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Simon, Garfunkel said he is happy to
)jng their classic songs.
This year also marks the 10th
anniversary of his marriage to actress
and model Kim Cermak. "We met in
1985, fell in love, and married in
1988," said Garfunkel.
He first saw Cermak in a photo-
graph sent to him by a friend who
knew her, and who thought she and
Garfunkel could hit it off. Said
Z;arfunkel, "Any other time, I would
have thought, 'You shouldn't date a
fan. She will have an inflated image of
me as a star that will lead to misun-
derstandings.' [But] I was in the mood
to act uncharacteristically. I agreed to
meet her."
Garfunkel was not intimidated by
the couple's age gap. "The immature
44-year-old man I was then and the
emotionally strong 27-year-old
woman were a natural match. The gap
between us is very little," said
Garfunkel. "I felt like my heart was
being invaded from the underside. She
grew on me very rapidly."
The singer has just returned from a
British and European tour. While in
the United Kingdom, he launched his
Walk Across Europe by completing a
/-
'Walk Across Ireland.
Like the walk he did across America
in the 1980s, this one will be taken in
stages with breaks in between. Within
six years, he plans to walk from
London to Istanbul.
Garfunkel also wanted to take
advantage of his U.K. tour to create a
new book, but said he has put his long
awaited autobiography on hold — for
the moment.
Garfunkel began his walk across
America in 1984, documenting his
thoughts and feelings in his sole trav-
eling companion — his journal. He
crossed America on foot in 40 install-
ments — his destination was the
mouth of the Columbia River at the
Pacific Ocean.
To commemorate his walk,
Garfunkel recorded an albtim in 1996
in the Registry Hall of Ellis Island, the
place where generations of immigrants
from all over the world, including
members of Garfunkel's own family,
began their own journeys across
America. The result of his 12-year
journey was the Art Garfunkel —
Across America album, which included
/— duets with his then-6 year old son
James and Kim, and a duet with long-
time friend James Taylor.
There is a moment in "Art
Garfunkel — Across America," a one-
hour concert special broadcast on the
Dry-aged Steaks,
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A Dynamic Duo
Can't wait for Art Garfunkel to
finish his autobiography? You
might want to check out the most
recent tome on one of music's
greatest duos, Simon es' Garfunkel:
The Biography, by Victoria
Kingston (Fromm International;
$25). The biography contains tid-
bits about the Jewish background
of the boys from Queens:
"In autumn '54 they turned 13,
a significant age km' a Jewish boy
and marked by the bar mitzvah. ...
"Art didn't enjoy being the bar
mitzvah boy. 'I was acutely uncom-
fortable being the center of atten-
tion, but I did like the singing part.
I was even the cantor at my own
service.' He also sang in the High
Holiday choir, which gave him his
early training in harmony and
breath control.
"Paul, on the other hand, didn't
participate much in the religious
life of the community 'My father
didn't buy any of it,' he recalls. 'But
my mother came from a religious
house. So every year she'd go to
synagogue and come home and
wail, "I'm the only one sitting
alone."
Disney Channel in autumn of 1996,
in which Garfunkel quotes Sol
Linowitz, the first Jewish U.S. ambas-
sador to the Organization of American
States: "Those of us for whom the
extraordinary promise of the U.S. has
become a reality are obliged to find
suitable forms to express their grati-
tude."
What can audiences expect at
Meadow Brook? Garfunkel said he is
just about ready for anything, includ-
ing the excruciatingly difficult high
notes that finish off his trademark
"Bridge Over Troubled Waters."
"That's a gutsy note," said
Garfunkel. "Singing it is a very special
moment and it is a scary moment. A
lesser man would not put that note in
his repertoire. But I want to struggle. I
want to be scared. I want to not be
sure I can do this, and that's what I'm
all about. Not Paul Simon, or any of
the other stuff. That note is a key to
understanding who I am." 0
Art Garfunkel performs at
Meadowbrook Music Festival at 8
p.m. Thursday, July 23.
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