Simon & Garfunkel

Live 1969 (Columbia/Legacy)

Recorded but (until now) never released spin-off from the projected Bridge Over Troubled Water tour, these 59 minutes preview an upcoming LP that proved the factious duo’s last until 1982’s equally capsule-worthy The Concert in Central Park. “Bridge” bristles then breaches “The Sound of Silence,” crashing valiantly into “I Am a Rock,” after which Simon & Garfunkel coast it home having once again proved their enduring Everly-hood.

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This article appears in June 20 • 2008.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.