“When the Best Original Song Oscar category is announced this Sunday night, it?ll be a bittersweet moment for country icon Glen Campbell. He?s up for his first Academy Award for ?I?m Not Gonna Miss You,? a song he co-wrote with producer Julian Raymond. The song appeared in ?Glen Campbell?I?ll Be Me,? the 2014 documentary about his diagnosis of Alzheimer?s Disease and his final tour.
The recording of ?I?m Not Gonna Miss You? was Campbell?s last time in the studio, where he logged time with old recording buddies the Wrecking Crew. Raymond got the idea for the song as the movie was being made; he pitched the idea to director James Keach, who ended up using the day they spent recording as one of the film?s final scenes.”
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