At 01:13 PM 1/29/2002 -0800, Kakki wrote: >The only sheet music I've personally seen on Jimmy was from a special >collectors edition "souvenir" book he put out in the 80s, I think, >and an old Glen Campbell songbook. I'm sure his songs can be found >elsewhere, however, like in a Garfunkel songbook, etc.
I have an old sheet music book from the early to mid 1970s with about 20 of his tunes. It's called "The Music of Jimmy Webb" and sounds as if it's different than the collectors edition you refer to. >You must get Webb's "Ten Easy Pieces" from around '96. Many who have heard >it put it in their top 10 of all time. Kakki turned me on to this album a several years ago and it remains one of my all-time favorites. Kind of a "greatest hits" project but the songs are all redone with mostly Webb solo piano and voice. There are a few instrumental and harmony vocal layers thrown in but is generally sparse. Webb is an amazing talent! Incredible songwriter and piano player, he does a credible job with the vocals. I had heard many of these songs covered by the likes of Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, Shawn Colvin, Richard Harris, and Art Garfunkel. But to hear the songwriter give his own renditions is something special. I too highly recommend this one. Scott
