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Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell 1968 (strings and horns) (Completed)

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    Published on 09 Feb 2025 / In Easy Listening/Light Rock/Bubblegum / Easy

    The 1968 hit by Glen Campbell (written by Jimmy Webb) entitled "Wichita Lineman" there's no T in the wich portion
    The story behind this beauty:
    "Jimmy Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset. Webb "put himself atop that pole" with the phone in his hand as he imagined the lineman talking to his girlfriend. Despite its real-life roots lying elsewhere, Webb set his song in Wichita, Kansas.

    Within hours of Campbell's plea from the recording studio, Webb delivered a demo that he regarded and labeled as an unfinished version of the song, warning producer/arranger Al De Lory that he had not completed a third verse or a bridge. "When I heard it I cried," Campbell said, "... because I was homesick." De Lory similarly found inspiration in the opening line. His uncle had been a lineman in Kern County, California: "I could visualize my uncle up a pole in the middle of nowhere. I loved the song right away."

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    Jon Darren
    Jon Darren 20 days ago

    Oh man does this sound good, just wow, absolutely great collab folks, good to see everybody on here sounding so good :)

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    Revup67
    Revup67 19 days ago

    Thanks a lot Jon. Much appreciated. Hope you come back and we can get on a few songs together. Just sent you a message for a lead vocal request.

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    Michael Dixon
    Michael Dixon 19 days ago

    Thanks..

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    Revup67
    Revup67 3 months ago

    While it's been almost 8 months since published, this Collab never gets old. Thanks again to all the musicians that participated on this one. A most pleasing outcome.

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    stegokitty
    stegokitty 3 months ago

    It's a goodie for sure :)

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    Revup67
    Revup67 10 months ago

    For anyone requesting a Youtube link it can be shared here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIbIpKiVAY

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    joeyman1
    joeyman1 10 months ago

    Brillient vocals stegokitty , an excellent collab by everyone .

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    Revup67
    Revup67 10 months ago

    thank you for the kind words

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    stegokitty
    stegokitty 10 months ago

    Thanks Joey!

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    stegokitty
    stegokitty 10 months ago

    Hey Ant -- If you'll download this collab and send it to me, I'd like to create an animated-panels video to post on YouTube and so that I can easily show it to my mother. It really did come out nicely. I'd download it myself but I'm currently on the free account mode.

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    Revup67
    Revup67 10 months ago

    Funny I was thinking of doing the same on my Youtube account. I'm not sure where the option is for all videos. I do know where the entire mixed Collab can be downloaded as a WAV file.

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    stegokitty
    stegokitty 10 months ago

    @Revup67: On this main page, just under the title and your icon, there's a link to Download. It won't let me do it because of the free account, although it'll let me download the Preview video, which is rather horrible video quality.

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    stegokitty
    stegokitty 10 months ago

    PS: this is the page I'm looking at: https://bandhug.com/watch/tzeb....qrsK6jQN5bf&cl=4

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    Revup67
    Revup67 10 months ago

    @stegokitty : thanks, saw the Download button and the sublist shows "Original and also MP3". Poor wording. Not sure why it doesn't say: Video | Audio . Clicking "Original" does allow an MP4..will do and share back to you

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