An Interview with Jimmy Webb, America's Signature Songwriter

[@daleissler5795]

Another great interview with Jimmy Webb. I learn something new every time I hear him give an interview. What an engaging and interesting person. What a nice and decent person.

[@gordonginsberg7976]

Mr. Webb is a most gracious interview conversationalist.

[@ighdesigns]

Every time I hear Glen Campbell sing Galveston, I lose it. Webb and Campbell: phenomenal.

[@jimruby1354]

Galveston is my favorite song ever.

[@livinginclover1793]

😄 Shaker sound? “ . . . bird shot in a foam cup”. Ripping 2x4s lengthwise & oscillating saws. Creative brilliance.

[@paulfisher3181]

Excellent interview

[@bryan3dguitar]

@4:10 Jimmy says that Glen Campbell had 5 vocal octaves. Hard to believe. Isn't 3 octaves more like it? Sure, he could sing falsetto for those high harmonies on those Beach Boy tunes, but.... I do believe there is strong evidence for his voice getting deeper with age. And he is still my favorite singer of all time. What tone!

[@brucetowell3432]

El Mirage was an album of beautiful memorable tunes..I for one do not know why "Mixed Up Guy" was not a monster hit!!it had the right groove, arrangement, production, vocals..I've been loving that tune for going on almost 50 years now.

[@anthonypepitoneVideo]

I have never heard even one song by Jim Webb that I wanted to hear again.

[@michellemonet4358]

Damn. Not one?

[@brucetowell3432]

So what composers do you like to listen to? For me Jimmy is right up there with Billy Joel..David /Bacharach....Lennon/McCartney... Brian Wilson Goffin/King....Mann/Weil Jimmy Buffet.....Holland-Dozier-Holland...Smokey Robinson....Stevie Wonder.....Paul Simon ....."Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb" are just a collection of demos, not at all near the finished product.

[@gordonginsberg7976]

Agree, mostly. I'd place Mr. Webb, Mr. Wonder, and Messrs. Burt Bacharach & Hal David in a tier slightly above the others cited.

[@HotZTrain]

@@gordonginsberg7976 He wrote "Didn't We," a real tear jerker, while in high school for Suzie Horton. HIGH SCHOOL!