The Only Living Boy in New York: The songs of Paul Simon

Doors 7:30pm - Music - 8pm

Gary Stewart is a singer/songwriter from Perthshire, who cut his teeth performing on the Leeds music scene for 15 years, before moving to York where he currently resides. Stewart writes songs in the Folk/Pop vein and is influenced by the Folk Artists of the '60's and '70's. The Scottish Songsmith has released four Albums to date, his latest, 'Lost, Now Found',self-recorded, produced and released in June 2021. The debut single, 'Leopard' received steady A-List radio play on YO1 Radio, BBC Radio Scotland and Amazing Radio and last year another song from the Album, 'Tu Eres Mi Media Naranja', was played on Mark Radcliffe's Folk Show. The second single, 'Hot To Trot', features backing vocals from Rosie Doonan (Birdy/Peter Gabriel).When not performing his own music, the multi-instrumentalist busies himself fronting his own reworking of Paul Simon's Classic Album, 'Graceland', with a seven-piece band who have played many a Theatre and Festival, including Shrewsbury, Towersey, Costa Del Folk, Moonbeams and Underneath The Stars to name but a few. Gary cites Simon as his chief musical influence and grew up learning and performing the extensive canon of songs from this legendary New York singer/songwriter. Tonight expect to hear classic tunes like 'The Boxer', 'Mrs, Robinson', Me & Julio down By The Schoolyard', 'Kodachrome', 'Graceland', 'The Obvious Child' alongside lesser-known 'deep cuts', such as 'Song For The Asking', 'Duncan' and more.

'That's Pop with Pizzaz' - For Folks Sake

'Reminiscent of a 1960's bedsit-era Paul Simon' - Northern Sky

'Definitely onto a winner' - This Is Fake D.I.Y

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