On Stage: Luciana Souza, the cast of Capeman including that cute Frankie Negro as Salvador Argron, and Art Garfunkel.
OFF Stage: Suzanne Vega, Mayor Bloomberg, Ray Kelly, Rosie ODonnell (who i ran into in the lobby) Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Jane Krakowski of 30 Rock,James J. Gandolfini of the Sopranos,
Those are the celebrities that I saw in the audience...... i wonder how many i didnt see..
The Set list was divine.... It spread over Paul's solo career including two new songs. One solo and one with Ms Souza where she put scat words to his melody called Amulet. He touched on each of the solo records. Ms Souza added the Ryhthm of the Saints three songs from BAM..including Born at the Right Time and Spirit Voices. Frankie Negron and the BAM cast of Capeman opened the second set with Capeman doo wop and Paul played Umbrella Man Bermudez for 4 or 5 songs.... The audience was yelling
"sing something we know". I knew the songs and knew I may never see Frankie sing those Capeman songs again...
Finally, Graceland... with NYers going crazy on Diamonds on the Souls of her shoes, Graceland and You can call me Al. most of the audience didnt know songs like Cool Cool River and Proof or Father and Daughter, or even Duncan....
they wanted those Paul Simon..... and Art Garfunkel tunes so he finally teased them and gave the audience in this 2800 seater....
ART GARFUNKEL..... sound of silence, the boxer, old friends with Bookends.... and NO Mrs Robinson
what a night it was at the Beacon.... Lots of memories of concerts gone by... the sewer pit it used to be and how beautiful it really is...
Thank you Paul Simon once again for a night to remember....
