAY.

-YOU KNOW, MY MOM COULDN'T REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION,

EVEN THOUGH SHE STILL KNEW ME,

SO WE'D SIT ON THE COUCH AND WE'D WATCH TV.

AND I'D SIT WITH HER FEET IN MY LAP AND PRAY.

I WOULD JUST PRAY FOR GRACE.

-BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST PART OF MY DEFENSE MECHANISM.

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE HIM BEING AN INVALID.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM DEGENERATING.

YOU KNOW,

I DON'T WANT TO SEE GLEN, UM...

IN THAT CONDITION. YOU KNOW?

I THINK, UH --

I THINK IT'S BETTER TO DIE FROM SOMETHING ELSE.

-MY MOTHER IS YOUNG ENOUGH -- SHE'S IN HER 60s NOW --

THAT SHE'S YOUNG ENOUGH

THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNS OF THAT YET, THANK GOD.

BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE, AND THEN I'M PROBABLY NEXT.

SO IT'S -- IT'S LIKE, "LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT, CAN YOU?

"I'M 41.

"FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE I'M 70, PLEASE.

SOMEBODY FIND THAT GENE AND TURN IT OFF."

-WE HAD A FEW DAYS OFF.

MY DAD WANTED TO GO AND SEE HIS FAMILY IN ARKANSAS,

SO WE HAD THIS BIG FAMILY REUNION IN DELIGHT.

AND IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

-IT'S OL' PUMPKIN BUDS!

-I KNOW. HOW YOU DOING?

-♪ I TURNED MY COLLAR TO THE WIND ♪

♪ STARTED HOME AGAIN

-I'VE GOT A -- A LOCKER FULL OF WRITE-UPS ON HIM.

IF YOU SEE 'EM, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT,

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I'M HIS BIGGEST FAN.

I'M 250 POUNDS.

-♪ WELL, I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING

-WHEN DID YOU FIRST NOTICE THAT HE WAS HAVING MEMORY PROBLEMS?

-IT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER,

BUT IT MORE OR LESS HIS SHORT-TERM.

HIS LONG-TERM WAS FINE.

-LIKE, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?

-UH, JUST REPEATING.

-I-I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW -- SO HAPPY TO BE OUT HERE TODAY.

OKAY, I WON'T CRY.

UM...

GOD, THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S JUST SO -- ALL THE BABIES,

BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND KINFOLKS AND FRIENDS

AND, YEAH, OL' PUMPKIN.

♪ WHEN EACH STEP I TOOK TOOK ME... ♪

-NOW WHEN I SEE MY DAD, IT'S JUST --

YOU KNOW, ALL THERE IS TO SAY IS "I LOVE YOU."

I MEAN, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS,

I ALL COMES DOWN TO, "I LOVE YOU," AND HUG HIM.

-HE IS THE SWEETEST, KINDEST, MOST LOVING MAN

THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO HAVE IN MY LIFE

AND BE MY FATHER.

-TAKE IT, LITTLE MAN!

-HE REALLY, TRULY IS A COUNTRY BOY.

-GOT ABOUT 400 ACRES HERE.

AND SO THIS IS OUR PLACE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK HERE.

-THAT'S THE HOUSE GLEN BUILT FOR GRANDMA AND GRANDPA

BACK IN THE '60s.

-HE BUILT THAT THERE FOR MAMA AND DADDY.

-THERE'S THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

HE BUILT IT IN FRONT OF SO GRANDMA COULD WALK TO CHURCH.

-YEAH, OUR DADDY'S MOTHER, UH, BURIED HERE.

THIS IS CAMPBELL CEMETERY IN ARKANSAS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS COME BY HERE

AND, UH, SEE, UH, DADDY AND MOTHER'S GRAVE --

KNOW THAT IT'S GLEN CAMPBELL'S DADDY.

-WE WERE RAISED IN A VERY RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD.

MY PARENTS ARE BOTH VERY STRONG BELIEVERS.

AND, LIKE, EVERY TIME I WOULD GO OUT OF THE HOUSE,

HE'D SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF,

"YOU BE GOOD AND HONOR THE LORD."

-I KNOW GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US,

AND GOD ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN FOR WHATEVER REASONS.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS.

GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT'S GIVEN ME STRENGTH TO FACE EACH DAY.

I'M JUST TRUSTING HIM FOR THE --

THE REST OF OUR -- OUR JOURNEY.

WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS, "A MERRY HEART

WORKS LIKE A GOOD MEDICINE."

-"AND BITTERNESS IS LIKE DRYNESS TO THE BONES."

SO, IT'S JUST HEALTHY ALL THE WAY AROUND

TO KEEP A MERRY HEART.

YOU'LL BE HEALTHY AND NOT JUST FIGHT ALZHEIMER'S,

BUT TO FIGHT ANYTHING YOU'RE UP AGAINST

IF YOU CAN KEEP A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.

-YAY!

-HONEY, DO YOU REALLY NEED THAT?

-YES, I WANT IT.

-IT'LL MAKE YOU MUCH SAFER WHEN YOU GO RUNNING.

-COOL, MAN.

THAT'S GREAT. MAN, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

-THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, HONEY.

YEAH, THAT WAY, IF YOU GO MISSING AT NIGHT,

I CAN SEE YOU WHEN I DRIVE UP WITH MY HEADLIGHTS.

DO YOU THINK THAT'LL FIT A GIANT SCHNAUZER AS WELL?

-IS THAT THE SCHNAUZER YOU GOT?

-THAT SHOULD FIT? OKAY, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

-SO, IT'S $8.59.

-OKAY.

-DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS A --

-NO, HE'S GONNA WEAR IT.

-HE DOESN'T NEED A BAG.

-HE'S GONNA WEAR IT OUT.

-THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL.

WHAT?

-GOT TO GET YOU IN AND OUT OF THE SHOWER FOR THE SHOW.

YOU GOT A SHOW TO DO. -YEAH.

-GOT TO GET YOU IN AND OUT OF THE SHOWER.

-NO.

-YEAH, LET'S GO.

-NO, I DON'T --

I'VE DONE THIS. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS.

-NOPE.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET HIM TO TAKE A SHOWER

'CAUSE HE -- HE'S ALWAYS COLD.

I ALWAYS SAY HE'S LIKE KING DAVID.

KING DAVID IN THE BIBLE, IN HIS OLDER YEARS,

HE JUST COULD NOT STAY WARM.

SO THEY GOT HIM A YOUNG VIRGIN TO SLEEP WITH HIM.

BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING

SO I JUST HAVE TO KEEP HIM WARM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL TURN THE HAIR DRYER ON IN THE BATHROOM

AND WARM IT UP.

-I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT MY MOM WAS A VERY STRONG WOMAN,

AND I THINK SHE'S HANDLED THIS SITUATION

EXACTLY LIKE I EXPECTED HER TO.

HE IS INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN HIS LIFE.

-LOOK WHAT HE FOUND, CLANCE.

CLANCY! -WHAT?

-LOOK WHAT HE FOUND.

-AH?

-DID YOU FIND SOMETHING TO GET IT?

-YEAH.

-DID YOU GET TO IT?

-YEAH, I CAN...

IF EVERYBODY WOULD LEAVE ME ALONE.

-I AIN'T BOTHERING YOU.

BUT I WILL.

-NO, YOU WON'T.

-IF I HURT YOU, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE.

-HEY! YOU LEAVE MEONE.

HERE.

-WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO THE DENTIST

DOWN THE STREET AND HAVE HIM FIX IT.

-NO!

AND I AIN'T GONNA DO IT, EITHER.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS THERE!

-SO THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR ME

BECAUSE I TRY TO HELP HIM,

BUT THERE'S JUST SOMETHING IN HIS MIND

THAT I'M NOT DOING RIGHT,

AND HE CAN'T DO IT, AND HE GETS FRUSTRATED,

AND THEN HE GETS ANGRY.

-I'M TELLING YOU, MAN.

-HEY, DADDY.

-YOU JUST HAD A KNIFE IN YOUR MOUTH

ON THE BUS A FEW MINUTES AGO.

-I DID NOT!

-YES, YOU DID.

-NO BLAME, NO NOTHING!

IF I DONE, I WOULD HAVE HAD IT DONE BY NOW!

I CAN MOVE IT WITH MY TONGUE.

I JUST CAN'T PULL IT OUT, AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!

-OKAY.

-YOU -- YOU -- YOU DON'T KNOW, UNDERSTAND.

YOU CAN'T SEE IT, CAN YOU?

-NO.

-LOOK. -LET ME SEE.

-I KNOW WHERE IT IS! -I KNOW.

-HE WENT UPSTAIRS,

AND MY MOM WENT UPSTAIRS WITH HIM,

AND HE WOULDN'T LET IT GO.

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE JUST DROPPED IT.

AND THEN HE CAME BACK DOWNSTAIRS A COUPLE MINUTES LATER,

AND HE GOES, "WELL, WHEN DID YOUGET HERE?

HI, HONEY. HOW ARE YOU?"

AND HE HUGGED ME, AND HE WAS LOVEY-DOVEY,

AND HE'S LIKE, "BOY, I'M TIRED. I'M GONNA GO TO BED."

MAN.

IT'S LIKE, UM...

FORGIVENESS WITHOUT RECONCILIATION.

IT'S TIME TO GET UP.

I'M GETTING IT WARM FOR YOU.

IT'S TIME TO GET UP AND GO DO A BIG SHOW.

CARNEGIE HALL.

-I GOTTA GET SOME REST.

-YOU GOT TO GET -- YOU HAD A LONG NAP.

NOW IT'S TIME TO GET UP AND GO DO A BIG SHOW.

-THANK YOU, NEW YORK CITY! WOW!

♪ IT'S KNOWING THAT YOUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN ♪

♪ AND YOUR PATH IS FREE TO WALK ♪

-HE WAS JUST, LIKE, REACHING UP SAYING, YOU KNOW,

"THE LIGHT IS SHINING ON ME," AND IT WASSHINING ON HIM.

BUT HE WAS FEELING REALLY HAPPY

AND JUST HAPPY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOOD FOR HIM,

BUT IT WAS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

-♪ IT'S GOOD OL' NEW YORK CIT-Y-Y-Y-Y, YEAH ♪

YEAH!

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHOO!

WELL, I'M GONNA TRY THIS HERE. JUST ON THIS?

-UH-HUH.

-SO I SHOULD JUST TAKE THIS...

TAKE THIS BACK AND DO IT.

-JUST PUT YOUR ORANGE ONES IN ANOTHER PAIR OF SHOES.

-HUH?

-YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAIRS OF SHOES.

-SHOESTRINGS.

-WHAT? -SHOESTRINGS.

-NO.

WHAT IS THAT, HONEY?

-IT'S A SHOE, AND IT'S A SHOESTRING.

-YEAH, RIGHT.

-YEAH.

-YEAH, THAT'S IT.

IT -- IT -- IT'S REALLY COOL.

THAT -- THAT WAS ON, AND IT LOOKED REAL BLAH.

AND I PUT THIS ON THERE, AND IT -- IT REALLY --

-NOW IT'S SPLASHY.

-IT REALLY -- -LOOK AT THAT. YEAH.

LOVE YOU.

-OKAY. I LOVE YOU SO.

I LOVE YOU SO, HONEY.

-WELL, WE HAD DONE A SERIES OF SHOWS THAT WENT PRETTY WELL.

WE WENT UP TO CHICAGO

TO DO, UM, AN ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION DINNER.

HE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME

PERFORMING ANYTHING AT THAT DINNER.

-♪ SOME DAYS I'M SO CONFUSED, LORD ♪

♪ MY PAST GETS IN MY WAY

♪ I NEED THE ONES I LOVE, LORD

-OKAY, SO, WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES?

-MY SON.

YOU.

AND WHAT'S MY NAME?

-MY WIFE.

YOU'RE MY DARLIN'.

-THIS IS NOT A FUN ILLNESS.

IT'S A -- IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING ILLNESS

FOR PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH

ON, YOU KNOW, EVERY MOMENT OF THEIR LIFE.

HE CAN'T FIND THE BATHROOM IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

AND THE OTHER NIGHT, UM,

HE CAME TO BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

AND THE LIGHT WAS SHINING ON THE WHITE BED,

BUT DOWN ON THE FLOOR BENEATH,

HE WOULDN'T WALK OVER THERE

BECAUSE HE SAID THERE WAS A HOLE.

AND I SAID, "NO, NO. IT'S FLOOR.

"YOU CAN TRUST ME. YOU CAN WALK OVER HERE.

JUST KEEP COMING," YOU KNOW?

EVERY DAY'S A CHALLENGE FOR ME.

I FIGHT DEPRESSION,

AND, UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY INTENSELY SAD

TO SEE SOMEBODY YOU LOVE STRUGGLE.

'CAUSE GENERALLY, HE CLINGS TO ME LIKE I'M HIS ANCHOR

FOR "WHO AM I, WHERE AM I?"

YOU KNOW, HIS -- I'M HIS SAFETY BLANKET

THAT HE WANTS ME AROUND ALL THE TIME.

OKAY, SWEETHEART.

I PROMISE WE'LL GET --

WE'LL FIND THEM ALL,

WE'LL GET THEM BACK ON THE BED WHERE YOU LEFT 'EM.

-WHAT?

-THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.

THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BED.

-NOW, IF YOU GO ON ALL THE WEBSITES ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S,

THIS IS VERY TYPICAL.

THEY BECOME PARANOID,

AND THEY THINK PEOPLE ARE STEALING FROM THEM.

-THIS AIN'T HIS!

HE'S HAD THEM FOR A...

I GOT TWO...

-THAT WAS A SCARY DAY WITH THE GOLF CLUBS.

HE HAD BECOME REALLY AGITATED

AND WAS ACCUSING DANTE OF STEALING HIS CLUBS.

-WHERE IS HE?

YOU BETTER CALL HIM RIGHT NOW.

-IT MAKES ME HURT FOR HIM TO SEE HIM SO FRUSTRATED

AND JUST TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM.

-I LOVE YOU, PRESH.

-I LOVE YOU, HONEY.

-I KNOW YOU DO, BABY.

BUT I SURE -- I SURE LOVE YOU, MAN.

YOU'RE SURE BEING NICE TO ME.

-I LOVE YOU.

-I'M REALLY LIKE A SHITHEAD THIS LAST HALF OF A WEEK.

-AFTER CHICAGO, THE FREQUENCY OF BAD SHOWS HAD BEGUN TO INCREASE,

AND WE WANTED TO END ON A HIGH NOTE.

AND WE WANTED TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE WOULD WANT.

-NAPA IS THE LAST CALENDAR DATE OF THE TOUR.

SO, WE DON'T KNOW.

-THIS COULD BE IT.

-COULD BE IT.

-OF ALL THE SHOWS THAT HE'S PLAYED,

HE'S PLAYED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SHOWS.

AND I THOUGHT, "MAN, IT'S SO SAD THAT HE --

HE DOESN'T KNOW THIS IS HIS LAST SHOW."

-BEFORE IT WAS, "DOES HE WANTTO DO IT?"

NOW IT'S WE'VE REACHED A POINT

WHERE I THINK HE'S UNABLE TO DO IT.

HE'S NOT CAPABLE OF PULLING IT OFF NOW.

-OH, NO.

-HE'S GOT TO HAVE A JACKET TO MATCH HIS HAT.

THE CAMOUFLAGE ONE.

-ISN'T IT GREAT? -IT'S AWESOME.

-LIKE THE WAY HIS MEMORIES ARE, IT'S DIMMING.

AND THIS WHOLE THING IS COMING TO AN END,

BUT IT WON'T BE, LIKE, FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE A BANNER'S GONNA COME DOWN.

BUT THE LIGHT IS STARTING TO GET SMALLER AND SMALLER

WITH US BEING ON TOUR.

AND IT'S, LIKE -- IT'S KIND OF APROPOS.

-THAT TOUR WAS CRAZY WHEN HE WAS OFF-STAGE

BECAUSE I WAS CHASING HIM AROUND HOTELS.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY IN THE HOTEL ROOM.

WE WERE IN ONE HOTEL THAT, UM, EVERY DOOR HAD A DOORBELL,

AND HE WENT AROUND PRESSING EVERYONE'S DOORBELL.

HE THOUGHT THEY WERE ELEVATOR BUTTONS.

AND SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HALLWAYS

WERE ANSWERING THE DOOR,

AND THERE'S GLEN CAMPBELL STANDING THERE.

HONEY, STOP LEAVING ME!

-BY THE TIME WE GOT TO NAPA, THE LAST SHOW,

WE WERE AFRAID THAT THE NAPA SHOW

WOULD JUST FALL COMPLETELY APART.

-HONEY?

HONEY! GLEN?

-I JUST HOPE THAT TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY.

-THAT'S THE THING. I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS.

YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S, UH --

IT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN AS IT DOES

AND -- LIKE IT DOES EVERY NIGHT.

-THANK YOU, NAPA, CALIFORNIA! I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GLEN CAMPBELL, AND I'M...

GOD BLESS YOU.

'COURSE...

AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND,

I'M -- I'M HAPPY TO BE ANYWHERE.

BUT TO COME HERE AND -- AND PLAY THIS,

OH, IT MAKES MY HAIR ITCH.

IT REALLY DOES.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR HAIR RAISES UP?

YOU EVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN? AND IT JUST

♪ IT'S KNOWING THAT YOUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN ♪

♪ AND IS YOUR PATH IS FREE TO WALK ♪

♪ THAT MAKES ME TEND TO LEAVE MY SLEEPING BAG ♪

♪ ROLLED UP AND STASHED BEHIND YOUR COUCH ♪

YEAH!

♪ WELL, I JUST NOT KNOWING THAT THE WORLD KEEPS -- ♪

HEY, WHO'S RUNNING THIS THING?

I CAN'T SING

FIND -- OKAY.

♪ THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON THE BACK ROADS ♪

♪ BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY

♪ AND FOR HOURS, YOU'RE JUST GENTLE ON MY MIND ♪

WAY TOO MUCH.

THAT'S TOO THIN.

WAY TOO THIN.

WE GOT TO HAVE SOME TREBLE ON OUT HERE, GUYS.

YEAH. THIS REALLY IS TERRIBLE.

THERE. THANK YOU.

-THAT WAS A REALLY DIFFICULT DAY.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT, UM, LEADING UP TO THE SHOW.

IT WAS REALLY STRESSFUL AND DIFFICULT.

THAT NIGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW.

AND WE JUST KNEW. WE JUST KNEW "THIS IS IT."

WE WERE GOING HOME FOR THE CHRISTMAS BREAK,

AND THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA ADD MORE -- MORE SHOWS AFTER THAT.

-I KNOW THE FIRST 15 MINUTES WAS VERY -- IT WAS VERY ROUGH.

HE WAS REPEATING THE SONGS,

AND THEN HE STARTED TALKING TOO MUCH.

AND IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS -- IT WAS SCARY.

SCARY FOR EVERYBODY.

I COULD JUST SEE IT IN -- IN EVERYBODY'S FACE.

I WANT TO SEE THIS THING UP!

I JUST BARELY CAN HEAR IT PLAY, OKAY?

NOW, WHO IN THE HELL IS DOING THAT OUT THERE IN MY CREW?

WOULD YOU SAY THAT?

♪ YOU GOT TO TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS ♪

♪ SHOW A LITTLE KINDNESS

-THE ENTIRE TIME, THE AUDIENCE WAS COMPLETELY WITH HIM,

EVEN THOUGH, LIKE, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW,

HALF OF IT WAS A TRAIN WRECK.

YOU KNOW.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I JUST -- YOU LET GO.

IT'S -- IT'S OUT OF YOUR CONTROL, YOU KNOW.

-♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD, FRIENDS

♪ LIFE FEELS SO GOOD, IT'S FRIGHTENING ♪

♪ AND I WISH I COULD, YEAH, STOP THIS WORLD FROM FIGHTING ♪

-♪ LA-DEE-DAH, DAH, DAH

♪ LA-DAH-DAH, DEE, DAH, DAH, DAH ♪

-♪ LA-DAH-DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH-DAH ♪

♪ DAH-DAH-DAH, DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH, DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH ♪

♪ SOUTHERN NIGHTS

♪ HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A

♪ SOUTHERN NIGHT?

♪ WHEN THEY JUST BLOW IN THE NIGHT ♪

♪ IN THE SOUTHERN SKI-I-I-I-ES

♪ LORDY, I JUST LOVE THEM SOUTHERN NIGHTS ♪

♪ HERE IN DEAR OL' NAPA

♪ CALIFO-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH, OH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

WHOO!

AWW, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

Y'ALL JUST AWESOME.

-I KNOW THERE -- THERE MAY BE PEOPLE

WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'VE GONE OUT ON TOUR

AND WHY WE'VE OPENED OURSELVES UP

AND EXPOSED THIS ILLNESS SO PUBLICLY,

WHY WE'VE ALLOWED A LOVED ONE TO --

TO GO ON STAGE AND TAKE A RISK OF,

YOU KNOW, HE COULD MAKE A FOOL OUT OF HIMSELF ON STAGE.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO DO,

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS HEALTHY FOR HIM,

AND IT'S BEEN WORTH THE RISK BECAUSE HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND HE'S STILL GLEN CAMPBELL,

AND HE'S TRYING TO LIVE HIS LIFE AS LONG AS HE CAN

TO ITS FULLEST.

WE HAVEN'T -- WE HAVEN'T LET IT GO TO THE POINT

WHERE HE'S GONNA EMBARRASS HIMSELF OR ANYONE.

AND THE FANS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE.

WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THEM, TOO.

THEY -- THEY WANT HIM OUT THERE.

THEY WANT TO HEAR HIS MUSIC,

AND THEY DON'T CARE IF HE MESSES UP.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE HIM, AND HE LOVES THEM,

SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO IT AS LONG AS WE CAN.

-STILL, IT HAPPENED ENOUGH TIMES WHERE, YEAH,

AT LEAST EVERYONE FELT GOOD ABOUT THE DECISION TO --

TO END THE TOUR OFFICIALLY.

-THE FACT THAT YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE MOMENTS WITH HIM,

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY BEAT THAT.

AND JUST CHERISH EVERY MOMENT.

-I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

IT WAS THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE.

-AND ONE.

-♪ THE MAN THAT LOVES YOU TILL THE END ♪

-NICE. TOP AGAIN?

-IT'S -- IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT

WHERE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS.

HE JUST DOES NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS MUSIC.

I THINK WITH -- WITH GLEN,

MUSIC ISTHE LAST THING TO GO.

IT'S THE MOST DEEPLY EMBEDDED THING

IN HIS MEMORY AND HIS SOUL AND SPIRIT.

-OKAY. I LIKE IT.

-TO ME, THAT'S -- GLEN IS RETURNING, YOU KNOW.

JUST KIND OF SOMETHING IN HIS SPIRIT,

IN THE TWINKLE OF HIS EYE,

IN THE WAY HE ENJOYS THE MUSIC,

UM, JUST REMINDS ME OF THE WAY HE REALLY IS.

-♪ I'M STILL HERE

-YOU KNOW, THE WAY HE WAS WHEN I MET HIM.

-♪ I'M STILL HERE, BUT YET I'M GONE ♪

-ONE.

-♪ I'M STILL HERE BUT...

-I THINK WE GOT IT, HOWARD.

-NO, NO, WE'RE GOOD.

-YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, WE GOT IT.

WE GOT THE LINE WE NEEDED. LET'S GO LEARN THE CHORUS.

-ALL RIGHT, GUYS. YOU WANT TO PLAY?

-MM-HMM.

-OKAY.

-THAT SAME TUNE?

-YEAH, SAME TUNE.

-♪ I'M STILL HERE, BUT YET I'M GONE ♪

♪ I DON'T PLAY GUITAR OR SING MY SONGS ♪

♪ IT NEVER DEFINED WHO I AM

♪ THE MAN THAT LOVES YOU TILL THE END ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON I WILL LOVE ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE LAST FACE I WILL RECALL ♪

♪ AND BEST OF ALL

♪ I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU

♪ I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU

♪ I'M NEVER GONNA HOLD YOU LIKE I DID ♪

♪ OR SAY "I LOVE YOU" TO THE KIDS ♪

♪ YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE IT IN MY EYES ♪

♪ IT'S NOT GONNA HURT ME WHEN YOU CRY ♪

♪ I'M NEVER GONNA KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH ♪

♪ ALL THE THINGS I SAY OR DO

♪ ALL THE HURT AND ALL THE PAIN ♪

♪ ONE THING SELFISHLY REMAINS

♪ I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU

♪ I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU

-HOW'S THE ALZHEIMER'S COMING ALONG, GLEN?

-HOW'S THE WHAT IS?

-ALZHEIMER'S.

-OH. IT'S FINE, YEAH.

I...GAVE 'EM A LEFT HOOK.

I JUST -- I -- IT'S NOTHING THAT BOTHERS ME.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.

-NO, I'VE -- I'VE BEEN A LOT BETTER.

IT DON'T -- IT DON'T BOTHER ME.

SOMETHING -- SOMETHING YOU GOT TO LIVE WITH.

BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL, ACTUALLY.

HASN'T IT, HONEY?

-MM-HMM.

-YEAH.

-YOU'RE DOING A GREAT THING BY DOING THIS FILM.

-WELL, IF I DID, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR IT.

YOU'RE...

I'M GLAD I RUN INTO YOU, OR YOU RUN INTO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE.

♪ WELL, IT'S 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 IT'S KNOWING I'M NOT SHACKLED ♪

♪ BY FORGOTTEN WORDS AND BONDS

♪ AND THE INK STAINS THAT HAVE DRIED UPON SOME LINE ♪

♪ THAT KEEPS YOU IN THE BACK ROADS ♪

♪ BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY

♪ THAT KEEPS YOU EVER GENTLE

♪ ON MY MI-I-I-IND

♪ IT'S NOT CLINGING TO THE ROCKS AND IVY ♪

♪ PLANTED ON THEIR COLUMNS NOW THAT BIND ME ♪

♪ OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY SAID ♪

♪ BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT WE FIT TOGETHER WALKING ♪

♪ IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT THE WORLD ♪

♪ WILL NOT BE CURSING OR FORGIVING ♪

♪ WHEN I WALK ALONG SOME RAILROAD TRACK AND FIND ♪

♪ THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON THE BACK ROADS ♪

♪ BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY

♪ AND FOR HOURS YOU'RE JUST GENTLE ON MY MIND ♪

♪ THOUGH THE WHEAT FIELDS AND THE CLOTHES LINES ♪

♪ AND THE JUNKYARDS AND THE HIGHWAYS COME BETWEEN US ♪

♪ AND SOME OTHER WOMAN'S CRYING TO HER MOTHER ♪

♪ 'CAUSE SHE TURNED AND I WAS GONE ♪

♪ THROUGH CUPPED HANDS 'ROUND A TIN CAN ♪

♪ I PRETEND TO HOLD YOU TO MY BREAST AND FIND ♪

-♪ FIND

-♪ WHOA-OH-OH-OH

♪ THAT YOU'RE WAVING FROM THE BACK ROADS ♪

♪ BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORIES

♪ EVER SMILING, EVER GENTLE ON MY MIND ♪

♪ GENTLE ON MY MIND

♪ YOU ARE GENTLE ON MY MIND

♪ OOH, OOH, OOH

♪ YEAH