Graceland began as jam sessions in South Africa. The Johannesburg recordings changed how Paul Simon wrote songs, with new chord variations and the Bagithi Khumalo bass lines shaping vocal melodies in ways entirely new to him. “The Boy in the Bubble” was the starting point, and it began with a piano accordion. Forere Motloheloa, who […]
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