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Edie Brickell Was Warned Not to Date Her Husband Paul Simon
Edie Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians’ debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, which…
Edie Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians’ debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, which peaked at number four on the Billboard albums list in 1988.
She is married to musician and songwriter Paul Simon. The couple tied the knot on May 30, 1992 — making it her first marriage and Simon’s third.
The duo are together to date and as of 2024, they have been married for 32 years. They have three children together, Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel.
Though there have been various ups and downs in their relationship, including a domestic dispute that involved violence by both parties. Regardless, the duo have made it though, and are still married to date.
However, recently, Brickell revealed that she was warned about Simon and was told not to date him. Here is all we know about it.
Edie Brickell was warned not to date Paul Simon
Recently, the first part of the documentary about Simon’s life was released, titled, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon. It was released on March 17, 2024, where various parts of Simon’s life were discussed.
His wife, Brickell also talked about their relationship and revealed that she was warned not to date him, saying he was arrogant. “When I first started dating him somebody warned me, ‘Don’t date him, he’s arrogant,’” Brickell reminisced. “And I said, ‘How do you know? You don’t know him. It’s from the media.’”
Edie Brickell and her husband, Paul Simon. (Source: Instagram)
There were various misconceptions about Simon because of his split from his band, Simon & Garfunkel, with his childhood friend, Art Garfunkel. Brickell defended her husband and said, “In terms of Art Garfunkel, they made it seem like Paul victimized him.”
“As opposed to the truth being that the guy walked away to pursue a different kind of career. Everybody looked at it as, ‘Oh, Paul went off to do Paul,’ but that’s not what happened,” she pointed out.
Despite the public opinion of Simon, with many calling him arrogant, Brickell decided to look past all of it. So, even though she was warned not to date him, she dated him, and now, the pair have been married for over three decades.
Who is Paul Simon?
Simon is an American singer-songwriter best known for his solo work and collaborations with Garfunkel. He and his schoolmate Garfunkel, whom he met in 1953, rose to notoriety in the 1960s as Simon & Garfunkel.
Their folk-rock combination, which included classics like ‘The Sound of Silence,’ ‘Mrs. Robinson,’ ‘America,’ and ‘The Boxer,’ served as a soundtrack to the counterculture movement. Their final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), is among the best-selling of all time.
Simon’s solo work has included gospel, reggae, and soul. His albums Paul Simon (1972), There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973), and Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) retained him in the public spotlight and received critical praise, creating singles such as ‘Mother and Child Reunion,’ ‘Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,’ and ‘50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.’
Simon & Garfunkel reunited for multiple tours, including the 1981 Concert in Central Park. Simon’s most popular and praised album, Graceland, was released in 1986, and it had South African elements.
‘You Can Call Me Al’ became one of Simon’s most popular tracks. Graceland was followed by The Rhythm of the Saints (1990) and a second Concert in the Park in 1991, without Garfunkel, which drew half a million people.
Simon penned the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1988, which garnered terrible reviews. He recorded and toured far into the twenty-first century.
His subsequent albums, including You’re the One (2000), So Beautiful or So What (2011), and Stranger to Stranger (2016), exposed him to new audiences. Simon stopped performing in 2018; however, he continued to record songs.
The album Seven Psalms was released in May 2023.
Simon is one of the world’s best-selling music artists. He has twice been elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and has won sixteen Grammy Awards, including three for Album of the Year.
Two of his albums, Sounds of Silence and Graceland, were entered into the National Recording Registry for their cultural value, and in 2007, the Library of Congress named him the first winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He is also one of the co-founders of the Children’s Health Fund, a non-profit organization that offers medical services to children.