Rereading this post made me go poking around the Internet, where I came across this vintage video of Simon & Garfunkel performing “Richard Corey” live in 1966:
Two- (and three- and four-) part harmony is sadly underutilized in music today…
Tags: Get Off My Lawn, Music, Paul Simon, Richard Corey, Simon & Garfunkel
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Gotta agree with you about the under-utilization of harmony these days. I love the harmony groups of old, especially the doo-wop groups and folkies.
Sweet!
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