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Paul Simon interviewed on tonight's Front Row
MR SIMON'S BIG TRIP

Saturday 26 July 2008





In this programme, Radio 2 uncovers the real story of听 British residency, and the part it played in his creative formation.

For years, fascination has surrounded the missing 13 months in the life and career of Paul Simon preceeding the rise to success in America of .

Simon spent what is probably one of the most famous 鈥榞ap鈥 years in music history travelling around England, writing songs, playing tiny folk club venues and meeting future legends of the Folk scene such as听 and , 主播大秀ward Bound was famously penned on , and many of his most famous lyrics can be traced to British roots.

The programme includes interviews with Martin Carthy, , and many more and features a hitherto un-heard Paul Simon song, 鈥淭he Northern Line鈥, recorded in an Exeter Folk club in 1965.

    Stuart Maconie features Bridge Over Trouble Water by Simon and Garfunkel on his Critical List.

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