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Other musical discoveries
came after he teamed up with
Paul Simon, a grade school pal in
New York. Throughout junior
high and high school, they per-
formed in talent shows and made
demos, eventually landing a
record contract. Their first
recording, "Hey, Schoolgirl,” was
released in 1957.
The duo's success took off in
1962, and their spin of popular
recordings and concerts whirled
them into 1970, when they began
going their separate ways.
With two decades of mostly in-
dependent ventures, which in-
cluded Mr. Garfunkel's renditions
of "Two Sleepy People" for the
movieA League of Their Own and
the theme song for the television
series "Brookly-n Bridge," the two
were inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
"I feel there are songs in me,
but there must be a block because
I can't get them out even if I
shake my sleeves," joked Mr. Gar-
funkel, who in the '80s wrote a
book of prose poems, Still Water.
While his travels for work have
taken him across many water-
ways, Mr. Garfunkel has moved
on to the land for his own style of
recreational travel, using an itin-
erary that takes him on a walk-
ing tour from the East Coast to
the West Coast of the United
States.
"I hatched the idea back in the
'80s, when "I visited Japan for the
first time," said Mr. Garfunkel,
the son of a traveling salesman.
"I checked whatever baggage
I had into a little hotel and began
to walk through the rice fields
across the country and found that
it was all quite feasible. When
the sun went down, there always
was some inn or place to stay.
"In the late '80s, I began a walk
across America. I left my apart-
ment in New York City and
walked eight days across New
Jersey, trekking about six hours
a day on the smallest country
road I could find that was going
west and then staying at motels
at night.
"I came back to New York af-
ter the week and found another
chance a month later. I picked
up on the exact spot on the road
where I left off and carried it for-
ward. Since then, there have
been about 20 different trips. Pm
now in Montana about to cross
into Idaho."
Mrs. Garfunkel, whose intro-
duction to her husband was
through a photographer who had
worked with both of them and
thought they shared some com-
mon interests, has joined her hus-
band on parts of the trip, taking
in the sights of West Virginia and
some of the Midwest.
His route went south of Michi-
gan into Kentucky and around
Illinois.
In addition to appreciating the
lessons in sociology, rural archi-
tecture and the topography of the
land he believes he gains through
these walks, Mr. Garfunkel en-
joys riding motorcycles, reading
fiction and nonfiction, skiing,
playing tennis and rooting for the
Philadelphia Phillies.
"I used to be very intense, but
intensity and perfectionism can
be a pain to others," he com-
mented. "There's no sense in be-
ing right if the other party doesn't
care and doesn't like you for it. In
order to be a realist and work in
this world, I really had to soften
a bit.
"I have a wonderful marriage
and a 3-year-old son, the first
child in my life. Being happily
married and being loved daily for
the last five years has really
cooled me out."
Maple/Drake
Fairy Tale
Hansel and Gretel for children will
be staged at the Aaron DeRoy
Theatre at the Maple/Drake Jew-
ish Community Center Aug. 3 and
10 at 7:30 p.m. It is geared for chil-
dren 2-10 years.
Tickets can be purchased at
the JCC box office; for informa-
tion, call the Cultural Arts de-
partment, 661-1011.
Yiddish Concert
In The Park
The annual Yiddish Concert in
the Park will get an updated
sound this year with a perfor-
mance by the Klezmer Fusion
Band. It will be held July 31 at 7
p.m. in Shepherd Park in Oak
Park, at Church and Northfield.
The concert is free.
Concert goers are encouraged
to bring chairs and sunshade.
Acoustic Music
Conceit Set
Pianist Pierre Fracalanza will ap-
pear in concert at Macomb Cen-
ter for the Performing Arts July
31 at 4 p.m.
Mr. Fracalanza will present a
musical event combining state-
of-the-art acoustic and electron-
ic musical instruments including
the Yamaha Disklavier and
Yamaha MIDI Grand Acoustic
Pianos. He will show how new
technology involving music and
computers has reached the world
of acoustic pianos.
This hour-long program will
feature music for all ages includ-
Tickets can be purchased'
through the Macomb Center box
office, (810) 286-2222.
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