Simon & Garfunkel – Miami University 1969

Simon & Garfunkel – Miami University 1969

A delicate storm of harmony and poetry, captured live at a turning point in American music. Simon & Garfunkel –Miami University 1969 brings a rare and intimate performance to vinyl a moment suspended between the folk revival of the ’60s and the more personal, introspective songwriting that would define the decade ahead. The concert, recorded just months before the release of Bridge Over Troubled Water, finds the duo in perfect balance: Garfunkel’s soaring tenor and Simon’s sharp, reflective lyrics carried by just an acoustic guitar and the breathless silence of an audience hanging on every note.

•Simon & Garfunkel’s final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, was released in January 1970 just eight months after this Miami concert and went on to win 6 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.•The duo met as schoolboys in Queens, New York, and first recorded together under the name Tom & Jerry in the 1950s.•Despite their delicate harmonies on stage, creative tensions between Simon and Garfunkel were mounting during this period by the end of 1970, the pair would go their separate ways for over a decade.•During live shows, Paul Simon often performed solo songs mid-set, giving Garfunkel a break while hinting at his coming solo career

1.Mrs. Robinson 2.Fakin’ It 3.The Boxer 4.So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 5.Bridge Over Troubled Water

1.I am A Rock 2.Scarborough Fair 3.The Sound Of Silence 4.Bye ByeLove 5.Homeward Bound 6.For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her