
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell 1968 (strings and horns) (Completed)
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."
For anyone requesting a Youtube link it can be shared here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIbIpKiVAY
Brillient vocals stegokitty , an excellent collab by everyone .
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.
Wow!!! This is incredible you guys! Stellar performances from all! Congrats!
Sounds good guys!