No reason you should. I do, though. I was there, more or less, when it was written.<\/p>\n
Music Choice reminded me by playing “Red Rubber Ball” the other day on their Golden Oldies channel (1829, Verizon), and I said to myself, “Oh, yeah. ‘Red Rubber Ball.'”<\/p>\n
Which was composed by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley<\/a> in the bedroom of Barry Kornfeld’s apartment on Waverly Place in the Village.<\/p>\n Barry’s place was an unofficial hang-out or drop-in for whomever was around. Paul was a regular, Bruce not a regular but he was in town from Australia, or maybe London. I have no information about whatever conversation had to have happened which prompted them to pick up a guitar — Barry had a family of guitars sitting on stands in his living room — and seclude themselves in the bedroom.<\/p>\n It was sweet, really. A couple of times I strolled in for a moment and there they were, sitting on the edge of the bed, working it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No reason you should. I do, though. I was there, more or less, when it was written. Music Choice reminded me by playing “Red Rubber Ball” the other day on their Golden Oldies channel (1829, Verizon), and I said to … Continue reading