Matthew
Mar-24-2014, 02:14 GMT
United Kingdom
 | Fantasising. :-)
The Paul Simon extravaganza is a one night only celebration of Paul Simon´s life and career from Madison Square Garden in New York city. A marathon 3.5hr show in front of a packed crowd filmed for posterity and release on Blu Ray with 7.2 sound:
Paul, band and guests play for this one-off, extended session. Specially designed animations, montages and video-clips play on a huge HD video screen behind the stage and are available as an alternate viewing option on the Blu Ray.
The performance is also available in a 4CD box set.
Setlist:
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1999 version)
The Obvious Child (with Olodum)
The Boy in the Bubble
Graceland (with Ray Phiri guest)
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Old Friends/Bookends (with Art Garfunkel)
Kathy´s Song (with Art Garfunkel)
Scarborough Fair (with Don Everley - Art Garfunkel on canticle and photos of Phil Everley on screen)
Mrs Robinson (with Art Garfunkel)
Mother & Child Reunion
Duncan (with some musicians from Urubamba)
Train in the Distance
Ace In The Hole (duet with Richard Tee on recorded vocals and video screen)
Darling Lorraine
Another Galaxy
So Beautiful or So What (with Bob Dylan)
The Cool Cool River
Brief intermission
Adios Hermanos (with original Capeman cast)
Born in Puerto Rico (with original Capeman cast)
Bernadette (with original Capeman cast)
Trailways Bus
Rene & Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
Under African Skies (with Linda Rondstadt)
Hurricane Eye (with extended outro)
Loves Me Like A Rock (with Stevie Wonder live & Jessy Dixon on screen)
Hearts & Bones
Crazy Love Vol II (John Selowane guest on guitar)
She Moves On (Armand Sabal Lecco guest on bass)
The Coast
Homeward Bound (with Willie Nelson)
American Tune (piano outro by Philip Glass)
Born At The Right Time (with Edie Brickell)
Something So Right (with Edie Brickell)
Father & Daughter
Gumboots (Barney Rachabane guest on sax)
Still Crazy After All These Years
Encore 1:
Kodachrome
That Was Your Mother
Proof
Late In The Evening
Encore 2:
Only Living Boy In New York
America (with Sting)
The Boxer (with extra verse, Steve Martin on Banjo & Jerry Douglas on Dobro)
Sound of Silence (with Ray Phiri guest on electric guitar)
Encore 3
Cecilia (Steve Shehan guest)
Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard (with Paul McCartney)
You Can Call Me Al (Chevy Chase on stage & Hugh Masekela on Trumpet)
Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes (with Isaac Mitshali, Ladysmith Black Mambazo + Everyone on stage)
Final Encore
Song For The Asking (with only a guitar and Art Garfunkel)
Band
Paul Simon (Vocals, guitars)
Mark Stewart (Various)
Vincent Nguini (Guitars)
Harper Simon (Guitars)
Bakhiti Kumalo (Bass)
Jim Oblon (Drums)
Steve Gadd (Drums)
Jamey Haddad (Percussion)
Cyro Baptista (Percussion)
Andy Snitzer (Horns)
Chris Botti (Trumpet)
Jay Ashby (Horns, Percussion)
Tony Cedras (Accordion, Keyboards)
Mick Rossi (Piano)
Rob Schwimmer (Various)
String section on selected songs
Producer
Lorne Michaels
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Nick
Mar-25-2014, 11:16 GMT
United Kingdom
| Looks good thanks for sharing one day the definitive marathon similar to Paul Simon and Friends the Gershwin Prize will be made. Maybe a show like the tribute 30th Anniversary for Bob Dylan could be made who knows. |