Music: Bob Dylan and Paul Simon In Concert

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Bob Dylan took the stage first in his joint outing with Paul Simon at Jones Beach Theater in New York on July 31, and he put on a show that was hard to follow. Dylan's voice, as it has been for some years, was like a ragged flag blowin' in the wind, but his spirit was strong, and his guitar playing commanding. Simon accompanied him for a few duets, including a bulked-up The Sound of Silence. But by the time Simon began his solo set, it was all anticlimax. He put on a fair performance, but he was in the presence of an eclipsing talent. Now Simon must know how Art Garfunkel felt all those years.

--By Christopher John Farley