After success with a Jimmy Webb song containing a place name (Phoenix), Glen Campbell asked if Jimmy had another one in him. Webb came up with this idea while driving in the Oklahoma Panhandle, seeing a telephone lineman atop a pole in the middle of nowhere. Glen played the solo in the middle; Carol Kaye of the Wrecking Crew played the iconic five-note intro. The violins get to me every time, representing wind whistling through the wires. Magnificently written, and a former #1 country song, too. An absolute fave of mine.
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