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Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb in Session - Wichita Lineman
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Posted on 05/26/2021 5:26:55 PM PDT by FLNittany

Maybe the best song ever written. Look for other songs from this same session on youtube. There are some great ones.


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To: rlmorel

I work alone mostly, that copter pick is very dangerous.

Balls of steel.


41 posted on 05/26/2021 7:11:04 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: FLNittany

He was such a great musician in all ways. I miss talent like that. All we have now is that cheesy rap and the half nekkid girl screechers.


42 posted on 05/26/2021 7:12:31 PM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: Steely Tom

I agree, those were the best music times. All different kinds but all great.


43 posted on 05/26/2021 7:13:34 PM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: rlmorel

That first picture completey explains the song.

All alone with his thoughts. Dangerous and he knows it.

#1 in the USA.


44 posted on 05/26/2021 7:16:47 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: FLNittany

Love that song. Glen had a beautiful voice and could really play that guitar.

I also love “Gentle on My Mind.”


45 posted on 05/26/2021 7:17:01 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: FLNittany

a less polished but still great version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPuK_tqG-Y


46 posted on 05/26/2021 7:18:20 PM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: Steely Tom
Roy played banjo on Glen's 1962 album "The Amazing 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell"...

A great album I'm proud to own.

They were lifelong friends. I think they had a deal - Glen didn't play the fiddle (though he could) and Roy didn't play the 12 string (though he could).

Either could play anything and make it look easy. They were both that talented.

Let Grandpa Jones tell you: Ghost Riders

47 posted on 05/26/2021 7:19:36 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: FLNittany
1968 Grammy winner for best engineered recording (non classical)...It is a beautiful, ethereal orchestration.

The USS Wichita AOR-1 played this version of the song over its announcing system, as it broke away from replenishing our ship late at night in the gulf of Tonkin.

Every time I hear that song, I can feel those hot steamy nights, and get a whiff of salt air.

48 posted on 05/26/2021 7:20:44 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground - Mencken)
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To: FLNittany

Love this version of WL from 2008. Glen on tour in the UK. Youngster to Glen’s right on rhythm Guitar is Glen’s Son. Really nice Fretwork by Glen

https://www.google.com/search?q=glen+campbell+wichita+lineman+jools+holland&oq=glenn+champbell+wichita+lineman%2C+jules&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30.57372j0j7&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c43a6ffd,vid:B49YDR6OMIE,st:0


49 posted on 05/26/2021 7:25:03 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: sunny bonobo

Just watch them sit back in awe.

Thanks


50 posted on 05/26/2021 7:25:07 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: FLNittany

I’ve never seen that. Thanks, remarkable. Two awesome musicians. I didn’t appreciate Hee Haw when it was on, ‘cause it wasn’t jazz. Oh well, I can appreciate it now, thank Heaven.


51 posted on 05/26/2021 7:26:52 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: FLNittany
What has been left out on this thread is Johnny River's contribution to this music. Rivers recorded Webb's songs first and then convinced Campbell to record “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” by Webb also. Rivers introduced Webb to Campbell that resulted in “Wichita Lineman”. Rivers supported many other acts that were unnoticed like the Fifth Dimension. Rivers is being shunned from the R&R HOF because he is a conservative which is a damn shame and just shows how the HOF is nothing but a leftist bastion of butt lickers.
52 posted on 05/26/2021 7:27:01 PM PDT by vetvetdoug (,)
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To: rlmorel

That’s a great take on the song. I agree with your view of it. He’s out there in the sun and snow working in the lines, doing the job. Then he hears her on the line for all time. Such great imagery and story-telling.


53 posted on 05/26/2021 7:32:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucker)
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To: rlmorel

Thanks. I never bought any of his music, but have grown to appreciate him and his music far more as I’ve aged.

I found a great “Wrecking Crew” playlist on Spotify the other day that I was enjoying. It was more of the songs they worked on that didn’t become big hits.


54 posted on 05/26/2021 7:35:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucker)
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To: vetvetdoug

This goes to Glen.

Every Band knows this song. It is iconic around the USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqiRHXgmcQs


55 posted on 05/26/2021 7:38:43 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: rlmorel

I always see hard work, much of it pushing the edge of safety for low pay for the guy’s efforts. Not so now;

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/lineman-salary/wichita-ks


56 posted on 05/26/2021 7:40:02 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

You worried about somebody up on a pole?

You do it.


57 posted on 05/26/2021 7:45:06 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: FLNittany

Glen hooks up in the same year with Kim Darby in this quirky film, one of his co-stars of “True Grit.” Her character was only supposed to be 12 years old in that movie. Joe Namath also stars in this one;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FakhIsTkX3Y


58 posted on 05/26/2021 7:45:46 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

It is higher than that BTW.

Stop your jealous lib rant. Climb a pole and fix a XFRMR.

You do that I will give you 10K.

Your post was about as stupid as they come.


59 posted on 05/26/2021 7:53:54 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: FLNittany

When Campbell was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, his daughter released this song. Blurry screen alert;

Ashley Campbell - Remembering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9qM0d9rmk


60 posted on 05/26/2021 7:56:02 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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