Very existential song by Jimmy Webb.
Effortless talent. ❤️
My 22 year old son’s best friend just started a job as a lineman.
I said “It’s cool to have a job with your own song.”
To his credit, he got the joke.
Brilliant song. Doesn’t really belong to a single genre yet still “works” in terms of narrative and melody. What amazes me the most about the song is that it achieves the effect of a key change between the verse and the chorus without having a true key change.
Glen Campbell + Jimmy Webb = magic!
This came out just about the time I started paying attention to music, and has always been among my favorites.
Beautiful song. Brings back powerful memories.
Was it not a “B” side of a 45 ?
My favorite song by Campbell. It’s so melodic and gorgeous to listen to. Jimmy Webb went to my community college, SBVCC, a year or two before me and apparently made a big impression on my music theory teachers.
Thank you so much for posting this. What a great 4 minutes spent! Smooth as smooth gets and I love watching musicians just soaking in the moments.
The musician in me - it sounded like the band (drummer) was pushing the tempo at the beginning, and after the first verse, right after he does a quick string tuning, looks like Glen looked at the band and mouthed them to back off.
Maybe not, but what magic.
Thanks again!
Thank You.
Glen Campbell’s “I’m Not Going to Miss You” is the most poignant song I have ever heard.
I think Wayland Jennings once said “if ever a man was born with too much talent, it was Glen Cambpell.”
Glen was and is one of the top 10 guitarists of all time.
Wow. That was great! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting. It walks through the song.
I understand it came to him during a ride through Kansas.
He witnessed a man on the pole by himself just doing his job. Glen practically made it a love song of service.
He understood this man and turned in his own interpretation of putting a life of hardship to it.
Beautiful.
The 70’s was very special.
I will add Karen to this mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJmmaIGiGBg
She was a drummer with a voice out of this world.
“Great live rendition by Glen, once again amazing his peers. This time Kristofferson in particular.”
Your post led me to this great song, apparently in the same episode. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard it:
Why Me Lord Story - Told and Sung By kris kristofferson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tA7E7pbUws
When Roy Clark recognizes you are killing it, You are the Master!
After watching the video, check out the interview with Alice Cooper about his friendship with Glen....