Paul Simon performed a rare live show these days, having announced last year that he would no longer be doing any extensive touring. Outside Lands in San Francisco featured Paul Simon as a headliner set and he was joined by SF icon Bob Weir.
They performed the Boxer:
At Outside Lands Simon was joined by ymusic for three songs: Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Can’t Run But, and Bridge Over Troubled Water.
ymusic are described as “six contemporary classical polymaths who playfully overstep the boundaries of musical genres,” (The New Yorker) performs in concert halls, arenas and clubs around the world. Founded in New York City in 2008, yMusic believes in presenting excellent, emotionally communicative music, regardless of style or idiom. Their virtuosic execution and unique configuration (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) has attracted the attention of high profile collaborators—from Paul Simon to Bill T. Jones to Ben Folds—and inspired original works by some of today’s foremost composers, including Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli and Andrew Norman.”
Paul Simon also appeared at the Fox Theater in Oakland on August ninth that was dubbed an Outside Lands pop up concert.
Paul Simon Outside Lands set list:
Late in the Evening
The Boy in the Bubble
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue
That Was Your Mother
Mother and Child Reunion
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War (with yMusic)
Can’t Run But (with yMusic)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel song) (with yMusic)
The Obvious Child
Wristband
Spirit Voices
The Cool, Cool River
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Encore:
Graceland
Still Crazy After All These Years
The Boxer
(Simon & Garfunkel song) (with Bob Weir)
American Tune
(solo)
The Sound of Silence
(Simon & Garfunkel song) (solo)
Paul Simon pop up concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland CA AUG 09 2019
Late in the Evening
The Boy in the Bubble
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue
That Was Your Mother
Mother and Child Reunion
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
Can’t Run But
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Obvious Child
Wristband
Spirit Voices
The Cool, Cool River
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Encore:
Graceland
America
The Boxer
Still Crazy After All These Years
Here is a video of Paul Simon doing Sounds of Silence with ymusic in 2017:
