Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 – a follow up

Earlier this week I wrote about the fact that booklet of the ´Live 1969´ cd did not give the date for the St. Louis 1969 show.
Which turned out to be Novemer 2nd when Simon & Garfunkel played Kiel Auditorium.

Also in that booklet it is mentioned that ´Old friends / Bookends´ was recorded on November 1st of 1969 in Toledo.

So far no newspaper information has been found about that 1969 show. But today I found a mentioning of Simon & Garfunkel performing on November 1st at the University of Toledo,– at the bottom of the article –  in 1968. So a mix-up of years?

PS:
Also the following 1968 dates were added to the main 1968 list:

1968-04-07 Iowa City, University of Iowa
1968-10-04 Columbus, Ohio State University, St. John Arena
1968-10-25 Athens, Ohio University

4 thoughts on “Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 – a follow up

  1. I have been a fan of Simon & Garfunkel since my early childhood introduction, I am 40 now. I was perusing “Live 69” this evening and noticed the “Bookends” recording from Toledo, my hometown, and home of 35 years. I found this article trying to find where the concert was performed. If I find any specifics I will return and let you know.. Thanks for being here!!

    1. Hello Tadd, thanks for your reply. A lot of the info on Dreamer of Music, the best PS Site there is at the moment, comes from me or my blog. I have been searching for magazine announcements, writing to College librarians where I thought they could or would have played. And this is the list with what I can come up so far. It’s growing still though. There also some audience recordings around of that period, which makes it even more fun. A shame you can not have seen them perform in that period. I was 13 when I got interested in -their- music, right at the same time when they split in 1970.

  2. Simon & Garfunkel performed at the University of Toledo fieldhouse on Friday,Nov.1,1968. I was at the concert but could never remember the date until I ran across a review of the show that appeared in the Toledo Blade on the following Wednesday.,Nov.6th.

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