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‘People think songwriters go around crying all the time’: Jimmy Webb on his epic hits – and wild drinking days

‘People think songwriters go around crying all the time’: Jimmy Webb on his epic hits – and wild drinking days

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…

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