Backstage Pass, Paul Simon, Graceland Concert, After Show, 1986, Cloth

• Vintage Backstage Pass, Paul Simon Graceland Concert Tour 1986, After Show Pass, Music Memorabilia, Music Collectibles.
  
• Vintage: 1986
• Details:  This is a Guaranteed Authentic Paul Simon After Show Cloth* Backstage Pass for the 1986 Graceland Concert Tour.  This pass was found at the OTTO warehouse and they are very uncommon. It is in Pristine Condition, highly suitable for framing.  This was a culturally significant concert and a great part of music history, Paul believed the music would bring whites and blacks together in racial unity.  The concert was a first for Simon with the twenty-four-member group of black South African singers and musicians who had never performed in a concert.  They had very little rehearsal, the music was new in the USA, and they were all playing together onstage for the very first time.  They performed at Radio City Music Hall for five completely sold out concerts.  The South African songs and his beloved mbaqanga, the swinging Soweto sound he loved, was loved by the audience as well.  Graceland was the seventh studio album recorded by Paul Simon as a solo artist, produced by Paul Simon and released on August 25, 1986.  This album became Simon's most successful studio album, Graceland won the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.  It is estimated to have sold 16 million copies worldwide.  
• Materials: *Thin Synthetic Cloth with Sticky Backside
• Dimensions:  3.25 Length and 4.75 inches Wide.  
• Condition:  Vintage Original Old Stock, (NOS).  Pristine Condition

Paul Simon became famous as part of a duet called "Simon and Garfunkel".  Alongside singer Art Garfunkel, whom he met in Queen, NY in 1953, they became one of the bestselling music groups of the 1960s.  They had several memorable hits but had a rocky relationship and eventually split up in 1970.  Paul Simon has had a distinguished career both with Garfunkel and on his own.  He has received many awards including 12 Grammys.  He is in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist.   He was invited to perform in South Africa by Nelson Mandela and was the first American artist to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.