Campbell gives concert to captive audience

Campbell gives concertto captive audience
PHOENIX -- Glen Campbell called it "a captive audience" -- and he wasn't kidding.
Campbell, nearing the end of his 10-day sentence for extreme drunken driving, gave a free 30-minute concert Friday night for about 1,000 inmates at Maricopa County's outdoor jail.
"Tent City, you're gentle on my mind," Campbell sang during his opening song, the million-selling "Gentle on My Mind."
The Phoenix-based singer-guitarist performed several of his Top-10 hits on a makeshift stage atop a flatbed truck with some hay bales as a countrified backdrop.
Campbell, 68, was arrested in November near his posh Phoenix home after causing a minor traffic accident.
He pleaded guilty in May to extreme DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, then began his jail term on July 1 with his final eight days set up as work-release.
Campbell was allowed to leave the jail, where he had an indoor private cell, during the day to handle business affairs, returning overnight.
"It's been an eye-opener, that's for sure," Campbell said of his time behind bars.
The country star also performed "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in his eight-song set and led the rough-and-tumble audience in the chorus of "Rhinestone Cowboy."
He even offered a little encouragement to the inmates, saying: "Sometimes it's hard to take what you get."
Next stop for Courtney: a hospital in New York
NEW YORK -- Rocker Courtney Love was taken to a New York hospital on her 40th birthday after she missed an arraignment on an assault charge in California, her lawyer said.
"It is not a suicide attempt, not drug-related, not drug-overdose related," attorney Michael Rosenstein said from Los Angeles on Friday.
"It's a gynecological medical condition for which she is receiving treatment," he said. "This is all thirdhand, I have not spoken with her since last night, when she complained of medical problems, had not seen doctor and as a result the situation was exacerbated."
Photographs showed Love on a stretcher, and published reports said witnesses saw the singer being put into an ambulance outside her apartment in Manhattan.
The New York City fire and police departments said emergency personnel responded to that address Friday and took a woman to the hospital. They did not confirm the woman was Love.
Fire department spokeswoman Firefighter Susan Blake said EMS responded to a report of a miscarriage at Love's address about 5:15 p.m. Friday and transported a woman to Bellevue Hospital. Police said a 40-year-old woman was taken to Bellevue but did not confirm that a miscarriage had been reported.
The woman was placed in handcuffs because she was refusing medical attention but was no longer in police custody, according to Officer Jennara Everleth, a police department spokeswoman.
Earlier Friday, a warrant was issued for Love's arrest when she failed to appear in a Los Angeles court for arraignment on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon stemming from an April 25 incident at the home of her former manager and ex-boyfriend.
Notable death
Cleveland radio deejay Bill Randle, who was instrumental in introducing Elvis Presley to the American music scene, died Friday. He was 81. Randle died of cancer at the Hospice of the Western Reserve. WRMR-AM said his last show, which had been prerecorded, will be broadcast Sunday along with a memorial program.
Today's birthdays
Actor Tab Hunter is 73. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 57. Actor Bruce McGill is 54. Singer Bonnie Pointer is 54. Actor Stephen Lang is 52. Actress Mindy Sterling is 51. Actress Sela Ward is 48. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 47. Singer Peter Murphy is 47. Actor Mark Lester is 46. Jazz musician Kirk Whalum is 46. Singer Suzanne Vega is 45. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 45. Rock musician Scott Shriner (Weezer) is 39. Actress Debbe Dunning is 38. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 32. Rapper Lil' Kim is 29. Rapper Lil' Zane is 22. Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is 21.
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