David Bowie's Haunting Cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" at the Concert for New York City Is Essential Viewing

David Bowie's Haunting Cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" at the Concert for New York City Is Essential Viewing

David Bowie opened the 2001 Concert for New York City alone on stage with an Omnichord he’d gone to a music store to buy specifically for the occasion, performing Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” as the night’s first song, and the choice was an act of quiet, profound grace. Where other performers used the televised charity […] The post David Bowie’s Haunting Cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” at the Concert for New York City Is Essential Viewin…