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The last time Art Garfunkel's name
was in the news, he was busy walking
across America, and before that he
was one half of a little singing duo
called Simon & Garfunkel.
Between his rock 'n' roll heyday
and his latest exercise regime,
Garfunkel, 58, who grew up in Forest
Hills, Queens, has also found the time
to start a family, pursue an acting
career, read 792 books and record 12
solo CDs.
On 8 p.m. Friday, June 25, as
part of the Ann Arbor
Summer Festival,
Garfunkel will appear
at the Power Center
to do what he loves
best — singing and
connecting with his
audiences.
Recently, the
Detroit Jewish News
spoke by phone with
Garfunkel in an inter-
view from his New
York apartment.

JN: So, what happened?
AG: A lot of other thingscompeted
for my attention as I got older. Fifties
rock 'n' roll. We latched on ro that
and it became more interesting.

JN: You're also very interested in lit-
erature. Any recommendations?
AG: I just finished Russell Banks'
Cloudsplitter. I highly recommend
this book. It's an amazing American
novel. I'm wild about Russell Banks.
I'm a plodding reader. I take my
time. The eyes
clump along. It's not
meant to be that
smooth between the
eyes and the brain.

JN: Have you con-
sidered writing a
book?
AG: I entertained
the idea of an auto-
biography, but I'm
too young. That's
pretentious. I think
it's for later. I have
things to say and I
believe I could be
articulate, so I could
warm to the job, but
it's tricky.

JN: Where are you
walking these days?
AG: I'm walking
Art Gaifitnkel: "I want to keep
across Europe. I do
singing and reaching people_ It
18-20 miles a day for
shouldn't be that hard to repeat
the Bridge Over Troubled Water'
a week's outing. Then
JN: Another job
experience.''
I come home feeling
you've seemed to
so healthy. In 1997, I
warm to is acting, including roles in
did the Ellis Island show. The video
Catch-22, Boxing Helena, and Carnal
of the show (Art Garfunkel — Across
Knowledge. Do you have any roles
America) incorporated my walking,
coming up?
cutting back and forth between the
AG: I'm actively looking, but a lot of
show and my walk.
acting work is found by hanging out. If
I were in L.A. for awhile, it might help.
JN: Did being at Ellis Island change
your outlook as an American Jew?
JN: Your 12th solo CD will be out
AG: My grandparents sailed into New
later this year. What genre will it fall
York Harbor at the turn of the centu-
under?
ry. They were from Romania and they
AG: I really want to break out of who
found a new life in America. They
I'm supposed to be. I want people to
started at the Lower East Side and did
say,
"Wow, that's Art Garfunkel?"
the classic migration from there to
Brooklyn to Queens.
— Amanda Krotki

JN: What was your religious
upbringing like?
AG: Middle of the road. There was
religion and certain traditions.

JN: Didn't you, at one point, want to
be a cantor?
AG: I sang in the synagogue as a kid
and I had my eye on the cantor's job.
Synagogues are great rooms to sing in.

Art Garfunkel performs 8 p.m.
Friday, June 25, at the Power
Center in Ann Arbor; $21-$30.
There will be a special afterglow
following the performance at
the Michigan League Garden,
across the street from the Power
Center; $25. (734) 764-2538.

