Harsh Mistress grows on you. Jimmy Webb is such a genius. Among his platinum-selling Grammy and CMA award winners are, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "Where’s The Playground, Susie", "Once Before I Die", "MacArthur Park," "Didn’t We", "Up, Up and Away", "This Is Your Life", "Elvis and Me", "Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", "Easy For You To Say", "Time Enough For Love" (another title, like Mistress borrowed from the novels of Robert A. Heinlein) "Carpet Man", "Paper Cup", "Didn't We" and "The Highwayman" among many others.
Glen Campbell, Richard Harris, The Fifth Dimension, The Brooklyn Bridge, Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Joe Cocker, Thelma Houston, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Don Henley, David Crosby, Dusty Springfield, Donna Summer, Bill Medley, J.D. Souther, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Joan Baez, Urge Overkill, Reba McEntire, Judy Collins, Larry Coryell, Joni Mitchell, The Four Tops, The Johnny Mann Singers and R.E.M have all scored with Webb written and/or arranged songs over more than three decades of his quiet dominance of popular music. One of his books, "Tunesmith" is considered the "Bible of songwriting" to lowley clowns like I. Jimmy speaks to my heart: listen ... he'll touch yours too.
