Article: Paul Simon: Thinks Too Much ... Vasquez, Levan: Paradise Glossed.(Arts&Entertainment)

Byline: NYO Staff

Paul Simon: Thinks Too Much

Paul Simon and Bob Dylan toured together a couple of summers ago as co-headliners. To emphasize their equal stature, they swapped the order they appeared on a nightly basis. When the tour arrived at Madison Square Garden that July, it happened that Mr. Dylan was opening for Mr. Simon.

Mr. Dylan played his usual tight, austere and gripping 90 minutes. Mr. Simon, who will be at the Beacon Theater for three nights in December, followed with a large-scale revue. He had perhaps a dozen musicians, including four percussionists and a three-man brass section, arrayed on risers behind him, all percolating ...

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