Paul Simon 2011 tour

something unusual happened Sunday night Nov 6 at the Paul Simon show in OKC. we got there early and noticed they were setting up some instruments (a couple of guitars, amps, electric piano, snare drum, etc) in the inside lobby next to the t-shirt tables. they were selling beer outside by the ticket booth and as i got one (side note: dont EVER buy ale made in OKC, it is NASTY!) i asked the girl what was going on inside. she said the Simon show was going to be delayed due to some type of technical problems, so he was going to do a few songs in the lobby to kill some time before the stage show started. we went over to the coffee shop and i somehow downed my beer, and then mosied back to the doors which were open and most people were heading to their regular seats. there were a few people hanging around where the instruments were set up, so we decided to hang out there and see if it was gonna happen. well about 7:45 (show was supposed to start at 7:30, we noticed people pouring back out of the auditorium and filling up all the stairways and access areas back out around and above where we were situated, and lo and behold, here comes Simon and his band and the openers, the Punch Brothers (a NYC new bluegrass group) he apologized for the delay and said they were going to play a few songs not in tonights program. there was a guy and his girlfriend in front of my wife and me, so i was the 4th person back from the rope, so they played Me and Julio, Mrs Robinson, the Boxer, and Cecilia. the guy was about 8 feet away right in front of me!
anyway, it was way cool. and then they left, we took our seats and then we enjoyed the full show with 3 encores!!!!!!!!

Paul Simon
6 Nov 2011
OKC

Lobby Acoustic Set
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
The Boxer
Mrs. Robinson
Cecilia

Stage performance after 1hr Technical delay
The Boy in the Bubble
Dazzling Blue
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
So Beautiful or So What
Mother and Child Reunion
That Was Your Mother
Hearts and Bones
Mystery Train
Wheels
Slip Slidin´ Away
Rewrite
Peace Like a River
The Obvious Child
The Only Living Boy in New York
Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Gumboots

Encore:
The Sound of Silence
Kodachrome
Gone at Last
Here Comes the Sun
Crazy Love, Vol. II
Late in the Evening

Encore 2:
Graceland
Pretty Thing
Still Crazy After All These Years

The band (not all members are present at all shows)
Vincent Nguini – Guitar
Bakithi Kumalo – Bass
Mark Stewart – Guitars, Cello, Saxophone, selfmade instruments
Tony Cedras – Accordeon, Keyboard, Guitars
Andy Snitzer – Saxophone, Synthesizer
Jamey Haddad – Percussion
Mick Rossi – Piano, Percussion
Jim Oblon – Drums, Guitars

Paul Simon and band performing in the Lobby at the OKC Civic Centre Oklahoma. It appears the soundboard was out so he played in the lobby!

http://youtu.be/sA6Imt8z1tc

http://youtu.be/YV_fX7YSV2s

“The Boxer extended’ in the Lobby. The first time he ever included Artie’s instrumental bit AND the ommited verse!

http://www.youtube.com/user/sheasyweezy#p/a/u/0/nTfc3-Cxr7k