WICHITA LINEMAN - ELIO PACE (Live on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Weekend Wogan’ - Sunday, 18 July 2010)

Taken from Elio Pace's social media post:
WEEKEND WOGAN 10th ANNIVERSARY SERIES - Show 18/35
12.52pm, live on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday, 18 July 2010… Glen Campbell’s iconic ‘Wichita Lineman’ written by the amazing Jimmy Webb.
I have told my 'Glen Campbell/Weekend Wogan’ story which you can read here: • Glen Campbell - 'Gentl...
The untold, last piece of that story is that I had two full band arrangements that Adrian Fry and I had written especially for Glen Campbell that were never used on that May 2 show… ‘Wichita Lineman’ and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’. So come this week, discussing with Adrian what I would perform as my ‘Elio’s Aperitif', it was he that suggested I should do ‘Wichita Lineman’. I have always adored this song (Glen Campbell’s first No.1 record, released in the year I was born, 1968), and so here I was with our joint arrangement of this incredible song sitting languishing in the pile and I suddenly felt it calling me. I tweaked the arrangement to suit me as a piano-player and with the brilliance of everyone around me, it all fell into place.
I have since performed this classic tune many many times live and I relish the opportunity to do so time and time again! ❤️
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Terry's special guests this week were Esther Rantzen, Richard Hawley and Joe Longthorne.
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