[LRoggy]

“From the article: “He is regarded as one of the greatest American songwriters of all time . . .”

Not the greatest. but when you layer the ‘Graceland’ album on top of his other works, certainly one of the greatest.”

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For my money he is the greatest US-born songwriter ever. My girlfriend and I saw him at the Hard Rock in Florida a few years back and caught the tour with Sting and him a few months back. At his age he can still go for a couple of hours; he’s an amazing performer.

And unlike so many of the performing left really never crossed over into that stupid, in your face mode on his politics like so many do to get the publicity.

I was also fortunate to see the concert in Central Park in the 80’s. My all-time favorite.

[Atlas Sneezed]

For my money he is the greatest US-born songwriter ever.

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He has put together some great bands, too. Steve Gadd’s drumming on 50 Ways and Late In the Evening are unforgettable.

Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvQl2OZBD8

[Scoutmaster]

You have to put Dylan, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, George & Ira Gershwin, and Duke Ellington somewhere on that list.

[Scoutmaster]

I was also fortunate to see the concert in Central Park in the 80’s.

I am humbled. Seriously.

[Scoutmaster]

. . . and Rogers, Hammerstein, Hart . . .

[dead]

I was also fortunate to see the concert in Central Park in the 80’s. My all-time favorite.

I was at that Simon & Garfunkel show too. Was one of the first 20,000 or so to arrive by 9am. By the time the show started at 8pm, there were 500,000 more people in the park. Great, great concert.

[driftless2]

My wife and I saw him and Sting in St. Paul last February. Simon’s voice is still excellent...which was astounding to me. I’m not a huge Sting fan (the wife loves him), but he was pretty good as well. But even many young people exclaimed they thought the old guy (Simon) had outperformed the ahem young guy (Sting).