He did do the baritone solo but I thought Carol did the opening six. Anyone? Bueller? 🎸🔊😁
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.
I stand corrected. Carol Kaye did do the intro according to the wiki for the song. It didn’t mention who played the solo but did list the personnel and credits Glen Campbell as playing a Danelectro Longhorn 6 string baritone. I’ll have to listen to the song again but the intro and the solo song like the same baritone guitar. Did Carol Kaye play the intro with Glen’s baritone?
I think what may have happened is that Carol improvised or came up w/ the opening, but Glen likely repeated it on the recording.