The Hits & Requests Show With JIMMY WEBB  

Opening Act: Andy Byron & Steve Eaton 

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JIMMY WEBB
​www.jimmywebb.com
With 50 years of hit songs, Hall of Fame songwriter Jimmy Webb has plenty of songs to choose from for his current tour, as he pulls from the iconic music made famous by such diverse artists as Linda Ronstadt, Art Garfunkel, Donna Summer, Glen Campbell, and Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge.  For his April 6 return to The Sapphire Room at the Riverside Hotel in Boise, Webb is turning it over to the audience to choose the set list.   

Webb’s post-concert conversations with fans – which can last as long as the shows – often focus on the songs they want to hear him play beyond the big Billboard hits like “Wichita Lineman,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” and “MacArthur Park.”

“Meeting the fans in person and reading their comments on Facebook, seeing and hearing what they care about, for me, as a songwriter, is the truth--the emotion, the connection the feeds my creativity,” says Webb.  “There is an overwhelming demand to perform songs that are off the beaten path. And it’s fun for me to play these songs and break the routine.” 

Perhaps this show will feature the Fifth Dimension-recorded “Paper Cup” instead of “Up, Up and Away;” one any of the many songs Michael Feinstein consistently interprets – “She Moves, Eyes Follow” or “Only One Life;” an alternate song from Richard Harris’ debut produced/written/arranged by Webb, A Tramp Shining, beyond “Didn’t We” and “MacArthur Park;” or if the fans demand it, the difficult “Still Within the Sound of My Voice,” sung so spectacularly by Linda Ronstadt.   Of course, Webb won’t leave out all the expected songs – just mixing it up a little for the legions of “Webb Heads,” many who travel in from out of state or out of the U.S. for the songwriter’s shows.

Fans can submit requests for the concert on Facebook or jimmywebb.com. 

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