Friday on my Mind 156: Wichita Lineman – RIP Glen Campbell
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Events dear boy. Events, Music at 13:00 on 11 August 2017
Sad to hear the news earlier this week of the death of Glen Campbell.
He had one of the clearest voices in popular music. Though he had among other things previously been a touring member of The Beach Boys and I must have heard his version of By the Time I Get to Phoenix he first really came to my attention with Wichita Lineman written by Jimmy Webb which it seems Campbell recorded even though apparently Webb hadn’t finished the song.
This apparently live performance doesn’t have the “Morse Code” strings which come in at the end of the refrain.
Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman
The video below – featuring clips from throughout Campbell’s career – does though, as the recorded version provides the backing.
Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman
Glen Travis Campbell: 22/4/1936-8/8/2017. So it goes.
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