Songs from The Capeman is an album released in 1997 by Paul Simon. It contains Simon's own performances of songs from the Broadway musical he wrote and produced called The Capeman augmented by members of the original cast. A departure musically from his earlier work, the album features doo wop, rock 'n' roll and Puerto Rican rhythms. The play was a commercial flop, losing $11 million and the al...
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This CD just gets better and better everytime you listen. It is a story, a journey. Paul Simon did a remarkable job of reinventing himself again, venturing into the unusual, showcasing his brilliance.
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there's a sweet simplicity to this delicate blend of doo-wop choirs, Latino rhythms, jazz horns and acoustic instrumentation. Meanwhile, Simon's true-life gangsta tale should be viewed as an earthy flipside to Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.
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Wednesday nights I help John Amato out with his Late Nite Music Club over at Crooks And Liars. My pick tonight was "Trailways Bus" by Paul Simon, the hit from his 1997 release SONGS FROM THE CAPEMAN, a kind of sountrack for the play he wrote, The Capeman.My grandpa had died 3 decades before the song was released but when I heard it for the first time I felt like I was in his presence. He has al...
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