I could be wrong, but I doubt many people under 30 years ever heard of this song or Glen Campbell. Of course I knew of it and have liked this song to this day. Although my first contacts with music was country (think Hank Williams) my first genuine connection to music was folk music. As a pre-teen I was more into pop songs I liked (Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone). Even in college, my music tastes remained on the conservative side. I remember then ( as I still am now) being all in on The Beatles, but turned away from Led Zeppelin. I believe in my last year or so of college, in Madison, I finally began appreciating the rock music of Jimi Hendrix, Cream (I bought the album Wheels of Fire), and The Who, for examples. Of course in my later college years I also began developing a feeling for classical and a passion for the Blues.
Here are two videos of Glen Campbell singing live Wichita Lineman. I chose my base colors (Red Oxide, Silver, and Cobalt Blue) used in this music box from these two videos.
When I looked for Wichita Lineman on YouTube, I came across an opinion video by Rick Beato, who currently has over 4 million subscribers, including myself. That video confirmed my choice to use this music for another mini artwork.
Jolene, by Dolly Parton at number 63 is the only song that I thought for sure was country music, that ranked higher. I believe these two should change places on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs.
As a note to myself, this is the fifth in the series of mini artworks. They are all, for convenience’s sake, based on the same basic model. Well, I am getting bored with this repeating process. I am going to stay small, but I need a fresh approach to creating/building these small works (within the reasoning and parameters I set for these mini works).
Scott Von Holzen
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