Art Garfunkel- songwriter
Kapeman
THIS WEEK
Art Garfunkel, Songwriter
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK
T would be easy to twist "Everything Waits to Be Noticed," the title of Art
Garfunkel's latest recording, into a plaintive metaphor for a man who, since
the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel in 1970, has been struggling to emerge from
the shadow of his former partner.
It would be wrong.
"I think that's a little self-absorbed, and I won't go there," Mr. Garfunkel
said, chuckling a bit. He was speaking by phone last week from his Manhattan
apartment, where he lives with his wife, Kim Cermak, and their 12-year-old son,
James. "To be honest, when I walk on stage, I know there's support waiting for
me," he said. "There's a lot of love waiting out there."
This week, a kind of triple bill may have the public wondering how the bookish
fellow with the ethereal tenor, now 61, could ever have doubted its affections.
Tonight, Mr. Garfunkel steps out in a recurring role as a record store owner
and musical mentor to the Kennedy-era teenagers in NBC's "American Dreams," a
Dick Clark-produced drama based on "American Bandstand." (Mr. Garfunkel and
Paul Simon, then calling themselves Tom and Jerry, made their debut on that
show on Thanksgiving 1957.)
On Friday at Town Hall, he'll give his first New York concert since 1997,
teaming up with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock, the singer-songwriters with whom
he composed six of his album's 13 jazz-folk works. Woven from poetry he had
written in the 80's while exercising what Mr. Garfunkel called his Jeffersonian
right to traverse the United States by foot, they represent his first attempt
at songwriting. "I had a personal breakthrough," he said.
And on Saturday, the day before the Grammy Awards are held at Madison Square
Garden, Mr. Garfunkel and Mr. Simon will receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award. Though their relationship has had its publicly documented rough patches,
"we're good enough right now," Mr. Garfunkel said.
"Put it this way: we have a deep and somewhat buried affection."
"I never was a joiner, I don't like groups, and I find it hard to find my
proper place in the community," he went on, pondering the role of fame in his
increasingly private life. "But I'm very proud to give my life to rock 'n'
roll. I don't live my life in my head as if I'm a celebrity; I live my life in
my head as if I'm a philosopher-writer. But once upon a time, Paul and I sought
very hard to be recognized and become famous. You can't suddenly stop and
change the rules."
Maybe it is just me, but he makes me cringe now
Barbara
peter kook
"Kapeman" <kap...@aol.com> wrote in message
> I don't live my life in my head as if I'm a celebrity; I live my life in
> my head as if I'm a philosopher-writer.
Definitely one for Pseuds corner - what a tosser
Nicolas
Square
> Garden, Mr. Garfunkel and Mr. Simon will receive a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement
I thought it was on Grammy day. Any chance for being broadcasted?
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Nicolas
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Julie Lamb
AG website. I guess this means they probably won't be singing together
either :-(
Julie
"Nicolas" <paulsim...@free.fr> wrote in message
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Who Me
>AG website.
There ususally is a presentation on the live broadcast...
Bill
"There were four million people in the Colonies and we had Jefferson and
Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top guys are Clinton and
Dole. What can you draw from this? Darwin was wrong!"
Mort Sahl