Paul Simon interviewed 1980

From my tapes-vault I haven unearthed an interview with Paul Simon from November 1980.

Paul was in the UK because of the ‘ One-trick Pony’- tour he was doing in Europe. He was interviewed live on November 7th 1980 by Capital Radio in the UK.  You can download the interview through 1Fichier
(Flac files, convert them to MP3 or WAV)

Request:

I saw Paul Simon in Brussels (Belgium) at Voorst Nationaal and to me it was a mind blowing show. A great horn-section, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Eric Gale and Tony & Peter Levin. At the end of the show Paul jumped on the piano to say ‘goodbye’ and thank us!

Paul played the following cities and venues (probably incomplet list):

1980-09-12 Cleveland – USA / Ohio Cleveland Music Hall
1980-09-13 Cleveland – USA / Ohio Cleveland Music Hall
1980-09-20 Universal city – USA / California Universal Amphitheater
1980-09-22 Los Angeles – USA / California Universal Amphitheatre
1980-09-26 Detroit, USA, Louis Arena
1980-09-30 New York – USA / New York Palladium
1980-10-02 New York – USA / New York Palladium
1980-10-08 Philadelphia – USA / Upper Darby Tower Theater
1980-10-09 Los Angeles – USA / California
1980-10-10 Los Angeles – USA / California
1980-10-11 Boston, USA, Opera House
1980-10-13 Forth Worth – USA / Texas
1980-10-18 Vienna – Austria Sophiensaal
1980-10-21 Munich – Germany Olympiahalle
1980-10-24 Hamburg – Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
1980-10-25 New York – USA / New York Palladium
1980-10-30 Paris – France Theatre du Champs Elysees (with Art Garfunkel joining on stage for 2 songs: The boxer – Scarborough Fair)
1980-11-01 Frankfurt – Germany Jahrhunderthalle
1980-11-02 Brusseles – Belgium Forest National
1980-11-03 Amsterdam – Netherlands Carre
1980-11-04 London – United Kingdom Apollo Hammersmith
1980-11-06 London – United Kingdom Apollo Hammersmith
1980-11-07 London – United Kingdom Apollo Hammersmith

Does someone who reads this blog maybe saw Paul Simon live during this 1980 tour? And if you stil have memorabilia from this tour please share it with us.

Simon & Garfunkel 1966 on UK TV & Radio

In 1966 Simon & Garfunkel were often asked by BBC and local (BBC)stations to come and perform in their shows. Here’s a brief list of the shows in which they were present.
They arrived in the UK on tuesday July 5th.

TV Appearences:

1966-07-07: (TV) BBC ‘Top of the Pops’  (‘ I am a rock’ )
1966-07-08: (TV) ITV ‘ Ready, Steady Go!’

(Altham interviewed S&G right after the recording for ‘ Ready Stead Go!’  for New Musical Express)

1966-07-13: (TV) ITV ‘ Scene at 6.30’
1966-07-16: (TV) BBC ‘ Saturday Club’


(Melody Maker July 9th, 1966)

Radio spots:

1966-08-08: (Radio) Music Through Midnight

Radio show Music Through Midnight on the BBC Light programme. This popular programme featured leading artists and bands, with special guest stars and record requests.

(Melody Maker July 29th, 1966)

and – for the time being without futher details -:

On September 15th they would return again to the UK for recording 2 BBC-TV specials:

* update* 1964: Paul Simon’s Plea For Work

Today I received a copy of the letter Paul Simon wrote.

Addressed to club owner Ted Poole, Paul Simon’s letter is dated June 12 1964 and asks for work as part of a tour of west country folk clubs.

Here’s what Paul Simon wrote:

June 12, 1964

Dear Ted,
Last Tuesday evening I was working at the Troubadour in London with Paul McNeill and Redd Sullivan. Tom Cordery approached me about doing a tour of the Western folk clubs. He said you were the man to contact concerning this matter. I have worked in all the major clubs in London including the Troubadour, The Black Horse, The Roundhouse and the Enterprise. I also record for Columbia Records in the States and will cut my first LP for Topic Records over here. I would appreciate any work that you could give me between the first week of August to the first week of September. My fee is seven pounds and expenses. If you are interested you can write to me at 184 Havestock Hill, London NW3.

Respectfully,

Paul Simon

 This brings us the following new dates to be added to 1964:
1964-05/06-00 London, The Black Horse
1964-05/06-00 London, The Roundhouse
1964-05/06-00 London, The Enterprise
1964-06-09 London, The Troubadour

Here’ s a readable part of the letter:

1967 Concert added

Sometime’s it is really nice to see all that is offered for sale on eBay!
Today I found these concert tickets for a show on

1967-02-18 Grace Hall (billed with Eric Burdon & The Animals)

But now the question: in which city was or is Grace Hall located? Someone any ideas?

1967 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour shows

In 1967 Simon & Garfunkel appeared twice in the CBS Smother Brothers Comedy Hour Show:

Season 1 ; Episode 14:

Recorded on May 12th 1967 and broadcasted on May 14th.

Songs played in this episode

– The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
– Cloudy
– Billy the Kid (sketch with song)

  

Season 2; Episode 6:

Recorded on October 6th and broadcasted October 15th 1967

Songs played:

– Homeward bound
– Overs

CBS TV sent this message out to newspapers etc:

1967 Simon & Garfunkel in England

In 1967 Simon & Garfunkel frequented England often. They were already stars in the US, now the rest of the world was visited.

In March a 3 city tour was arranged for them.  For her book ‘Simon & Garfunkel. The definitve biography’ Victoria Kingston talked with concert promotor Roy Guest. Roy told her:’ In Birmingham, I think only three hundred people turned up; and in Manchester, perhaps five hundred. [ ] They didn’t mind that there was a small audience in Birmingham. London was a great success and they were pleased with that. And Manchester was pleasant.’
Roy Guest had teamed up with Jim Lloyd, who arranged them ‘ a spot on Manchester TV’.

Here a couple of pages from the programm:

  

In April they seemed to have attended a press reception, in London, held for Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Track Records.

On May 2nd  1967 the one hour show recorded for Granada TV (see RTV section of this blog) was broadcasted.