The Hello and welcome everyone to a very special episode of the So-Deeker podcast. Joining us today is quite simply one of the greatest

songwriters to ever draw breath. A 12-time Grammy winner and the first ever recipient of the

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. His astonishing career spans five decades,

throughout which he's produced work of quite staggering quality and consistency. On June 3rd, he releases his 13th studio album, to Stranger which will no doubt delight his

established fans not to mention garner him legioned more new ones we are thrilled

beyond words to welcome the truly legendary Paul Simon to the show.

We certainly are.

If there was a Mount Rushmore of songwriters,

it's safe to say Paul's likeness will be hewn into its rock.

His impact on popular music and influence on a whole generation of artists is simply inarguable.

So to have him talk to us for the podcast was a real dream come true and in person no less.

That's right. Paul was in London recently to talk about stranger to stranger and we were among the very privileged

view invited down to chat with him at his hotel in the capital.

I don't know about you but I expected something to touch more upmarket than the travelage.

Yeah maybe it was that99 breakfast he was after.

We joke of course. It was five-star all the way. I was trying to remember my introduction to Paul Simon

earlier and I think it was probably seeing the video to you can call me

owl on top of the pops when I was about seven yeah probably the same for me actually

yeah I recall my dad trying to explain to me that it wasn't actually Chevy Chase who

sang the song and I couldn't quite get my head around it. No it was it wasn't I'm afraid not.

If you're serious then everything I thought I knew was a lie. Sorry you had to find out this way it did.

Anyway you can hear the interview in just a few minutes, but first we'll struggle manfully to

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