Story behind Simon and Garfunkel Sound of Silence

[Bunk]

@MdRef quoted Sound of Silence in another post.

I think many of you will be inspired by Art Garfunkel's devotion to a friend he recently met. His friend became blind and credits Art Garfunkel with helping him graduate from Columbia;

https://www.nspirement.com/2020/10/...-and-garfunkel-song-the-sound-of-silence.html

This is an impressive story and you might want to the the time to read it.

 

[Iggyearl]

Thank you Bunk. That information means a lot to me. I saw "The Graduate" five times.

 

[artringwald]

That's a story I had not heard. I thought it was going to be the story about when they were away in England and Tom Wilson got involved with adding additional sound tracks to the Sounds of Silence. He enlisting guitarist Al Gorgoni and drummer Bobby Gregg, both of whom had played on Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home, Wilson overdubbed a jangly, amplified rhythm section from the second verse onward.

How "The Sound of Silence" Became a Surprise Hit

The Simon and Garfunkel song catapulted the duo to stardom

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[artringwald]