At the time we are looking for factual information about the shows Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel did in 1963 or 1964 in these famous places in New York City:

– The Bitter End (possibly ?)
– Café Wha
– Gerde’s Folk City

There’s a poster – also for sale on Ebay – that mentions S&G performing in Folk City during February 16-28

in 1964 (as Columbia Records is mentioned) or was it 1965?

In his book about his Bitter End, he mentions (on pages 16-17) that he and Billy Fields went to see Simon & Garfunkel, who were playing “on the corner of Bleecker and Sullivan streets“.

If there’s anyone out there who could confirm these performances or shed a light that would be great.

Simon & Garfunkel could also have been billed as “Kane & Garr” or “Landis & Garr”.

On Saturday – April 18th – Paul Simon & Sting did the last show of their ” On Stage Together”  tour.

After playing the US in 2014, Australia & NewZealand early this year, the European tour ended yesterday in Amsterdam. And what a treat it was to see those two artist play with the musicians they brought with them. A night full of musicality and respect for each others ” songbook “.

– The crowd in the Ziggo Dome right before the show

They even blended well in songs like ” Every breath you take ”  and ” Mrs. Robinson “. A song like ” Bridge over troubled water ” sounded as if it was performed for the first time ever. Was it always Art Garfunkel’s angelic voice that carried the song, now the song was sung with the soul-full voices of both Sting and Paul. A new masterpiece.

On Youtube you will find enough examples to listen to it yourself.

All we can now say is ” Thank you Sting and Paul Simon ” for a wonderfull tour and show.

In 1973 Raven Books in the UK, published one of the first, if not the first, biographies of Paul Simon:

“Paul Simon – Now and Then’, written by Spencer Leigh. It was the first book that told the musical career of Mr. Simon. Very little was known at the time about the career, at the time some 20 years old.  And the book has some errors, i.e. like about the recordings made before (!) the Simon & Garfunkel period In 1976 a Supplement was added to the first addition, with additions and corrections. I treasure this book still very much.

For your reading pleasure I have scanned the Supplement:

     

If you click on the thumbnails you will get a very readable scan on your screen.

This is a week with new information about Paul Simon’s whereabouts in 1964 and 1965.

Reader Victoria Ware, who for a part of 1964, was on the organisation side of the Brentwood Folk Club, wrote names and dates down of who and where…..For Paul Simon she noted:

Sunday 19th April 1964 – Brentwood Folk Club (The Railway Inn)
Friday 24th April 1964 – Romford Folk Club (The Black Lion)
Sunday 26th April 1964 – Brentwood Folk Club (The Railway Inn)
Friday 1st May 1964 – Romford Folk Club (The Black Lion)

Today we have received a message and 3 dates were confirmed on which Paul Simon played at the:

Brentwood, Railway Inn, Brentwood Folk Club:

in 1964 (exact date to be confirmed) and in two sets in 1965:

– January 17
– June 13 

Now 48, and almost 50, years ago Simon & Garfunkel played in the Philharmoic Hall in New York City. This was their first appearance in a major concert hall in NYC.

 He Was My Brother – 3:21
Leaves That Are Green – 2:57
Sparrow –3:06
Homeward Bound – 2:39
You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies – 2:06
A Most Peculiar Man – 2:59
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – 1:49
The Dangling Conversation – 3:01
Richard Cory – 3:23
A Hazy Shade Of Winter – 2:37
Benedictus (Traditional, arr. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel) – 2:45
Blessed – 3:45
A Poem on the Underground Wall – 4:45
Anji (Davy Graham) – 2:28
I Am a Rock – 2:57
The Sound of Silence – 3:25
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – 2:40
A Church Is Burning – 3:43
Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. – 3:35

The review in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant was very enthusiastic about the show of March 22:

Paul Simon & Sting: we zullen het nooit vergeten

Curieuze combinatie: een 73-jarige New Yorker uit de folk op tournee met een tien jaar jongere Noord-Engelsman uit de new wave. Toch werkt het voortreffelijk, zo bleek in de Amsterdamse Ziggo Dome, waar Paul Simon en Sting op 18 april nog eens optreden.

(Paul Simon & Sting: we will never forget ‘althought the combination looked curious: a 73-year-old New Yorker from the folk-music on tour with a 10 year younger Norhtern Englishman from the new wave. It worked excellent, in the Ziggo Dome in amsterdam, where Simon & Sting perform again on April 18)

At the moment lots of time is being spent in updating the period 1995-2000

If anyone has any memorabilia from the Bob Dylan & Paul Simon US Tour please contact me.

Another show to the 1991 “Born at the right time” tour list has been added:
1991-01-07 Edmonton, CAN, Northlands Coliseum