The Mamas And The Papas
May, 1967
In a lot of ways, Simon and Garfunkel are weirdies. In this day of Electric Prunes and Grateful Dead, for example, Simon (left) and Garfunkel use their real names. For another thing, they do their own material, their own way. They don't go in for freaky frills: no long hair, no way-out behavior, no odd clothes. In concert, they eschew theatrics in favor of a straight delivery based on a rapport built up over years of working together. Their LPs show a consistent pattern of growth that can't be b...