Jimmy Webb

Funk Rock Southern Rock 

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Pop Rock 

Easy For Her to Say: Linda Ronstadt’s Get Closer at 40

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Asylum Records, Billy Joe Shaver, Get Closer, Ike and Tina Turner, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Asher, The Exciters

The final mainstream pop album the iconic singer would make for seven years is a gleefully mixed bag 

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Country and/or Western Pop 

Glen Campbell: The Legacy of a Guitar Legend

July 4, 2019July 9, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Capitol Records, Capitol Studios, Chevrolet pitch man, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Legacy 1961-2017, The Wrecking Crew

A revamped and updated box set serves as a fitting posthumous testament to the former session man and hitmaker

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Country and/or Western North Americana Pop 

ALBUM DEPT: On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen Rides in the Whirlwind

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Wrecking Crew

A look inside the LP being hailed as The Boss’s best since Magic

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Country and/or Western 

I Hear You Singing in the Wire

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Glen Campbell, Guns 'N' Roses, Jimmy Webb, R.E.M.

Glen Campbell’s Jimmy Webb-penned signature hit “Wichita Lineman” turns 50

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