Jimmy Webb has new album, his first in 13 years

Jimmy Webb has a new album, his first in 13 years, titled Yours for the Taking: The Found Songs of Jimmy Webb. It contains new recordings of previously unheard songs. Webb originally wrote Winter Clothes for Frank Sinatra, and I Miss the Mistakes was intended for Dolly Parton.

Webb wrote Wichita Lineman after Glen Campbell asked him for another song about a town, and Campbell recorded it before it was finished. The song became a 1968 hit for Campbell. Webb also wrote By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Galveston and MacArthur Park. Campbell's recording of By the Time I Get to Phoenix sold a million copies. Galveston was an anti-war song written during the Vietnam conflict. MacArthur Park gave Richard Harris a Top 5 hit.

Nick Cave and Flea recorded Wichita Lineman this year. Webb has been teetotal since 2002.