OGUNQUIT ─  On Nov. 16, internationally known songwriter and singer Jimmy Webb will present his tour show of music and stories called  “An Evening with Jimmy Webb” at Jonathan’s in Ogunquit at 8 p.m.  He will perform many of the songs he has written including “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “MacArthur Park,” “Elvis and Me” and “The Highwayman.” His stories relate to his music and encounters with many legendary artists including Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra and actor Richard Harris. 

Influenced by Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles, Webb’s music has been recorded by many artists including Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, The Fifth Dimension (“Up, Up and Away”) and Richard Harris (“MacArthur Park”).  Webb has released 10 albums including one in 2010 and another in 2013 featuring a “who’s who” of guest performers including Billy Joel and Brian Wilson.

A true song-writing prodigy raised in Oklahoma and the son of a farmer turned preacher, Webb, the author of a 2017 memoir “Cake and the Rain,” has achieved much over his five decade career. Just some of these honors and achievements include receiving his first gold record at age 18, becoming the only artist to receive Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration, named in the top 50 of Rolling Stone’s 2015 “100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time”, and member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.

Tickets for “An Evening with Jimmy Webb” start at $37.50 and can be purchased directly at Jonathan’s on Bourne Lane in Ogunquit, by phone at 646-4777 or online at jonathansogunquit.com.