Alec Wilkinson: Jimmy Webb's Concorde Obsession: The New Yorker Jimmy Webb, the writer of songs such as "Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman," described by James Taylor as "evocative American songs, which go past any kind of analysis and right to the heart," has a new record and is on tour, but what he wanted to do the other day was visit the Intrepid museum, on the Hudson River, to see the Concorde on its pier. Wearing a dark suit with a purple shirt, Webb arrived in the middle of the afternoon with his wife, Laura Savini. "He's super excited," Savini said. He's been wanting to do this for years. . . .