I have always been taken by Glen Campbell’s song “The Wichita lineman is still on the line.” It is about a lonely telephone lineman in Wichita still at work and wishing for better things. However, at ...

Just one year earlier, Glen Campbell scored a massive hit with “By the Time I Went to Phoenix,” written by Jimmy Webb, already a Grammy-winning songwriter by age 21. Campbell wanted another ...

There have been so many beautiful jazzy renditions of "Wichita Lineman," composed by Jimmy Webb originally for country artist Glen Campbell. Bob Dylan called the piece "the greatest song ever written.

If Bob Dylan lauds a song, you respect that opinion. In fact, few opinions are as respected as Dylan’s in the world of songwriting. So, naturally, when The Bard deems a song the “greatest” ever, we ...

Legendary Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh and iconic songwriter Jimmy Webb delivered an emotional surprise in Wichita over the weekend, performing a stripped, intimate rendition of “Wichita Lineman” at ...