And they put Hal Blaine’s drum kit in font of an elevator shaft to get just the right sound on “The Boxer”. No triggers, no auto tune…just instruments and ears.
Sherlock Holmes - Boxer (Holmes (Brett)) - Simon & Garfunkel -
streaming off my website
http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/hw/video/Sherlock-Holmes-Boxer-Simon-and-Garfunkel.htm
Very clever!
When I heard it as a high school freshman, I thought they recorded it in a prison cell block.
I was told that it was somebody putting lit M-80’s into a garbage can but it always seemed a bit too cute for me.