JIMMY WEBB and BILLY JOEL - WICHITA LINEMAN - Video
PUBLISHED:  Sep 09, 2012
DESCRIPTION:
A beautiful version of Jimmy`s classic composition featuring Billy Joel recorded in 2010 .
Here`s what Jimmy said recently -

"Well, I didn't want it to be about a rich guy!" he laughs. "I wanted it to be about an ordinary fellow. Billy Joel came pretty close one time when he said 'Wichita Lineman' is 'a simple song about an ordinary man thinking extraordinary thoughts.' That got to me; it actually brought tears to my eyes. I had never really told anybody how close to the truth that was.

"What I was really trying to say was, you can see someone working in construction or working in a field, a migrant worker or a truck driver, and you may think you know what's going on inside him, but you don't. You can't assume that just because someone's in a menial job that they don't have dreams ... or extraordinary concepts going around in their head, like 'I need you more than want you; and I want you for all time.' You can't assume that a man isn't a poet. And that's really what the song is about."
Jimmy was so moved by Billy`s words that when he wanted to record some duets for his album ` Just Across The River ` he contacted Billy and invited him to collaborate on this song . Billy was delighted to accept !
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