Wichita Lineman

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[goat granny]

I’d lay a little bet that most of the hollywood actors look just like that when they get up in the morning...he has bed head hair, needs a shave and is pissed at his X wife...But Glen sure could sing a song...

[Frantzie]

I read something somewhere on the back story of the song. Jimmy Webb was driving cross country. They got Glen to do the song and it was a big hit. A lot more to the story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU

One of the most beautiful songs written. Rolling Stone called it the first extentential country song. Glen had paid his dues as a session musician, Beach Boy etc in LA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrMd5y7QXQ&feature=related

[o-n-money]

He looks like John Edwards in that vid.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I liked True Grit but I didn't care the the part he played until he “died”.

At least he did not sing in either movie!

[FlJoePa]

Well, True Grit was hardly a musical. Especially at the end. He obviously sang the opening though.

[Frantzie]

I am glad Duke did not sing either. ;-)

It was a decent movie. One of the last John Wayne made. It looked more like Colorado if I remember.

[Frantzie]

I think Wichita Lineman was their best. By the Time I Get Phoenix was very good but Wichita Lineman was genius songwriting, very moving and very simple too.

[FlJoePa]

Well, you just misspelled his name in your reply.

[Loud Mime]

I'm sure all western fans will never forget this song by Lee Marvin.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Thanks, FLJoePa. That was very gentle on my mind.

[HospiceNurse]

Well, you just misspelled his name in your reply.

God forgive me

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

I don't believe THIS ARTIST is underappreciated, but this song is unquestionably one of the best folk songs ever written.

[Judges Gone Wild]

I love the lines, “And I need you more than want you;
And I want you for all time.”
Also the morse code guitar bit.

Great song, great production!

[FlJoePa]

I wasn’t picking on you. I was just trying to make a point.

[HospiceNurse]

He IS handsome!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/campbellmug1.html

[Lancey Howard]

Excellent! Thanks for posting that. (That’s a Jim Webb song, right?)

Anyway, it’s interesting to see that Glen’s still got it. What was most interesting was his work on the Strat. I had forgotten that he’s also a very good guitar player.

Here’s a link to Glen doing the same song, circa 35 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFCuBLAjXo&NR=1

FRegards,
LH

[NonZeroSum]

What he was really unappreciated for was his guitar picking.

[FlJoePa]

Jimmy was genius. He was so young when he wrote that stuff. Barely into his twenties.
He certainly had a vision, and he definitely found the right guy to deliver it.

[Judges Gone Wild]

I don’t know that Glen Campbell is underappreciated. He was a HUGE star from ‘68 to ‘70 or so, when he was having the hits and had his TV show. The hits stopped after ‘77. He had a good run.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I can't believe he recorded this Jimmy Webb song seven years before Waylon, Willie, Kris and Johnny.