Partly, yes, because I admired his work with Elliott Smith and Beck. Interesting you mention Elliott Smith… is that why you chose Tom Rothrock to produce Division Street? Whereas the first album, I’d say was more Byrds-y… Sweetheart Of The Rodeo especially. Psychedelia with anger! It’s the same thing I hear in Flaming Lips today, the same thing I heard in Elliott Smith.

What I was trying to for with that song was… what I always liked about Love was their brand of psychedelia had kind of a menacing edge, it was a little bit mean. Actually the first song on the album, Veterans Parade, that did always kind of remind me of Love. Well both those bands have influenced me, certainly. It reminds us of Love in several places, and also at times of The Byrds… The new album is a more psychedelically-inclined offering than the first. And here’s what Harper had to tell us about it. Luckily, Division Street is a strong enough album not to need a back-story – however intriguing that back-story might have been! It also features an array of accomplished players that includes Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes) on bass, and Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions) on drums. And that, as Rudyard Kipling once put it, was that.Īh well, never mind. “I’m not comfortable answering any questions that relate to members of my family,” we were told bluntly at the start of the interview. Naturally, we wanted to know if this marked a conscious effort on Harper’s part to move away from his father’s musical stomping grounds whether the new direction was perhaps the sound of him finding his own voice. For where his 2009 debut Harper Simon, recorded in Nashville, was a mostly acoustic album that drew on US folk and country music in a manner that left the listener not at all surprised to learn that Harper’s father’s name is Paul, Division Street is a more electrified affair that flirts with psychedelia and alt-rock. In the staff at that time at SNL was John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Chevy Chase.As he prepares to release his second album, we catch up with Harper Simon, a singer-songwriter with an illustrious pedigreeĪnding in stores on March 25 will be Division Street, the second album from Harper Simon, and one that marks something of a change in direction for the 40-year-old, LA-based singer-songwriter. Paul Simons childhood house in Kew Gardens - (ca.2008)ĭon`t know the background of this letter from Paul to Lorne Michaels from January 24, 1977. Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, May 29! I knew that i had something in common with Paul: we both like bikes!!! Harper Simon at etown, and is joined by the etones, with Helen on backup vocals, Chris on acoustic bass and Nick on the pedal steel guitar. Harper Simon at etown, with Nick on mandolin. Harper Simon at etown, Nick and Harper Simon sit down for a chat. Paul in the New Orleans with members of the New Orleans Children Health Project. Harper and Carrie Fisher while writing The Shine, which by the way is a great song.

Private concert for Paul Simons family in Sri Lanka Paul Simon during his winter vacation in Sri Lanka 2006/07, with the band he was jamming with Paul Simon during his winter vacation in Sri Lanka 2006/07 Paul and Rita Moreno at the Capitol Grille?.no !!! at the Tito Puentes Restaurant NYĮdie after a recent concert. Paul and Edie in a restaurant during their vacations in Italy in 2004. Paul, what do you say? what's so funny? Edie and Harper are laughing. I ´stole´ this beautiful picture on the very good site The dreamer of music.sorry, i couldn't resist.Paul with a very ´gorgeous´ fan.eh eh eh, not exactly his type of woman. Paul, his wife Edie Brickell and some musicians from Tibet He was sitting on stage always next to Steve Gadd's drum and playing percussion during 'Mrs.

This picture was taken on the summer tour 2002, where Adrian was with his dad for the first 5 concerts. Adrian, Pauls first child with Edie Brickell.

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