We’ll write more later about the preternatural Paul Simon and his (and his phenomenal 9-piece band’s) powerful show at the Santa Barbara Bowl last night.  We can tell you (based on a straw poll) that the highlight for many was Simon’s acoustic covering of George Harrison’s, Here Comes the Sun. It was pitch and picture perfect.  At the end of the song, Simon looked to the heavens and voiced thanks to George (Harrison).

Check out last night’s rendering of Here Comes the Sun below (courtesy of Tad Wagner), followed by the show’s setlist.  Other massive highlights for us were Sounds of Silence, Peace Like A River, Hearts and Bones, and The Only Living Boy in New York.

Paul Simon–Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison cover)

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Photos by Lefort

Setlist:

1. The Boy in the Bubble
2. Dazzling Blue
3. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
4. So Beautiful or So What
5. Mother and Child Reunion
6. That Was Your Mother
7. Hearts and Bones
8. Mystery Train
   (Junior Parker/Elvis cover) (segued into “Wheels”)
9. Wheels
   (Chet Atkins cover)
10. Slip Slidin’ Away
11. Rewrite
12. Peace Like a River
13. The Obvious Child
14. The Only Living Boy in New York
    (Simon & Garfunkel song)
15. Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
16. My Little Town
17. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
18. Gumboots
19. Encore:
20. The Sound of Silence
21. Kodachrome
22. Gone at Last
23. Here Comes the Sun
24. Crazy Love, Vol. II
25. Late in the Evening
26. Encore 2:
27. Graceland
28. Pretty Thing
    (Bo Diddley cover) (Sung by Jim Oblon (drummer)
29. Still Crazy After All These Years