Source: Good News Network
50 years ago today, Glen Campbell’s album ‘Wichita Lineman’ hit #1 on the US album chart. The inspiration for that title song’s lyrics came to Jimmy Webb while he was driving through Washita County, Oklahoma. He was observing “an endless litany of telephone poles, each looking exactly the same.
” Then, in the distance, he noticed the silhouette of a solitary lineman atop a pole—the picture of loneliness. Webb then imagined what the man might be saying into the phone. When the famed country singer who was hoping for another song like ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’ heard the tune that was written for him, he cried.Dozens of other artists, like James Taylor and, guitarist Johnny A., have covered the timeless ballad. Coincidentally, Campbell also played his very last live performance in 2012 on November 30. (1968)
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