Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Only Living Duo in New York

Tom, get your plane on time, I'll know your part will go fine; fly down to Mexico... Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York

Simon & Garfunkel released their final album in 1970, Bridge Over Troubled Water.  The great album contained the song The Only Living Boy in New York.  It's a brilliant song and sounds great with headphones.

From what I have read, Paul Simon was left in the studio to finish the album as Art Garfunkel had flown to Mexico to film the movie Catch-22.  Paul refers to Art as Tom, because they used to perform as Tom & Jerry.

I discovered Josh Lee Turner on YouTube just before Covid and became a big fan of his channel.  The first video that I saw of his was with the cast of The Simon & Garfunkel Story doing the Buffalo Springfield classic For What It's Worth and I was hooked.  I think I watched every one of his videos. To top it off, I ended getting to see The Simon & Garfunkel Story in 2000, just prior to the lockdown.  It was a fantastic show, and Josh Lee Turner was the guitarist.  This video captures his talent as well as the greatness of this song.




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