Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Sometimes a Song

"Bridge over Troubled Water"

Paul Simon

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Debra Esolen
Apr 01, 2023
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You won’t find me looking very far beyond the 1960’s in my selections here at Sometimes a Song, but that’s not to say —to borrow a line from Don McLean, if anyone remembers him — that I know the precise “day the music died.” I do know that this week’s songwriter, Paul Simon, was definitely keeping the music alive at least as late as the 1980’s, composi…

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