Highwayman (Glen Campbell album)
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Highwayman is the 35th album
Album
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 by American
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 singer/guitarist
Guitarist
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 Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...

, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

).

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "Highwayman
    Highwayman (song)
    "Highwayman" is the title of a song written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb, about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history, a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a star ship captain....

    " (Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

    ) - 3:01
  2. "Hound Dog Man" (Tommy Stuart) - 2:39
  3. "I Was Just Thinking About You" (Micheal Smotherman) - 2:40
  4. "Love Song" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:15
  5. "My Prayer" (Micheal Smotherman) - 2:37


Side 2:
  1. "Tennessee Home" (Micheal Smotherman) - 3:10
  2. "Don't Lose Me In The Confusion" (T.J. Kuenster) - 3:13
  3. "Cajun Caper" (Micheal Smotherman) - 3:52
  4. "Darlin' Darlinka" (Micheal Smotherman) - 3:16
  5. "Fool Ya" (Micheal Smotherman) - 2:17

Personnel

  • Glen Campbell - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars
    Electric Guitars
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     and Bass guitar
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    s
  • Craig Fall - acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

    , backing vocals
  • Ed Greene
    Ed Greene (musician)
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     - drums
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  • Carl Jackson - acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
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    , fiddle
    Fiddle
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    , banjo
    Banjo
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    , backing vocals
  • TJ Kuenster - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , backing vocals
  • Bill McCubbin - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , backing vocals
  • Steve Turner - drums
    Drum kit
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    , backing vocals
  • Doug Kershaw
    Doug Kershaw
    Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...

     - fiddle solo on "Cajun Caper"
  • Tom Kellock - piano on "Hound Dog Man"
  • Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

     - Piano on "Love Song"
  • Additional backing vocals - Micheal Smotherman, Dan Kuenster, Laura Turner, Steve Crossley, Kathy Smotherman, Jo Dell Smotherman, Darlene Groncki.

Production

  • Producer - Glen Campbell, Tom Thacker
  • "Highwayman", "Hound Dog Man", "Love Song", "Darlin' Darlinka", "Fool Ya" recorded at Lagniappe, Sherman Oaks, California
  • "I Was Just Thinkin About You", "Tennessee", "Don't Lose Me In The Confusion", "Cajun Caper" recorded at Broad Recording Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • "My Prayer" recorded at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California
  • Arranged by Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

    , TJ Kuenster
  • Strings conductor - Sid Sharp, Irving Geller

Charts

Singles - Billboard
Billboard charts
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 (United States)
Year Single Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
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Hot 100 Easy Listening
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
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1979 "Hound Dog Man" 25 - -
1979 "My Prayer" 66 - 42
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