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American country music singer Glen Campbell released fifteen video albums and was featured in twenty-one music videos in his lifetime. His first two music videos, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman", were directed by Gene Weed in 1967 and 1968 respectively.
Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". [5]His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset.
The visual that stuck with Webb was how when driving along the lonely panhandle roads, the man on the pole starts as a speck, comes into view, you can see his face and then he's in the rear-view ...
Arte Johnson as "Tyrone F. Horneigh" approaching Lucille Ball in a sketch on the show (1971). The character was originally created for Laugh-In.. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American music and comedy television variety show that was hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 29, 1969, to June 13, 1972, on CBS.
At the 1969 Grammy Awards, Webb accepted awards for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "MacArthur Park". In 2019 "Wichita Lineman" was added to the National Recording Registry. [12] In 1969, Glen Campbell continued the streak of Webb hits with the gold record "Galveston" and "Where's the Playground Susie".
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One possibility. Since the inspiration for the song was a lineman in Northern Oklahoma, it could refer to the Wichita Mountains in Western Oklahoma (near Ft. Sill, Botendaddy is a Field Artillery Officer). The Wichita Mountains, particularly Mt. Scott are kind of a mystical place and were of spiritual importance to the local Indian tribes.
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