Few singers blend grit and grandeur like Jimmy Webb. On this collection, Webb reinterprets his classics with help from friends like Billy Joel (“Wichita Lineman”) and Lucinda Williams, who brings a mournful edge to “Galveston.” Webb sings two tracks — “It Won’t Bring Her Back” and “Do What You Gotta Do,” a calm take on romantic disaster — by himself in a sturdy yet flexible croon: The voice is like an old Mustang heading through a treacherous yet often gorgeous landscape.
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