An Evening With Jimmy Webb (State Theatre, Sydney)

A songwriter’s songwriter, Jimmy has written for Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, Richard Harris, Art Garfunkel, with hits “MacArthur Park” “Wichita Lineman” “The Highwayman” “Up, Up and Away” “All I Know” “Honey, Come Back” “By The Time I Get to Phoenix” “The Worst That Could Happen” “Where’s The Playground, Susie”, and “Galveston”.

“… A night with Jimmy at the keys is not unlike getting to hear George Gershwin or Cole Porter live. It’s hard to believe one guy could have written all these amazing songs…if you get a chance to see him live, grab it. People ask why nobody writes songs like they used to. Fortunately for us all, Jimmy Webb still does.” – Paul Zollo, Songwriters on Songwriting

With his show “An Evening with Jimmy Webb”, the multi-Grammy winner gives fans of classic song-craft a unique connection to his music, revealing the stories behind his hits from his first songwriting job at Motown, through a career trajectory that took a teen preacher’s son from a farm town in Oklahoma to the top of the music world. This is the man that Frank Sinatra said penned the greatest torch song ever written. Do not miss this phenomenal concert.