Happy Birthday, Paul Simon
A follow-up to my tribute to the great American songwriter
Today is Paul Simon’s birthday—80 years old. Last week, I published this piece in The Bulwark, arguing that Simon is the foremost musical storyteller of American culture. (Yes, more so than Bob Dylan.) The genesis of that piece, well, is almost like the genesis of one of Paul Simon’s songs, which often sound like they came together through a lot of obse…