Art Garfunkel Jr. on the Great Lawn – 45 years after the legendary concert by Simon & Garfunkel
There are places that are inextricably linked to special moments in music history. On September 19, 1981, the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park was the setting for such an event: more than 500,000 people came to experience Simon & Garfunkel live at their legendary free concert. For Art Garfunkel, this evening was a special return to the stage with Paul Simon after years of separate paths. The concert was later released as "The Concert in Central Park" and remains one of their best-known joint performances to this day.
45 years later, Art Garfunkel Jr.'s path leads him to this exact location. The sprawling Great Lawn lies in the middle of New York – that city closely connected with the Garfunkel family and where Art Garfunkel Jr. grew up. New York is an important part of his own history and his memories of childhood and youth. The city also shaped the early years of his father, Art Garfunkel, thus belonging to a piece of family history connecting both generations.
The fact that Art Garfunkel Jr. stands in this place exactly 45 years after his father's legendary concert shows his deep connection to the city of his childhood, his father's musical legacy, and his father, Art Garfunkel. The Great Lawn thus connects a special moment from his father's musical history with the personal history of Art Garfunkel Jr.
The location recalls an evening that holds a special place in Art Garfunkel's musical career – and 45 years later, it simultaneously stands for the connection between father and son and for the shared history with New York.
