Hardy man

ART GARFUNKEL: ANGEL CLARE [ESP 1984] LP/RE ART GARFUNKEL: ANGEL CLARE [ESP 1984] LP/RE Art Garfunkel   "Angel Clare"  LP (CBS)  1984  made in Spain cat. num.  S 32076 #folk rock  #soft rock  #simon&garfunkel   A1 Travelling Boy 5:00 A2 Down In The Willow Garden 4:03 A3 I Shall Sing 3:36 A4 Old Man 3:24 A5 Feuilles-Oh / Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls On Their Way To The Moon? 3:09 B1 All I Know 3:46 B2 Mary Was An Only Child 3:28 B3 Woyaya 3:18 B4 Barbara Allen 5:25 B5 Another Lullaby 3:32   Garfunkel  (he was billed without his first name here) had a lot riding on his debut solo album, and  Angel Clare, named after a character in  Thomas Hardy 's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, lived up to the heightened expectations for the man who had sung "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and other  Simon & Garfunkel  favorites.  Garfunkel  took no chances, issuing as the first single  Jimmy Webb 's "All I Know," which was arranged in a similar style to "Bridge" and made the Top Ten. Elsewhere on the record,  Garfunkel  took a more spirited approach, notably on a version of  Van Morrison 's "I Shall Sing" that was reminiscent of  Simon & Garfunkel 's "Cecilia" and made the Top 40. Certainly, there was enough firepower on the record, which featured guitarists  Jerry Garcia  and  J.J. Cale. But much of it was filled with stately, orchestra-laden ballads, sung by  Garfunkel  in his naïve, breathy tenor. If  Simon & Garfunkel  had been the thinking man's  Everly Brothers,  Garfunkel  alone turned out to be the thinking man's  Johnny Mathis.