Wichita Lineman: Talking with Tunesmith Jimmy Webb
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2023
- In today’s episode I sit down with legendary GRAMMY award-winning songwriter Jimmy Webb.
He is widely recognized for writing numerous hit songs performed by various artists, with some of his most famous works including "MacArthur Park," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," and "Galveston." Webb is one of the most influential songwriters of his generation.
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What a rare privilege to be able to witness this interview with the incomparable Jimmy Webb. You're performing such a service for the community of musicians and music-lovers everywhere, Rick. So appreciated.
Of all the interviews Rick has done - and they're all great - this is by far my absolute favorite. And it wasn't just because it is Jimmy Webb (Jimmy Webb!!!) but to hear Jimmy then talk about meeting Satchmo ("Stick with it, kid!") and reminiscing about drunk singing with Richard Harris and then switching to plunking out Carol Kaye's bass on the keyboard or demonstrating how a song in F never actually hits F . . . It is not an exaggeration to say that this interview could have gone for several hours and I'd have sat, transfixed, for every minute of them. Thank you both, Jimmy and Rick. This was absolutely marvelous.
Jools Holland's interview on his Later with.... programme in the UK is great as well. What is great about both is they are both musicians and know what interesting questions to ask.
@@stephenbrown4211 Glen's rendition of 'Wichita' on Jools' show--with Glen's son Shannon on the Danelectro 6-string--is one of the most stirring performances I've ever seen bar none.
So agree
Soooo agree .. this was amazing … it easily could have been a 3 hour one … and then I would want it to go for 5 … I’m sure ! … thank you so much Rick ! Fantastic work !
This might be one of Rick's greatest videos. There is no greater musical education than being educated by Jimmy Webb.
I'm only a third of the way through and can't wait to watch it again.
@@mroche1088 Have you read Tunesmith by Jimmy? Been meaning to for years.
!00% Absolutely incredible.
100%
@@geraldfriend256 I'm going to now - I've heard it's amazing!. What a gem he is! (and so is Rick!)
Wichita Lineman remains one of the greatest examples of songcraft ever created
Agreed, a stunning song that always stayed with me after hearing it on the radio as a kid.
"And I need you more than want you." Wow! One of the greatest line ever written.
The next line makes that line all the more better…
“and I want you for all time”
Wichita Lineman is a pure masterwork. A few days after GC died we saw James Taylor in concert, and he dedicated Wichita Lineman that night to him, and it was so emotional as you could hear Taylor choking up, and seeing the audience in tears. A very moving few minutes.
i didn't know that james did it just after Glen died. I had heard a version of it from him but did not know any of the context. Obviously James was a fan of Glen.
It’s hard to believe my generation is losing so many of its own. The talent was wonderful.
Absolutely
One of the most haunting and creative country songs of all time.
I was fortunate enough to see James Taylor in concert a number of years ago. He performed all the songs he is so well known for, and quite a few lesser known numbers. The audience went wild. He was amazing. His voice, his musicianship, and his gorgeousness (crisp white shirt and jeans) gave me a thrilling, out- of-body experience. I am not surprised that James paid tribute to Glen Campbell, as you wrote. A very open-hearted, kind thing to do. Also a very well-deserved tribute. I have been a fan of Glen Campbell since I was a young girl. I never got to see Glen live in concert, but his songs were constantly played on the radio, back in the late 1960's. I also thought he was so handsome. I am so grateful for having the experience of seeing James Taylor in concert. My mom was with me, and I will never forget that experience as long as I live.
I can't... I just... No words. Rick Beato is today's Alan Lomax. What he's documenting is the lore, the beauty, the process, all of it. It's clear that many of the most important people in music of the last 60 years are seeing Rick Beato as an opportunity to relive and describe their work and histories. I think we always knew that it was this complex and beautiful. In this one, Jimmy Webb had so much to say that he was stumbling all over himself, shortcutting the shortcuts. He needed three hours or three days, like Daniel Lanois needed.
Well, thank you, Rick Beato. Keep on pounding away, man, because this is the best.
beautiful comment
you said it all
Thank you Rick, a privilege to hear this.
Love your comment 🌹
Rick and Jimmy,
What a pleasure to listen to you both during this interview. Your combined music talent, knowledge and history is facinating. Thankyou both for producing such great content.
Oh thank you, Mr. Beato for allowing Mr. Webb to talk without being interrupted!!! You are a great listener!
What a concept! An interviewer who actually LISTENS and let's the person TALK....!!!! :)
A good listener is a rarity. Mr. Beato, thank you for being an accomplished listener and therefore the best interviewer I have seen in my 69 years. Well done! I cannot say enough good things about your interview of the landmark song writer, Jimmy Webb. He had great stories and you listened rather than talked and so we all got to hear those stories. So many emotions bubbled up inside of me listening with you to the remarkable, Jimmy Webb. Thank you!
Witching Lineman has to be the finest pop song ever written, next century people will still be appreciating it. Just class!
Sorry typed Witchita, but my stupid tablet changed it to Witching!
All good interviews let the subject speak
This is one of the best interviews I have seen. The genius of Jimmy Webb is allowed to shine through without annoying interruptions
That's because Rick is there to listen to Jimmy as a true fan himself. He's clearly in awe and enjoying listening to Jimmy. It's not about him.
Fully agree!!!
I really like how the studio group Revelation does his "Paper Chase". I think he had a hand in doing that arrangement.
That's because Rick Beato isn't a high Bill Mahar, the champ of interrupters
UNFREAKIN BELIEVABLE interview. I'm a 66 year old engineer and listening to you geek out was a kick. The stories were utterly fantastic and epic. Jimmy is a wonderful and articulate person. This interview belongs in the Smithsonian and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fantastic job Rick. Thank you so much for this journey.
Bravissimo
This
I started to listen to jazz in the late 50's and then the 60's. So lucky to have been around during the 60's and 70's so lucky.
Jann Wenner won't hear of it.
Rick, you really outdid yourself on this one. I almost cried at the end, Jimmy Webb really gets what's important in life. He has aged with so much class and grace. What an amazing talent he is.. What an amazing interview that was.
I almost cried tool So well put. Jimmy Webb is a treasure -- and so are you Rick.
@@steelydad5863I cried in the middle. What a great interview. Rick did a great job of just getting out of the way. What a great way to get to know this amazing song writer. Brilliant guy as well as a musical genius. Wow.
Rick, you out did yourself. And everything you do is great.
I cried watching them listening to lineman
I teared up several times, and at one point I think Jimmy was about to as well. There was a special magic in this one, Rick.
I’m almost crying now, so grateful for such gifts.
Jesus Rick, it must just be surreal to sit in a session like this almost in the third person. You get the rare privilege of being there, yet watching it again as you edit. I’m stunned at these different yet historic interviews you are taking part of. We NEED this history recorded and remembered. The genius you are capturing is fast passing us over. This could never be done by corporate media outlets. Cheers you RUclips and creatives like yourself. We all benefit.
Couldn’t have said it any better brother!
I am thankful for my Mom who played trumpet in the Marine Corps band. She composed amazing undiscovered gems like "Marine on Leave". I hope God Above will bring some gifted musician to find her hand penned sheet music in my saved treasures when I die.
So right, soo great😢
Bravo. That’s a remarkable interview. Thank you for sharing this treasure.
This explains to me why the music today is lacking. He is a musician not a mechanic. This is FANTASTIC!!!!!
Today's digital music lacks soul.
Yes, the music today does not even compare to 60s and 70s Music.
Correct ... He is a Human with human emotions not a computer
The Campbell mix was so clean and soulful. 8 tracks of greatness.
The English Literature comment when mentioning Simon & Garfunkel explains some of it.
‘You can’t underestimate Burt Bacharach’. Never a truer phrase uttered.
This magnificent interview with the genius, Jimmy, is one of Rick’s best ever.
I've always loved Bacharach - the soundtrack of my childhood 💖 Jimmy Webb is so humble amd unassuming for someone who has achieved what he has.
@@cooldebt We've been fortunate to come up in those musical times.
Really. I was very surprised (and saddened) that Rick didn’t make a video to remember and celebrate Bacharach when he passed away some months ago
Underestimating Burt Bacharach would be easy. It's overestimasting him that would be difficult.
@@Palimbacchius indeed...
This song never fails to make the hairs on my neck standup whenever I hear Glen Campbell sing it. Absolutely beautiful.
I hear you. I saw Bela Fleck play it shortly after Glen died. It was tough and beautiful
Eew, you have hairs on your neck??
@gradygordon453 yeah, I am like a shaggy carpet.
Me too. This song could not be more beautiful!
I know I'm just echoing the sentiments others have expressed here, but MAN, this interview fills my mind, heart and soul with so much JOY! I was so lucky to be born in 1957 and grow up in the BEST era of Pop music. Genius writers, musicians, arrangers, producers and artists. I've always been a fan, and a student of it all. THANK YOU!!!
I am not a C+W fan, but I have always thought Wichita Linesman was, and still is, one of the best songs ever recorded.
Beautifully written and composed by Jimmy Webb, and immortalised by a wonderful singer and musician, who we will not see or hear the likes of again.
Missing you lots GC.....
nothing jimmy webb ever wrote could be deemed C+ W...the fact is he is ne of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century.
Rick..as a lifelong musician and writer I completely agree with you that Wichita Lineman is one of the finest song ever recorded!
Agree wholeheartedly
@@bayshorepark1231239Great changes, great melody, great lyric
@@TJauernigElectronics and like many great songs...it is relatable
As a fellow lifelong musician / composer.....Yes, yes, yes, yes. I fell in love with this song when it came out.
indeed. If you can find copies of it done without all the syrup - it's haunting and heartbreaking.
He says to Rick, "It's been an honor to be here." That must be stunning to hear coming from Jimmy Webb.
I love how Mr B shows his appreciation when Jimmy is playing without gushing.
Such a pro.
Jimmy Webb is such an incredibly talented song writer and musician. He handles the piano as easily as I handle a pen. Jimmy is also so humble. He cites and credits so many other musical artists, and does not dwell at all on his own composing genius. He also talks quite a bit about the Beatles, and George Martin, which endears him to me, as a life long Beatles lover. I really appreciate being able to watch this video.
Man, I started to tear when he started playing the chords to Witchita. I work on those lines and poles for a living. And that song eternally hits me. Oddly I worked as an assistant engineer on a session Jimmy did in NYC in the late 80’s. I guess it was destiny.
Plain and simply, this was a JOY to watch. I do not believe I've ever seen Jimmy so passionate about revealing the heart and soul of his music as he does here. he was feeding off of your passion Rick, and I thank you for it.
I have a fishing boat here in Alaska,, I might drive my boat out into the ocean many hours and miles from shore. When I get to my fishing grounds, where ever they may be.. I turn on my radio and bluetooth my music. and the first song on my song list is Wichita Lineman... Everyone loves it. And over the years, when my guests come back to fish with me again, they ask if I am going to play THAT SONG!!!.. its the best, thank you for going deep with this story.. Thank you Rick and Jimmy..
Side note: the way Webb holds and moves and rests his hands when talking and listening betray what seems to me some arthritis pain. He’s a genius.
Stunning. Speechless. The single most cathartic experience I have had so far on RUclips. That says it all, right? Grateful, Rick, that you are documenting this late period of great music by our heroes. A musician for musicians, you are in deed, my friend, a link between the age.
So well said my friend, wow!
@@SuperNostalgia. Of course, but did you watch Ricks video with Jimmy Webb? See... Above. God was all over it. Hope you didnt miss that
Yup. Totally touched me.
I hope these interviews will be conserved in the Smithsonian museum as national treasures. Historic conversations. I feel so privileged to be able to witness these.
Agreed. As music history goes, these all will be the studies in generations to come.
@@BlaydrnnnrI agree with your thought, however, we are near the end. We are in the end times and Jesus is coming back. There's about to be a great endtime harvest and then Jesus'return. Those who are left may study them. However it all plays out.
For anyone reading this, make sure you KNOW Jesus. Not just ABOUT Him but a relationship WITH Him.
IMO Wichita Lineman has the greatest lyric ever in a popular song... "And I need you more than want you... and I want you for all time..." Do the maths on that line. It is a beautiful concept to fathom. This interview is a sublime piece of music history.
BEST EPISODE YET!!!
I love Jimmy n his music!!!
His n Laura Nyro’s music were the perfume in the air defining those times!!!
When I hear any of their songs, I’M THERE ❤
I didn't want this to end... What an absolute master of his craft and music, in general. There's no one else like Jimmy. He is truly a Legend.
But as the song goes, there's always someone else.
@@michellemonet4358 ❤❤❤
Trust me I get it. When you see Jimmy live it’s exactly the same way, you never want the show to end. The stories of how he wrote the stories are amazing.
@@JAGoldenberg
There is a video on YT where he talks about writing "MacArthur Park".
It is so good that you won't want it to end.
@@charlie-obrien live he often tells the story of how he came to write the song with Richard Harris and how he slept in this old castle is Richard Harris’s parents marital bed. His stories of how he wrote the stories are incredible especially when he veers off as he often does.
This interview is a massive checkmark on a bucket-list I didn't even know I was keeping. I can't believe the moments you teased from him - an absolute historic document. I've followed Webb 60+ years and this is the best interview he's ever given. Bravo.
Rick Beato has already become one of the most important chroniclers in the history of the art form. His name will remain vital in any discussion of music historians until the end of time. What makes that even more remarkable is that he’s not even remotely finished yet! We’re witnessing history in the making.
@@terrystowers6085 Everybody that Rick interviews has been interviewed before! There is nothing new under the sun. We have years of magazine articles, Television shows and interviews where it has all been dispensed. Rick is just doing it for RUclips.
Here, here. A pinnacle was achieved with this one. So poignant now too at this late hour
Well stated, this will be an historic recording that generations of musicians and historians will look back upon. Well done Rick, I'm very proud of having been a bystander/viewer of your channel as it has evolved.
What comes through with these two gentlemen is their humility. I thoroughly enjoyed the interview.
I just saw Jimmy perform in Atlanta tonight. How cool that I came home and found this 2-week old interview! He wore the same blue jacket! An experience I won't forget.
“I need you more than want you and I want you for all time”. Has to be one of the greatest lines in music.
Rick, maybe your best interview yet. You seem to be able to get your guests to talk about things they've never talked about before in an interview. WELL DONE MAN!
Unlike many interviewers Rick lets them speak, no barging in or talking over. This is how you do an interview. Andy UK
This man wrote 'The Highwayman' 😮
One of my favourite songs ever
I am 65 years old, picked up guitar within the last five years. Love your channel. That HOUR with Jimmy and you was one of the best hours of my life! Thank you..both of you!
Stick with that guitar playing. I didn't learn notation until age 49. It has helped my playing in many ways.
Listening to Jimmy wistfully reminisce about the 60s was as touching as listening to Glen's Wichita Lineman. He was able to evoke such transcendental emotions within me that it felt not unlike listening to the passing of life itself - it was a complete mix of melancholy and euphoria. A legend among legends, for sure. You've done it again, Rick : ). thank you.
Explaining one musician's contribution to the song as "watercoloring" and giving him "a feeling of driving on the desert" was so incredibly satisfying and new brain/thought territory for me. Wonderful.
Well said . I felt exactly the same as you when i listened to Jimmy . I only wish this Interview was much , much longer .
@@dbrew2u Yeah, it was a bit on the short side, but Rick must have had his reasons. I guess that Jimmy's shakes may have had something to do with it. That's why I loved it, because it gave us at least a comprehensive insight to some of Jimmy's gems before he joins Glen for a heavenly rendition of Wichita!
Whenever I listen to any of Jimmy Webb’s songs, I get teary eyed……they’re so beautiful. I’m teary eyed right now listening to Jimmy play the piano here………..
Rick, this is your best work. Only a musician of your talent could draw out such a great stories and perspectives. You honored Jimmy and his work in how deftly you guided this interview. Bravo!
Nice to see an interviewer let the interviewee speak and expand on their thoughts unsteered.
I must agree that each interview he does is some of the best interviews I have seen.
AWESOME ... SO thank\ful for this video
This is just fantastic. Wichita Lineman is one of the all-time beautiful songs. So great you are giving Jimmy his due.
I don't know why I took so long to get around to watching this. Doesn't matter, I'm in the middle of it now and I'm thinking this episode wins the whole internet. I'll come back to this again and again. It is a pure joy.
“They love Liberace in church.” What a great quote from Jimmy Webb! This is an amazing interview of one of music’s most talented and influential composers. Thank you for bringing it to us, Rick!
yep, just among the other throw-away lines that say so much. my grandmother was a huge liberace fan apparently despite being a very straight-laced congregationalist. I wonder if it ever occurred to her that she was enamored of a very gay and very talented pianist and performer
😊
He got me on that one! My hand was already up in the air, head bowed, yeah, we do love it. LOL
did you hear the one about Liberace's dentist?
My mother used to watch Liberace’s tv show with his brother George.
This is the channel for people who read the liner notes.
Hearing these composers discuss how they created the soundtrack of our lives is so enthralling. I'm sad that you never got the chance to interview Burt Bacharach. Don't miss out on David Foster or Donald Fagan or Randy Newman or Hal David and some the other greats before it's too late.
I ALWAYS loved reading the liner notes! You are right...this is our channel!😄
Hal has long been gone.
@@vampyros1 I didn't even know he was sick.
Sorry for the old joke. Now I'm going to contact Dionne Warwick and tell her to just take the 101 North and be sure to stop at Pea Soup Anderson's in Beullton on the way.
@@jonmcdaniel8492 No harm, happens to us all. Happy listening, mate.
You can't fake an interview with a musical prodigy like Jimmy Webb - it takes one to know one and Webb recognizes that Rick is also the real deal. A simply fabulous interview.
I didn't want Jimmy to stop talking, i couldnt believe that was the end. This could have gone another hour and it would still be too short. Love his music and his peers, we were so lucky for our ears to be tuned by their brilliant creative energy. Up up and Away was the first live act song I heard at the county fair that imprinted on my young brain, i remember it like yesterday, and i couldn't leave as my family walked passed the bandstand area to our car at the end of the day. The 60s & 70s were my childhood, and i still wake up every day hearing one or another of those songs in my head that i have to hear again, now by asking my smart speaker.
What a fantastic interview! That he wrote "Someone Else" at 12 years old left me stunned. Thank you Mr Webb and Rick for this entertaining, illuminating, and inspiring interview! It's stuff like this that totally redeems the entire internet! 😄
It is quite reminiscent of the hit he wrote for Art, All I Know.
@@louiebee6745 🥴oops... I'd never actually heard the song before this video... damn impressive for a 12 year old. Hell... damn impressive for a 32 year old!
The tandem Jimmy Web and Glenn Campbell, it's almost impossible to overestimate their talents and chemistry together. What a fantastic interview!
Almost 😂
I love when the artists being interviewed demonstrate their immense talent while chatting. It must be wonderful to be sitting listening to that up close.
Jimmy Webb has probably forgotten more about the art of songwriting - and it IS an art form - than most songwriters working today will ever even be aware of. he was writing hit songs that artists clamored to put on albums when he was still a teenager himself. a living legend. listening this interview is like sitting in a master class in music.
I can"t believe how humble Jimmy Webb is, what a great person, and one of the best song writers of all time.
Agree. In this interview he has spent more time celebrating other musicians than talking about himself. Awesome...
I bet that’s because he’s still a Oklahoma church boy at heart
What an utterly fabulous interview, Jimmy Webb is so relaxed and Rick stays out of his way. Thank you!
"I want to write songs I can play for my girlfriend." is one of the greatest takes on song writing I've ever heard. Fantastic interview and so great to hear the history of Wichita Lineman.
I drove home (to Oklahoma) from California yesterday. Our daughter lives in Redlands CA, not far from Jimmy's old temporary home in Colton. As we crossed across the state line into Beckham County, we had to play Wichita Lineman/Phoenix, of course. Those songs came out when I was a little boy, and we on the AM radio all the time. Always take me back, and make me feel glad to be an Okie.
Wichita Lineman is like a pocket symphony, a lush melodic landscape packed into 3 minutes.
A master class on music and this one life in 58 minutes:15 seconds. Rick, this beautiful interview almost seems to be crafted like a great song. The space that you respectfully and consciously leave for Mr. Webb to "solo" with is simply pure genius. No one interacts with these giants of music like you. These greats all open their musical souls for you and in turn for us to share. Thank you Rick and Thank you Mr. Webb. Respect to you both.
Well-said!
Truly, one of the greatest interviews, ever! (Just happens to be with one of the greatest songwriters, EVER!)❤🎉
Best music interview of 2023, wish it was 4 hours long. Great Richard Harris voice imitation too!
Rick, I cannot thank you enough for this interview with Jimmy Webb, I have been a Glen Campbell fan all my life and therefore a Jimmy Webb fan as well. Your interview style, your questions backed by your kindness and deep passion for the artist are so enjoyable and satisfying for me as a musician myself. I appreciate you so much and thank you for this interview.
This is one of the most mind blowing music interviews I’ve ever seen. It’s so deep and wide and fun and intellectual. Wow.
100% agree…it was like eavesdropping on the best conversation ever…they brought out their very best!!
I agree
I had to show this to my 79 yr wise Mom, who is still the musical force of music in my family. My late father got me into Smooth Jazz. Listening to my Mom’s enthusiasm for music is priceless. I got to take her to see her favorite yesterday…Johnny Mathis…..the man can still sting like a champ. Thank you Rick for being a teacher and student at the same time!
Love these deep dives....
I was born in 1957 and when I heard this type of music by Jimmy and his friends even I knew, at such a young age, how good those arrangements were when I heard these kind of songs. Simply astounding. Nothing today compares.
Yes 57 was one of the BEST years to be born!!!!!
This was priceless. What a great interview with an amazing songwriter and really interesting man. Thank you Rick!
I met Jimmy at a TAXI convention in L.A. 20 yrs ago. Standing in the back of the hall and listening to Lamont Dossier talk about song writing. I just looked to my right and recognized him. My hero standing before me. I asked him if he enjoyed the talk and then thanked him for the great music that he created. He , very humbly looked at me with those eyes and said that Lamont was so great and thank you for your kind words. Thank you Rick for this great interview! It unlocked the door to questions about Jimmy that really help in the creative process!
Mr Rick, this is a FANTASTIC interview. What an earnest and delightful person. Mr. Webb's music has always been a lighthouse of great song writing, with Wichita Lineman right up at the top. Thank you so much for bringing these interviews to us.
Just fantastic! Jimmy Webb speaking feels completely unpracticed. Maybe that's what makes him such a great musical talent. Rick hits it out of the park once again!
I recently watched the Wichita Lineman video and was blown away by your in-depth analysis. I really enjoyed this interview. When Jimmy played it on the piano and went to the D chord it was so beautiful I almost shed a tear. I don’t know music theory but these songs remind me of my childhood and I love the way they take me back. I love watching you, Jimmy, and Glen you all love what you do so much it is inspiring.
One of the best interviews I have seen with Jimmy Webb. I was a member of the British sunshine pop group Design in the 1970s and we recorded four albums at Lansdowne Studios in Holland Park, London between 1969-1974. So Jimmy is right, it did exist! The Dave Clark Five recorded many of their hits there. It closed down in 2006 and was turned into luxury apartments.
God how strange life is. Your LP with the black cover is on a shelf near me and I am looking out of my window and the old studios is on my right. I tried to get them to put up blue plaques to celebrate the great music that what was recorded there-no one was interested.
How cool.
His love and understanding of music is simply awesome!
‘Jet Song’ gets constant play in my faves list…
If one could ever compile a list of all the grand and historic places that got bulldozed so some dirtbag developer could erect a slab to make more money, it would tear the heart out of every sensitive soul. Grown men would cry into their beer and women would wail like mourners at a funeral. If you live in the US and don't get what I'm saying, just wait until you grow old.
Rick, your making history, one interview at a time. These interviews will be cherished for generations to come. Thank you Rick ❤
reminds me of the keith jarrett interview.
I agree, he is creating an extremely valuable archive of these great artist's words, ideas, reflections, stories and experiences.
Could not stop watching. How wonderful. Thank you!
♥ Such a fabulous interview..... had me in tears to hear a young Glenn Campbell singing. Jimmy Webb wrote some of my favorite songs growing up! God bless him.
Jimmy Webb is a such great storyteller both in his music and on a personal level. Rick hardly had to ask any questions.
Yes, yes, yes!
Think he also wrote "Up, Up and away" for the Fifth Dimension
@@ronaldzent6321yes he did, what a wonderful song.
Jimmy Webb wrote the music of my childhood, when there was only AM radio and music on television--before I had records of my own to play, or songs to write. This is truly a seminar on songwriting and arranging. How careful he is when demonstrating other writers' songs for us, and how respectful of his peers and his influences. What a gentleman! I've never heard Donald Fagen mention Webb, but I can hear a direct line between them.
offhand I would be inclined to classify fagen as kind of jazzy and webb closer to country or country-popish, but who knows. If jimmy webb knew the wrecking crew there is no reason he might not know other jazz men. Obviously at least he had that story about Louis Armstrong.
Probably my favorite interview ever by Rick. First, I don't think Jimmy grants many interviews. But mainly: What a joy to hear a guy who actually knows how to create incredibly beautiful, unique and moving music. To hear what he did with that church hymn (Amazing Grace?), the song he wrote when he was 12 (12!), that Garfunkel later recorded, with such incredibly mature chords and lyrics.... And and the amazing stories of people and times he's experienced. He's a living treasure.
I was mesmerized by the stories and music. Thank you, Rick, for an amazing interview.
For most of my life, Jimmy Webb was just a name on a record label or in an article . This was really revelatory. Thank you, Rick.
Amazing comment. So true. I’ve known and lived Jimmy Webb’s work for years. I’ve never seen him. Rick has an asking ability to put a personality to a name.
until now, it had not dawned on me how many songs I know pretty well, came from this guy's brain.
@@tracyavent-costanza346 More to it than just brains ;)
Rick, so glad to see you interview these unsung heros of music. Jimmy's work and influences need to be brought out the forefront. The garbage they call music now, thank God for musicians like Jimmy.
Wait, there is a lot of new good music.
Well. This is the best interview you've ever done. Amazing, Rick. Beautiful flow, Webb was so into it. Fantastic!
Rick, this interview is sublime. Jimmy Webb's genius is there for all to see. And such humility. One of the best music interviews I have had the pleasure to watch. You simply allowed Mr Webb to talk. Fantastic.
Jimmy’s songs will be sung 100 years from now and his interview with Rick was special. Those stories are priceless.
This is truly one of the finest interviews of a songwriter I've ever seen. Done at a high level in terms of the "inside baseball" of music, and deeply appreciative of the stature of one of our great songwriters.
That was amazing. I watched every minute of it and loved the whole thing. Congrats, Rick!
Precious, extraordinary, phenomenal, unrepeatable; no better interview on the whole of RUclips
This is such a once-in-a-lifetime interview, Rick. I can only imagine how pumped you were feeling.
As a younger version of me, I grew up listening to most of Jimmy Webb`s songs by my mother and father. Today, playing any of Mr Webb`s songs has become a daily routine. It only takes a minute when I close my eyes listening, and there are Mom and Dad. Forever grateful. Bearhugs and so much more from Norway. Tusen Takk -
AMAAAAAZING VIDEO! Rick, I cannot say how great it is to hear from Jimmy in this setting. So cool. You’re a fantastic interviewer!
Jimmy Webb is such a gifted songwriter. Great memories his songs have given us all . ❤👍🙏🏼
His recording of this song - just him singing and playing piano - is absolutely beautiful.
Same goes for the recording of Webb singing Galveston!
@@stagehand113 I agree! That one always makes me tear up. His album Ten Easy Pieces has both on it, plus the Highwayman, also a masterpiece. Great piano, great voice. He’s a treasure.
Possibly one of Rick's finest interviews yet. What an amazing man Jimmy Webb is
What a superb interview. Well done Rick. Inspirational
Thank you guys. I met Jimmy Web when he played Jazz Ally in Seattle a few years ago. He even gave me his book which was wonderful. I love singing Wichita Lineman. When our M.S. Center band was still together I played Rhythm guitar and the bandleader sang it. Jimmy's god daughter Ashley Campbell was Facebook friends with Phil See the band leader.
The generosity of Jimmy Webb in this interview reveals the openness of his attitude and love towards writing and why he was able to write the amazing songs he has and does. Long live Jimmy Webb!!!!
Well that was a life lesson wrapped in a music lesson garnished with passion and humility. With a big side order of music history. All while sitting in with two old friends you never met but knew you loved.
I love it that all these comments are from people much smarter than me :)
I remember as a kid in the late 60's early 70's, hearing these songs by Jimmy Webb on the radio and seeing them played on TV. They are the kind of songs that stick with you forever. Awesome interview!
"I am a lineman for the county and I work the main roads" is the commonplace first line of one of the greatest LOVE songs ever written!!! Glorious.
I drive* the main road
you are so right! It is commonplace. It's nothing at first. 'I'm a taxi-driver'. 'I'm a lawyer'. All meaningless at first until they are developed into a work of genius and beauty. Keep enjoying your music my friend.
Jimmy Webb is so talented, so gifted, a master songwriter and arranger, and a real gentleman. He wrote many wonderful songs. When I heard the 5th Dimension’s version of Up, up and away, I was spellbound. What a great tune, and memorable arrangement. That was in 1967, I believe, 56 years ago. MacArthur Park was another amazing tune and arrangement. And these were written when Jimmy was about 21 or 22. Truly amazing. A treasure that we still have him on earth.
In the history of popular music, there are only a handful that sit at the absolute pinnacle, and Jimmy Webb is definitely one of those. An amazing songwriter.
This is wonderful! It takes me back to when I was a young DJ back in 1967 when these songs came out!
Thank you, Rick, for this fantastic interview. Jimmy Webb wrote a good part of the soundtrack of my life. I'm so grateful for the chance to hear him speak about it!
“And I need you more than want you and I want you for all time”……always brings me to my knees. Jimmy is such a treasure. Thank you Rick for showing us how the magic is made.
Biblical ...
They didn't talk about how Campbell screwed up the song with the follow-up lines, rather than waiting for Jimmy to complete the lyrics.
Made for the prairie in all of us.
@@Rainbirdman1THE PRAIRIE IN ALL OF US. beautiful and true 👍
Wow!!!! What a treat! More than a few times I struggled to hold a tear back! Structure, Chord progressions, lyrics, arrangements. You could have a class just analyzing his songs! And with today's lack of musicality, it would be a great compositional lesson. A 7 minute hit...MacArthur's Park. Who knew? His journey is/was incredible. Rick, this might be your BEST interview ever! I am totally inspired after experiencing this! Well done my friend!!
I have read nearly all the comments below and was waiting for one person to mention the great McArthur Park. That song held great meaning resonance for me since I was a child. It was amazing to hear Mr. Webb finally sing and play his own version of this and his other great songs on his solo album. Phoenix is also on that album and stands out for its purity and depth of feeling. I think Webb's singing of Park is the one which captures its essence, over all the others. There's something about that song. I find it more elusive than Lineman and it circumambulates life's tragic aspect via the mysterious cake, reminiscent of Kafka's door which is meant just for you, but you miss.
Such a wonderful beautiful interview. Thank you Rick