“Hearts And Bones” by Paul Simon

Paul Simon wrote "Hearts and Bones" alone, and the title song of his 1983 album is the one that speaks most directly to his relationship with the actress Carrie Fisher. That closeness changed the whole project. After the 1981 Concert in Central Park, the record was shaping up as Think Too Much, a fresh Simon & Garfunkel album with Art Garfunkel in the studio, until Simon decided it was too personal to share. Garfunkel, badly annoyed, walked out, his vocals were wiped, and Warner Bros. got Simon's sixth solo album instead, retitled at the urging of label boss Mo Ostin. There would never be another Simon & Garfunkel record.

Simon plays acoustic guitar, with Steve Gadd on drums, Anthony Jackson on acoustic bass guitar, Richard Tee on Rhodes piano, Dean Parks on guitar, Mike Mainieri on marimba and vibraphone and Airto Moreira on percussion. Roy Halee engineered and mixed.

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