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In addition to well-known tunes, which Dayton called “the big mountains,” he also does a solo midsection “where I talk about his work in the studio” and all the songs he played on that people might not realize. People really love Glen’s music and everywhere I go, they have a lot of obvious joy, great memories and questions.” They were all for it and said, ‘If anybody’s going to go out and do his hits, you’re really the guy to do it.’ It’s really been a wonderful, growing thing. “I’d had several requests to sing a night of Glen’s music,” he said. Campbell attended, liked what he saw, jammed with JDB at a private golf event and invited them on tour. While living and touring around the Grand Canyon State with the Jeff Dayton Band during the late 1980s, he landed an opening slot for Alabama and Merle Haggard in Phoenix. Dayton earned a music degree at Arizona State University, segued into folk/country music and had a song placement on George Strait’s platinum album, “Does Ft. We talk about The Wrecking Crew, the TV show, what it was like on the road, time spent on the golf course and the kind of guy he was.” Jeff Dayton (Courtesy photo)Ī Minneapolis native, Dayton studied jazz music at the University of Minnesota (where he backed up Dizzy Gillespie) and briefly played in a band alongside Prince and the Revolution drummer Bobby Z. “People say they love to hear the songs again and the stories. A couple of them will be joining the group onstage in Redlands. We have a connection to Glen and his music,” said Jeff Dayton, who spent 15 years (and did nearly 4,000 gigs) with Campbell as guitarist/bandleader.ĭayton often brings along other past Campbell musicians, so there’s “more than one version of the story,” he said. We’re not John Denver last week and Rod Stewart next week like some tribute bands.

The unique concert, coming to the Redlands Bowl on July 9, includes ample hits and anecdotes. That’s what makes this Salute to Glen Campbell show a must-see for fans of the legendary Arkansas entertainer who died in 2017 after a long public fight with Alzheimer’s. Tribute bands are always performing somewhere, but they rarely have a direct association with the original act.

Long live the king country salutes elvis