The second question posed by my biggest fan was in regard to my ONE favorite Simon & Garfunkel song.

This is the kind of question I’m not very good at answering. It’s easy enough for me to pick my favorite artist, but to then narrow down an all-time-favorite song is a challenge. There are so many. Anyway, here goes:

I guess my ONE favorite Simon & Garfunkel song would have to be…

Nope, I can’t do it. I don’t have a ONE favorite.

I will say that one that I keep coming back to is Overs from their Bookends album. It’s not one of their better known songs, and I guess that’s one reason I like it so much. I also love it because it shows Paul’s early experimenting with a more jazz-like style, using very jazzy chords, and a much looser song structure than commonly seen in the folk tradition. It also has a beautiful finger picking guitar line that I absolutely love. It’s one that I play almost every time I pick up a guitar.

Here’s a video clip of the young duo shortly after the song was written. You might have to close your eyes to really appreciate the song because it’s easy to be distracted by Arty’s ridiculous mustache, or just how young they both look.