Glen Campbell onstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in February in Los Angeles. (PictureGroup via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
about the writer
Jon Bream
Critic / Reporter
Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.
