The Brothers Four were in San Francisco recording when I first heard this song on the car radio. I had to pull over. For me it continues to be "that song." Both inspirational and aspirational. For more than 50 years it awakens something inside me when I sing it. It represents everything I aspire to be as a songwriter.
When the song was released in 1970 the Brothers Four and Simon and Garfunkel were both managed by Mort Lewis. Mort had been there for the recording of that song and he told us stories about the time, care, and challenges of making that record. As a 22 year old kid from Spokane to "share an office" with Paul Simon somehow made my connection to the song both more real and surreal.
