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‘People think songwriters go around crying all the time’: Jimmy Webb on his epic hits – and wild drinking days
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘People think songwriters go around crying all the time’: Jimmy Webb on his epic hits – and wild drinking days”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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From Wichita Lineman to MacArthur Park, he penned masterpieces. As Jimmy Webb resurrects his unheard numbers, he recalls writing for Dolly, Frank and Glen – and the night Richard Harris stripped off and disappeared ‘Flat for 50 miles,” recalls Jimmy Webb, remembering the desolate stretch of Oklahoma that inspired his…
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