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Title

The Paul Simon companion : four decades of commentary / edited by Stacey Luftig.

Publication

New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Luftig, Stacey.

Description

xv, 284 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• Since Paul Simon's first hit in the days of doo-wop - "Hey Schoolgirl," recorded in 1957 with Art Garfunkel - Simon has proved to be a musical icon who is also an insatiable explorer of musical styles, collaborators, and genres.
• Readers will relive the folk-rock phenomenon of Simon and Garfunkel; Simon's forays into gospel, reggae, plenas, ska, and umbaqanga; the many voices, musical and otherwise, of Graceland; and his work in the recording studio, in film, on television, and soon, on the Broadway stage - in this illuminating collection of essays, articles, and reviews gathered from the last four decades.

Subject

Simon, Paul, 1941-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes discography (p. 247-259), filmography (p. 261-263), bibliographical references (p. 265-268), and index.

Contents

• Simon & Garfunkel (1967) / James Stevenson -- From Simon & Garfunkel: Old Friends (1991) / Joseph Morella and Patricia Barey -- Simon & Garfunkel in Action (1967) / Morgan Ames -- For Simon and Garfunkel (1968) / Josh Greenfeld -- Paul Simon (1970) / Loraine Alterman -- AT&T Hangs Up on Simon & Garfunkel (1970) / Anonymous -- Garfunkel (1990) / Paul Zollo -- From Clive: Inside the Record Business (1975) / Clive Davis and James Willwerth -- "The Dangling Conversation" from The 50 Worst Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time (1991) / Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell -- Simon and Garfunkel - A Greatest Hits Album That Lives Up to Its Name (1972) / Stephen Holden -- The Rolling Stone Interview with Paul Simon (1972) / Jon Landau -- Paul Simon: The Odysseus of Urban Melancholy (1976) / Paul Cowan -- Growing Up Is Hard to Do: The Successful Sophomore and Others (1976) / George W. S. Trow -- Paul Simon: Survivor for the Sixties (1976) / Bruce Pollock --
• What Do You Do When You're Not a Kid Anymore and You Still Want to Rock and Roll? (1980) / Dave Marsh -- It's "Simon and Garfunkel" Again (1982) / Tony Schwartz -- Playboy Interview: Paul Simon (1984) / Tony Schwartz -- Paul Simon's Amazing Graceland Tour (1987) / David Fricke -- The Sins of Paul Simon (1987) / Michael Maren -- A Conversation with Ray Phiri (1987) / Mxolisi Mgxashe -- An Interview with Hugh Masekela (1987) / Margaret A. Novicki and Ameen Akhalwaya -- The Apostle of Angst (1987) / Jennifer Allen -- South African Romance (1986) / Robert Christgau -- Recording with Roy Halee (1990) / Paul Zollo -- Songs of a Thinking Man (1990) / Jay Cocks -- Simon Says: The Rhythm of the Saints Started with the Sounds of Brazilian Percussion. Then Came the Music, and Last, the Words (1990) / Wayne Robins -- Paul Simon - The Song Talk Interviews, Parts One and Two (1990) / Paul Zollo -- Doo-wop Tells a Story of the '50s (1995) / Jim Dwyer -- Chronology -- Discography --
• Filmography.

ISBN

0028646541 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97020844

OCLC

ocm36865773

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries