American Tune

==Live performances==

==Live performances==

"American Tune" became a concert favorite, both for Simon and in reunion concerts with Simon's former singing partner, [[Art Garfunkel]]. The song appears on several of Simon's solo live albums and on [[Simon and Garfunkel]]'s post-breakup live albums, most famously ''[[The Concert in Central Park]]''. A live version with a string quartet appeared on Simon's 1977 album ''[[Greatest Hits, Etc.]]'' Simon performed the song live on November 18, 2008, during the airing of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'',<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210692/november-18-2008/paul-simon-pt--1 Paul Simon on ''Colbert Report'']. Colbert Nation. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910055520/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210692/november-18-2008/paul-simon-pt--1 |date=September 10, 2009 }}</ref> and on September 11, 2015, to close out the last show of the first week of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3qVRTdaAI| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409195521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3qVRTdaAI&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-04-09 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In his surprise appearance at the 2022 [[Newport Folk Festival]], Simon introduced [[Rhiannon Giddens]] to sing the song, with lyrics adjusted to include the lines, "We didn't come here on the Mayflower / We came on a ship in a blood red moon". Giddens backed the song with banjo, while Simon accompanied on guitar. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=IZTWSJFuuAY | title=Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens "American Tune" Live at Newport Folk Festival, July 23, 2022 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=24 July 2022 }}</ref>

"American Tune" became a concert favorite, both for Simon and in reunion concerts with Simon's former singing partner, [[Art Garfunkel]]. The song appears on several of Simon's solo live albums and on [[Simon & Garfunkel]]'s post-breakup live albums, most famously ''[[The Concert in Central Park]]''. A live version with a string quartet appeared on Simon's 1977 album ''[[Greatest Hits, Etc.]]'' Simon performed the song live on November 18, 2008, during the airing of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'',<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210692/november-18-2008/paul-simon-pt--1 Paul Simon on ''Colbert Report'']. Colbert Nation. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910055520/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210692/november-18-2008/paul-simon-pt--1 |date=September 10, 2009 }}</ref> and on September 11, 2015, to close out the last show of the first week of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3qVRTdaAI| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409195521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3qVRTdaAI&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-04-09 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In his surprise appearance at the 2022 [[Newport Folk Festival]], Simon introduced [[Rhiannon Giddens]] to sing the song, with lyrics adjusted to include the lines, "We didn't come here on the Mayflower / We came on a ship in a blood red moon". Giddens backed the song with banjo, while Simon accompanied on guitar. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=IZTWSJFuuAY | title=Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens "American Tune" Live at Newport Folk Festival, July 23, 2022 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=24 July 2022 }}</ref>

==Cover versions==

==Cover versions==