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6 unusual facts about Art Garfunkel


Bartlett, Tennessee

The Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center, also known as BPACC, was finished in 1999 where it held its first show by Art Garfunkel.

Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel, American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel

Laurie Bird

Bird was the still photographer on Cockfighter, and shot the cover photo for Art Garfunkel's 1977 album Watermark.

Loho Studios

Loho has recorded music for artists such as Ryan Adams, Blues Traveler, Rosanne Cash, The Heroine Sheiks, The Everly Brothers, Art Garfunkel, John Mayer, O.A.R., Lindsay Lohan, Joan Jett, Gina Gershon, Yo La Tengo, Billy Squier, Patti Smith, Phish, Joey Ramone and a host of many more, both mainstream and independent artists.

Stephen Caudel

Toured extensively (Britain, Germany and Japan) including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Markneukirchen Guitar Festival, Karuizawa Music Festival and 3 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Special Guest of Art Garfunkel.

He has met and worked with a wide range of established artists/musicians over the years including Louis Clark, Art Garfunkel, Stanley Myers and John Williams.


Aar Jani Na

The second song, "Mounomukharata", was inspired by the Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song "The Sound of Silence".

Loves Me Like a Rock

These vocals add a different texture to the song as compared to many of his previous solo recordings ("Mother and Child Reunion", "Kodachrome") and his duets with his frequent collaborator, Art Garfunkel, as the pop duo Simon & Garfunkel ("The Sounds of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson").

Miranda Grosvenor

As "Miranda," Walton engaged in late-night telephone conversations with such stars as Billy Joel, Warren Beatty, Bob Dylan, Buck Henry, Eric Clapton, Michael Apted, Bono, Mike Nichols, Vitas Gerulaitis, Ted Kennedy, Johnny Carson, Art Garfunkel, Peter Gabriel, Robert De Niro, Rush Limbaugh, and Richard Gere, telling them that she was a blonde Tulane University student, wealthy socialite, and international model.

Somebody's Waiting

The song, "The French Waltz" was later recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1981 album, Scissors Cut, which he made in tribute to his deaceased wife Laurie Bird.


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