Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb First Interview

[@texasstardust6010]

...Mr.Jimmy Webb , ...now 77 years young ,... Still one of the most Gifted Composers and Songwriters. What a treat this Interview is. Thank you . 🎵🎼🎶

[@charlesbrown4540]

The combination of Webb and Campbell was magic. Two of the best.

[@briansanders3750]

I came here to say exactly that my friend

[@PatriciaWagner-r9p]

Nothing greater than Glen Campbell singing a Jimmy Webb song.. What a great songwriter.

[@andrewmcgee1001]

Unbelievable collaboration of 2 iconic musical talents. I just recently saw an interview with Rick Beato and Jimmy Webb and all the back-stories on certain tracks was just GOLD.

[@karldettling5981]

Yea just watched it to. Jimmy just seemed like such a neat guy and wonderfull person ! Not like some hate filled republican. Just nice as hell, just like his songs !

[@maryannarep]

Love Rick Beato!

[@maryannarep]

I'm a Beato nut too! I have sound engineer in Reno who has worked with Beato for years. To this day I know how to wind extension cords the correct way 😉!!

[@maryannarep]

And I need you more than want you...the best lyrics ever written. Thank you both! It's 2023.

[@johnparker8588]

Glenn went to LA with no prospects and just a few dollars in his pocket. He was playing on a recording session for some insignificant recording. Next door Ricky Nelson was in a recording session and needed a guitar player. He heard this guitar being played and told one of his band members to go get him. Glenn brought his guitar over and they handed him some sheet music. He said I don’t need that. In fact, I don’t can’t read music. He told them to just start playing and of course he amazed everyone with his ability to play by ear. I think he was the greatest guitar player ever and what a singer. “Second to no one.”

[@lockedin60]

There is a lot that can be said for some who can read sheet music but the creativity and instinctual moves by those who "play by ear" is breathe taking. I can read music to sing but play guitar by ear and sing harmony by ear. A little of both worlds. You can only exist in the academic world with academic credentials.

[@terrymaccarrone9927]

God Given Talent

[@charlie-obrien]

Thank you for making that connection between Glenn and Rick Nelson. Two of my all time favorites and I have always thought that Glen favored Rick a little bit in his own vocals.

[@utlaw72]

and then he became a Beach Boy?😎

[@erniemcgowin4637]

Two masters that was lucky or fortunate enough to find each other and we are the beneficiary of all that talent

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

Jimmy nailed it! There are those who create the majic and those that interpret it. Big difference.

[@britturk123]

Glen was also one of the greatest musicians of all time, lets not forget that.

[@___David___Savian]

I'm from New York City and I grew up liking country music because of people like Jimmy Webb, Glenn Campbell and Kenny Rogers. I also started liking Willie Nelson after that and that opened the door for me to really become interested in Country music with people like Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline and many others. But the song Wichita Lineman was the first country I heard that made me think, wait a minute, country music is just as good as Elton John, The Carpenters and The Eagles. Cheers to Jimmy Webb !!!!

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

I'm not sure there's a better song in the world than Wichita Lineman

[@heck2150]

Love these two gentlemen and how their music got me through life's challenges.

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

Now this is very cool to see! Thanks for sharing and Glen and Jimmy sure have made one GREAT TEAM!!!!!

[@takfam07]

Glen might be the most gifted performer of our time. It's hard to imagine someone singing and playing guitar better than Glen Campbell.

[@survivrs]

takfam07 It will be quite awhile before seeing someone play like Glen. Watching him play William Tell Overture with his guitar on top of his head is crazy!!!

[@MAGAMANPATRIOT]

I certainly can't think of anyone thats done it as good as Glen Campbell. He was a gift from God with a God given talent to spread joy through his music. What can you say about Jimmy Webb's songwriting besides great.

[@moruslorus6719]

@@survivrs Not only that, but he was doing that at about age 65. The man was incredible! Miss him so much

[@survivrs]

@@moruslorus6719 Yes, I know and I agree!! I love the album of Glen and Jimmy doing "sessions". I think Glen has a pink patterned shirt through it all, but I can't be sure. It's been too long since I listened and watched it. To believe that Jimmy wrote and created the masterpiece known as MacArthur Park at the age of 19 just slays my brain. And then, to use his own words, he found the voice he wanted for his songs, and that is when the 2 of them began to make amazing music together. Jimmy always talked about how he wanted Galveston to be slower, i.e. "gravitas", and the older Glen got, the more he slowed it down to where Jimmy had wanted it all along. Have you ever listened to the interview with Alice Cooper on here? It's all about their relationship. Glen and Alice played golf together every chance they got. He talks about how "who would have ever thought a country singer and a rock and roll singer would end up being such good friends". I may not have that totally correct, but it's close. He tells a hilarious story about how late they were for tee time and whoever was driving, was going waaaay over the speed limit and a camera caught them. The local police have a big copy of that picture of those 2 "boys" and the looks on their faces. It is so worth listening to. Sorry my response is so long.

[@moruslorus6719]

@@survivrs not a problem at all! Yes I love those session videos. Love the way Glen sings Galveston and a number of other songs in that. Jimmy and Glen are just an amazing combo. I’m so glad the world brought them two together. If there’s one thing I wish I was able to do, it would be to have gone to see Glen live. I’m only 22 but he’s been my absolute favourite artist for about 5 years now. Don’t think I go more than a couple of days without listening to one of his many hits

[@dannilaser16]

Wow, what an emotional treat this video is.. Two masters at what they do, who bring out the best in each other. What more can I say. Thanks for posting.

[@PaulOReilly712]

Thank You geniuses of music together :D

[@gordonvolkert2304]

What a combination. Two of the best, ever.

[@charlie-obrien]

Nothing greater than Glen Campbell singing a Jimmy Webb song.

[@bobhess7434]

By the Time I Get to Phoenix and Wichita LIneman are two of the most haunting songs I have ever heard in my life, and Glen Campbell's vocals on both just cannot be matched. What a pure, exact tone, so evidenced here.

[@jerrysummers5971]

I agree. Brilliant singer and songwriter 👍

[@graceweber2822]

Agree.

[@scrimmy45]

Agreed Bob. Timeless classics.

[@herecomesforego1787]

And Galveston true...oh and gotta include Everyday Housewife for that poignant haunt factor --tho not by Webb it coulda been 😊

[@keithcaudill4111]

McCarther Park,what great team!

[@MrSuzuki1187]

"I am a lineman for the county..." I lived in that county, Sedgewick County Kansas for 4 years. Because of that, I can always identify with this song.

[@ryetim32]

What a great songwriter

[@lockedin60]

They really needed each other in one sense. Jimmy Webb's music is second to none. Glenn one of the few session guitarists to make a mark in the public eye. A True blue "Wrecking Crew " member. So much talent and a Thousand Watt personality. I know his demons were news fodder for journalist whom News was a chance at separating themselves from the pack.

[@sbphillips177]

"Thousand watt personality" I love that! So true

[@gwenniegirl50]

@James Russell they definitely had mutual admiration and respect.

[@lockedin60]

@@gwenniegirl50 True. Jimmy's songs really pulled Glen from being "just a session musician" to the forefront of Country Music and beyond. I am a guitarist myself. I can sing too. But my talents on a six string is nothing as compared to Glen. But back in those days just being a sessions guy was "second tier" to the general public.. Not to me because I appreciated all the talented session guys were ever they played. They both needed each other and they both benefited from that relationship.

[@johnmonroe7378]

Love Glen and Jimmy.

[@standtallvets5386]

Glen had to come up the right guitar music for the songs, and how he did that way back then is still amazing.

[@cranez006]

"The Cake and the Rain" bought me here.

[@jessibrunson3234]

Loved Glen Campbell in "True Grit"!

[@geoffkrikorian54]

My favorite line from the movie, " I ain't dead yet you bushwhacker".

[@johnbougae8314]

Two genius's.

[@absolving]

He discovered Webb through Johnny Rivers! Hell yes!

[@dkj4183]

Interesting talks between the two.

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Jimmy Webb also wrote Galveston and Wichita Lineman, two awesome songs. Jimmy perfectly captured a moment in time of a GI sitting on a hilltop firebase in Vietnam wondering if his girl was still back in Galveston waiting for his return. Well done Jimmy!

[@gwenniegirl50]

Just a correction of a common mistaken belief - Jimmy Webb did not write the song MacArthur Park for Richard Harris. Richard did have a great hit with the song. In his autobiography Jimmy gives an explanation to the lyrics of MacArthur Park. Very interesting “backstory”.

[@kellycoleman715]

Dynamic Duo.

[@survivrs]

That subtle little cry he puts into his voice on Wichita Lineman pulls at the heartstrings. I have to laugh because Jimmy didn't like the tempo Glen sang Galveston at, but over time, Glen slowed it down and they both liked it.

[@britturk123]

True Survivrs but it worked very well, and I doubt it would have been as big a hit if it was released at the slower tempo, more poignant and emotional without a doubt though. I guess a songwriter wants what he/she wants.

[@survivrs]

@@britturk123 You nailed that one!! Jimmy has talked at various times about what his plan was for any song he was writing. They made such a perfect pair. Jimmy had the most incredible ability to put lyrics and notes on the paper, and Glen sang them while also playing guitar like nobody else could.

[@britturk123]

@@survivrs Yea he mentioned that the song was a more liberal view of going to war and that Glenn had turned it into a Republican's dream song, LOL.

[@ogdog123]

Two musical genius, I doubt we will see again.

[@cosmicsunbeams]

Great music ❤

[@jessibrunson3234]

RIP Glen

[@jennifermorris833]

So sad that Glenn has now gone. He was a bewdy.

[@mcsewer5048]

A what?

[@survivrs]

"43 albums"......WHAT??????? OMG, I need to learn how many albums Glen recorded. I have a fair number, but nowhere near all of them.

[@errol-ih4jy]

RIDE HIGH COWBOY R.I.P..

[@915buck]

Webb is fantastic, but Campbell's voice did the selling by far!

[@jim5746]

Yes, Glen had the golden voice.

[@suzannesands7330]

In Jimmy's book he claimed he saw Elvis first performance in Vegas in '69. He said he remembers Elvis giving out scarves, and he was invited to Elvis dressing room after the show and saw a rack of his jewel-crusted jumpsuits. The only problem is, Elvis didn't start giving out scarves for another few years. And he didn't wear jewel-crusted suits for another few years either.

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

So I heard Johnny Angel when I was four, and I heard See You in September when I was 11, and I didn't know that there were people who wrote songs, but I knew that I was one of them even so. And then when I heard Jimmy Webb songs, I realized it I couldn't live without trying to make something that sounded like that. I've done okay, and I've written some good songs I think, but...

[@laura309]

Glen Campbell played guitar for Frank Sinatra on some of his records too I believe I saw him say in one of Glen's interviews.

[@richardbrowning9953]

Wichita lineman is a perfect song Brilliantly written by Jimmy Webb 🎶

[@dabneyoffermein595]

how in the world did Jimmy Webb not know Glen Campbell was in Albequerkie New Mexico before LA? And how in the world a song called Wichita Linemen got to be a huge hit is beyond me...Glen is pure genius. He could probably take a song named My Big Left Toe and turn it into gold. How Many songs did Glen turn to #1, I believe at least 3

[@bethelshiloh]

Galveston, my fav.

[@denisrichardson3260]

wow!

[@survivrs]

At 3:40, wasn't that Willie Nelson singing Highwayman?

[@DC-js4gk]

Yep he was Highwayman

[@lydiawilli-ellis428]

Survivrs Yes

[@survivrs]

@@lydiawilli-ellis428 and D C Thanks!

[@lostintime8651]

WHO'S THE INTERVIEWER??

[@HardLuckGuitars]

Well, a light-year is a distance unit not time. Bad physics but great songs!

[@jakeblack212]

Sinatra did a few songs by Jimmie

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

If you heard Garfunkel's "WATERMARK" album .... a few songs are Jimmy Webb gems .... others came to well for that gold in sonic water ...... the best, However, is THAT OF GLEN CAMPBELL - he did them more, better and loved them as they were conceived ... carefully crafted music !

[@IanPunter]

Didnt know webb did the highwaymen song. I think webb ranks just behind burt bacharach for pop songwriters for that great era.

[@kenhurley4441]

And Buddy Rich thought that G.C. was a country hick! Wrong Buddy, Glen is a master!

[@kenhurley4441]

@ 2:56 Buddy is all wrong: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6fLp3mkjJ2dnKs

[@rescue270]

Well, we all know what kind of guy Buddy Rich was...

[@terrymaccarrone9927]

The Orchestra Version of MacArthur Park is The Master Work of Music and the Adam and Eve Story

[@jessibrunson3234]

Is Jimmy married?

[@alphabeets]

Yes to Laura Savini , PBS fundraiser.

[@erniemcgowin4637]

I didn’t know Webb wrote MacArthur Park. I never understood that song.

[@patrickjosephmahoney5653]

And after all the loves..of my life I’ll be thinking of you...and wondering WHY! How could you not understand....everything is a metaphor.....

[@junebermingham9300]

Well said, that's how Jimmy Webb explained, MC, Arthur Park ,☘️

[@GaryFox11000]

Mac Arthur Park - Talking about the the sadness & the ups & downs of Life ! Reflecting on his Life ; & I'll never have the receipe again . Life the mistake & the never chance to make it right again ! 🙋‍♂️❤🏆

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

And Up, Up and Away

[@thomastimlin1724]

MacArthur Park should have been Glen Campbell's song, NOT Richard Harris.

[@stuartturner6297]

No in

[@malsawmtluangi9721]

The

[@blossomfrat605]

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[@sambac2053]

I thought I was gonna watch a video, But no more than 10% is them talking . Dissapointing

[@tiitulitii]

Cardboard teeth ... 🤭

[@joejones5101]

Magic, our Morris.