Friday

The Sounds of Silence

Being in High School at the end of the 1960’s was an interesting experience. It was made especially so by the introduction of team teaching in the 7th grade. Add into that the fact that my English class was taught by a couple of interesting ladies who used Paul Simons lyrics as an example for their poetry classes. I think it was one of the first things I ever diagramed the basic parts of…

I was already a big fan of their songs. As a matter of fact, Simon and Garfunkel were the duo that I followed closer than any other group back at that time. I wasn’t a Beatles fan… I wasn’t into the Stones… I always leaned towards the storytellers. Come to think about it, I still do…

I first came across Simon and Garfunkel in the movie the “Graduate”. Just one of many films I grew up with… and saw way too many times as my father (and then I ) worked at he Loews State Theater in downtown Houston.