Quote from: pauldo on April 23, 2026, 02:54:59 AMLineman for the county... ♥️

Yeah - Jimmy Webb is one of the all-time great songwriters.  And Glen did his stuff pretty OK: "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"; not a bad partnership atall, atall.

No one today.

Peter

I've read that Bob Dylan considers Wichita Lineman to be the best song ever written!

Bill, tgo

Gotta be close, anyway; I mean, how many blue collar love songs are there?
Not C&W "Yeah, I'm a workin' man & yer my woman" ones, but everyday, out-on-a-non-glamourous-but-vital-job blue collar love songs?
It's freakin' brilliant.

Peter

Glenn Cornick (1947)
Nigel Harrison (1951)

Bottom-heavy today.

Peter

My favorite King, Albert (1923)
Stu Cook (1947)
J.D. Simo (1985)

Peter (who will emphasize that that first line in no way means he has any problem with B.B. or Freddie)

My favorite King was Don... for his hair.

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

Some years back, I saw a cartoon; him as a kid (with the same hair, of course).  From off stage, a speech balloon:  "Donald King, I told you not to stick your thang in that electric outlet!"

Duane Eddy (1938)

Peter

Don't forget Ron Wickersham (1940).  He's the reason we're all here together.

Quote from: garyhead on Yesterday at 11:06:10 AMDon't forget Ron Wickersham (1940).  He's the reason we're all here together.

   

Ya know, it has been rankling me all day since I saw Gary's (greatly appreciated) post that the Vintage Guitar calendar lists people like Ace Frehley & David Cassidy - but not Ron! 
There oughta be a law!
In fact, let's get one - everybody, write to your elected officials repeatedly, and be such a massive cause of buttockal agony that just to shut us up, April 26 will be declared the federal Ron Wickersham Holiday!

Happy birthday, ron!

Peter

Pete Ham (1947)
John Osborne (1982)

Peter