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The Musical Genius of 'Wichita Lineman': A One-on-One with Jimmy Webb [Rick Beato]
youtube ^ | 8-1-2023 | Rick Beato

Posted on 08/05/2023 12:38:49 PM PDT by FLNittany

Long interview, but the best and most in depth interview I've ever seen with Jimmy Webb.

I had no idea he worked for Motown writing songs at age 17. The songs (their rights) they let him walk away with (free) when he left is chuckle worthy.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: beato; glen; glencampbell; jimmywebb
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To: newmomster
I grew up with rock and roll but it wasn't until the internet and Youtube that I was actually able to see the artists performing their songs.

With that being said, watching Glen Campbell perform those songs stirs my memories of that time like no other band I have ever listened to.

For that reason alone, Glen Campbell is the greatest artist in my life time and I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear when I heard of his disease and his ultimate passing.......

41 posted on 08/05/2023 2:06:52 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: jjotto

My favorite Glen Campbell song. I wish it was longer.


42 posted on 08/05/2023 2:08:49 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: FLNittany

It’s a lonely song I love.


43 posted on 08/05/2023 2:12:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: drwoof

” It touched me even then”

It still touches me. A song about a guy that repairs overhead lines??? Lyrics, tune, Glen, and the musicians created a work of art.


44 posted on 08/05/2023 2:15:53 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Hot Tabasco
The best way I can explain my feelings is that with Glen Campbell's passing, a slice of humanity and compassion was removed from our fragile fabric of society.

I don't know if it will ever be recovered.

45 posted on 08/05/2023 2:19:05 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: FLNittany

“the Monkees”

The talent’s there but why call yourselves the Monkees?


46 posted on 08/05/2023 2:19:18 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Psalm 73

Try a listen to: Who Put The Bop In The Bop-Shoo-Bop : )


47 posted on 08/05/2023 2:23:45 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Blue Highway

He did do the baritone solo but I thought Carol did the opening six. Anyone? Bueller? ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ˜


48 posted on 08/05/2023 2:35:49 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰)
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To: Mister Tee

Seen that, “Standing In The Shadows” , “Muscle Shoals” doc...... Lol. Being a picker, it’s fascinating to me. Recently became acquainted with a writer living near us now. Looking at his bio is, uh, impressive. Working on some of his stuff now.


49 posted on 08/05/2023 2:39:50 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰)
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To: FLNittany

One of my all-time favorites......brings back such beautiful memories.


50 posted on 08/05/2023 2:43:58 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: Justa

Joshua Sill, the fort’s namesake, was a Union officer, so it is unlikely to be renamed, as are those military facilities named for Confederate soldiers.


51 posted on 08/05/2023 2:53:38 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: virgil
My favorite Glen Campbell song is Turn Around, Look at Me (1961)
52 posted on 08/05/2023 2:58:45 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: rktman

Webb’s concerns over his song’s shortcomings were addressed in the recording studio by adding a tremolo-infused Dano bass[11] melodic interlude performed by Campbell, who had first made his reputation in the music industry as a session guitarist with the group of uncredited Los Angeles backing musicians known today as “The Wrecking Crew”, many of whom played on the recording.[9][3][12] One of them, bassist Carol Kaye, contributed the descending six-note intro.[9] A second six-note bass lick improvised by Kaye was copied for strings by De Lory and used as a fill between the two rhyming couplets of each verse.[13]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Lineman

That what wiki says.


53 posted on 08/05/2023 2:58:52 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Hot Tabasco

Same here....watching performers that you had only heard on the radio was eye-opening and some performers stood out - he was one of them. My favorite was ‘By the Time I get to Phoenix’.


54 posted on 08/05/2023 3:03:26 PM PDT by newmomster
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To: Steven Scharf

Some things on wiki can be trusted. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘


55 posted on 08/05/2023 3:04:52 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰)
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To: FLNittany

Kaye et al arenโ€™t in the hall of fame? I did not know that. I cannot believe it. If that institution had any credibility for me before it sure as hell doesnโ€™t now. Wow!


56 posted on 08/05/2023 3:12:32 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: FLNittany; Publius

PING to another Jim Webb Fan!

Haunting song with lovely lyrics:
“and I need you more than want you
and I want you for all time.”

Beautiful!


57 posted on 08/05/2023 3:16:48 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Possibly the most romantic line in all of song writing history.


58 posted on 08/05/2023 3:29:14 PM PDT by Gort_Klaatu
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To: FLNittany

Thatโ€™s a travesty. The Grammys as like any other Music awards, or battle of the bands for that matter. Itโ€™s friends voting for friends


59 posted on 08/05/2023 3:40:40 PM PDT by paythefiddler (redefeat communism)
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To: FLNittany

Nesmith and Tork played on a lot of the records and Dolenz has one of the best voices in Rock and Roll.


60 posted on 08/05/2023 4:03:02 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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