...Jimmy Webb's genius at work
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OT: 48 years ago yesterday Wichita Lineman was released...
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Thanks for this wonderful song and memory. Peace Glen, you are pure Americana.
What a song, what a songwriter, and what a musician and voice. One of the great combinations in music history. Will live forever...
"And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time...."
Great song.
And I want you for all time...."
Great song.
48 years ago yesterday Wichita Lineman was released...
He must have won his appeal. I thought he was doing a life sentence. Maybe dem was his attorney.
He must have won his appeal. I thought he was doing a life sentence. Maybe dem was his attorney.
Yesiree...no faux bro country there.
Growing up, my next door neighbor was "a lineman for the county". Tough, skinny guy with Popeye arms. After a couple of beers while sitting on his back porch he would start singing that song. It was part of the soundtrack of my kid-dom.
Glenn Campbell may be one of the most underrated musicians in our time. Some people just think he was a pretty face and great voice, but he was actually a better musician than he was singer (and that is saying a great deal).
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4113
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4113
Great song by Webb and amazing performance by Glen. My favorite by Glen is "Gentle on My Mind", now I feel old! Great guitar player... under appreciated.
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After a quick glance, do you know how much this looked like the name of a head football coach in western PA?
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I highly recommend the documentary "The Wrecking Crew," about the session musicians behind many of the biggest hits of the 60's and 70's. Glen Campbell was part of that group of incredible musicians prior to breaking out on his own. Here's the trailer:
Edit: It was on Netflix as of a couple of months ago, not sure if it still is...
Edit: It was on Netflix as of a couple of months ago, not sure if it still is...
I like at the end STP guy is heard "alright....Galveston." I wonder if they did it?
Yeah I got him off on a technicality when I was 10. My first big case.48 years ago yesterday Wichita Lineman was released...
He must have won his appeal. I thought he was doing a life sentence. Maybe dem was his attorney.
What about that neighborhood class action/lemonade stand suit in 68?
I was only "of counsel" in that case. The credit, tho not all the money, went to others.
You were a prodigy dem.
" That's right jackass. I said you're gonna pay! And that means you ARE gonna pay!"
You know the story? Glen was all charmed up, in his mid 20s, sure that once FS heard his guitar riffs, Glen would be offered a job touring WITH F and his band.
FS was in the booth singing, and Glenn watched his every move. When the song was over, FS was talking with the gun running the studio, and the both looked across the room at Glen. Both were grinning.
Soon as FS left, Glen hustled over. " I saw you guys talking about me. What did Frank say?"
" Frank wanted to know who the fa***t was who was staring him down."
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I have heard that. Glen/John Wayne stories are good as well. Part of Glen's act used to be where he'd preface playing True Grit with "I'd never acted in motion pictures before. And every time I see True Grit I think my record stands." In other interviews he talks about how (for one reason or another) Wayne just really liked him and gravitated to him.
That song is such a classic. Moves me every time I hear it and you can hear it a fair amount if you have Sirius XM radio and listen to 60's on 6.
WOW! That was classic, thanks. You are hitting it out of the park! It's just to bad Glen couldn't pick!
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