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Highwayman (1979)

Where the lyrics of Highwayman take you, and where it was really made.

Four of the ten songs on Glen Campbell's 1979 album Highwayman were recorded in Honolulu, Hawaii, while the rest were cut in Los Angeles.

Key places

Where five of the album's songs were recorded (1979)

Recording site Record One — Five tracks, including the title song Highwayman, were recorded at Lagniappe in Sherman Oaks, California. The point marks the city area only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Where four songs were recorded in Honolulu (1979)

Recording site Avex Recording Studio — Four tracks, including Tennessee Home and Cajun Caper, were recorded at Broad Recording Studios in Honolulu, Hawaii. The point marks the city area only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Where My Prayer was recorded (1979)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The track My Prayer was recorded at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California, the only track in the album credited to this location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Highwayman: the thirty-fifth studio album by American singer and guitarist Glen Campbell
• Released in 1979
• Ten tracks in total, five per side
• Title track and "Love Song" written by Jimmy Webb
• Six of the ten tracks credited to Micheal Smotherman
• Producers: Glen Campbell and Tom Thacker

Background

• Campbell's thirty-fifth studio album
• "Hound Dog Man" written by Tommy Stuart; "Don't Lose Me in the Confusion" written by T.J. Kuenster
• Arrangements by Jimmy Webb and TJ Kuenster
• String conductors: Sid Sharp and Irving Geller
• Campbell sings and plays acoustic, electric and bass guitars

Recording

• Five tracks recorded at Lagniappe, Sherman Oaks, California
• Four tracks recorded at Broad Recording Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii
• "My Prayer" recorded at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California
• Doug Kershaw plays the fiddle solo on "Cajun Caper"
• Tom Kellock plays piano on "Hound Dog Man"
• Jimmy Webb plays piano on "Love Song"
• Additional backing vocals from Micheal Smotherman, Dan Kuenster, Laura Turner, Steve Crossley, Kathy Smotherman, Jo Dell Smotherman and Darlene Groncki

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Cited in a November 8, 1979 "Sound Country" column in The Times News, Hendersonville, North Carolina, page 35
• Cited in Billboard's "Top Album Picks" section, November 10, 1979, page 76
• Cited in a January 4, 1980 "Records" column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 12
• Cited in a February 1980 "Popular Discs and Tapes" column in Stereo Review, volume 44, page 5

Records

• The album page has a Billboard (United States) singles chart heading, but it gives no chart positions or sales figures

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Four songs were recorded in Honolulu at Broad Recording Studios, while five were recorded at Lagniappe in Sherman Oaks.
• "My Prayer" is the only track recorded at Capitol Records in Hollywood.
• Jimmy Webb wrote the title track and "Love Song" and played piano on "Love Song".
• Doug Kershaw played the fiddle solo on "Cajun Caper".
• Tom Kellock played piano on "Hound Dog Man".

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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