Simon and Garfunkle back together
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Simon and Garfunkle back together
They were on Letterman last night and are planning a tour.
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I saw them on GMA yesterday - that Martin he's playing is a work of art! Did anyone see this?
Simon altered the fourth chord-change in 'Homeward Bound' from a major to a minor - I guess it's his song, and he can do what he likes with it, but it didn't sound quite as nice to me. He does play well, though - not as good as JT, but still good.....
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Simon altered the fourth chord-change in 'Homeward Bound' from a major to a minor - I guess it's his song, and he can do what he likes with it, but it didn't sound quite as nice to me. He does play well, though - not as good as JT, but still good.....
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"Sounds of Silence" was a demo of just S@G doing the tune. The producers/record company came back and added the 12 string guitar intro, bass and drums to the track later on. Next time you listen to the original recording check out how Hal Blaine the drummer holds the tempo together while the original guitar vocal demo tempo shifts around.
In as much as them getting back together--"chinga ching"!
"Sounds of Silence" was a demo of just S@G doing the tune. The producers/record company came back and added the 12 string guitar intro, bass and drums to the track later on. Next time you listen to the original recording check out how Hal Blaine the drummer holds the tempo together while the original guitar vocal demo tempo shifts around.
In as much as them getting back together--"chinga ching"!
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These guys were a brick in the foundation of folk/rock of the 60/70's. Simon is uncommonly talented as a writer and I think his music will be around for a long time. I know these two have had a hard time getting along (kinda like Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) but I, for one, am very glad they are reunited. I really think theirs is music of a high order.
(My 2 cents.)
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(My 2 cents.)
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Jim, the acceptability of that guitar's tone has become a matter of public record! Maybe I'll record it for you someday.
By the way, speaking of Simon and Garfunkle and steel, it took me a lotta years to figure out that that was a pedal steel guitar on "The Boxer". Chalker, if I'm not mistaken. Wonderful songs - The Boxer, The Only Living Boy in New York, Sounds of Silence, I Am a Rock, America, and on and on the list goes.
By the way, speaking of Simon and Garfunkle and steel, it took me a lotta years to figure out that that was a pedal steel guitar on "The Boxer". Chalker, if I'm not mistaken. Wonderful songs - The Boxer, The Only Living Boy in New York, Sounds of Silence, I Am a Rock, America, and on and on the list goes.
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Pete Drake or Curly Chalker?
I'm wondering if it was perhaps Pete Drake and not Curly Chalker who played steel along with the piccolo on Simon & Garfunkle's "THE BOXER." The Boxer was on the final studio album they released titled Bridge Over Troubled Water. I found a discography that lists Pete Drake as being on pedal steel and dobro on that album. Anybody know for certain???
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That bugs me. For a couple of years I've been performing "The Boxer" regularly and giving myself credit (in my own mind) for a decent approximation of the sound of the trumpet solo on steel, only to find out quite recently that I am instead merely doing a decent approximation of the sound of the steel solo on steel!
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