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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2003 8:48 am    
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They were on Letterman last night and are planning a tour.
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Charles French

 

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Post  Posted 13 Sep 2003 11:11 am    
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They were just what the doctor ordered. I would have never gotten to sleep otherwise.
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erik

 

Post  Posted 13 Sep 2003 12:19 pm    
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They were a wonderful 60s/70s duo.
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Roger Rettig


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Naples, FL
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2003 12:44 pm    
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Did you also know that the Everly Brothers are on this tour as well?

I imagine they'll be using S&G's musicians, though....

RR
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Rich Weiss

 

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Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2003 7:08 pm    
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Don't be surprised if you see them with a pedal steel player on this tour.
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 15 Sep 2003 3:21 am    
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I was told that if you want to download one of their MP3's you have to access the Recyle Bin on the sharing PC.
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John McGann

 

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 10:02 am    
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W/ Jim Keltner on drums and my buddy Jamey Haddad on percussion- it should be great...
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Stephen Gambrell

 

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Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 11:11 am    
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Paul Simon's dang near a poet, and a pretty good guitar player. But how many times y'all
reckon old Artie got his lunch stolen at school?
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Roger Rettig


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Naples, FL
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 11:31 am    
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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.....

RR
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 11:52 am    
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Trivia-
"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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Bill Llewellyn


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San Jose, CA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 6:23 pm    
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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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Bill, steelin' since '99 | Steel page | My music | Steelers' birthdays | Over 50?
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Marc Friedland


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Fort Collins, CO
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 6:28 pm    
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My first "official" date was in 1967, after getting my driver's license. We went to the Yale Bowl in New Haven, CT where we saw Simon & Garfunkle begin the show, and then The Four Tops performed. So I always have pleasant memories associated with S & G. -- Marc
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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 6:42 pm    
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Interesting, Marc. For me it was the same year, I believe, and also at the Yale Bowl, but the concert I saw was Simon & Garfunkel, followed by the Lovin' Spoonful. Awesome concert.
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Bob Blair


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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 6:47 pm    
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What was that first album...Wednesday Morning, 3 AM? That's some of the music that got me started.......

And Jimbeaux, I still think "America" makes a great steel solo!
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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2003 6:58 pm    
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I'd love to hear you play it sometime, Bob! On that pretty black axe of yours...
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 17 Sep 2003 3:42 am    
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Interesting ...The Yale Bowl Concert..

When I went to the concert at the Yale Bowl..Three Dog Night was playing !

tp
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Bob Blair


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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 17 Sep 2003 7:27 am    
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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.
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Gary Morse

 

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Nashville,TN
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 9:14 am     Pete Drake or Curly Chalker?
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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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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 10:59 am    
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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! Oh Well
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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 12:05 pm    
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Just a detail note: I don't think it's a piccolo with the steel on the "Boxer" solo, likely a piccolo trumpet.
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