There are several railway stations in the North West of England that claim to be the place where a morose Paul Simon wrote his classic tune “Homeward Bound.” One of them even has a plaque to mark the event. Thousands of miles from home, and hundreds of miles from his girlfriend, Simon’s troubadour was touring the industrial North of England in the ’60s, performing in front of dozens of people in one-night stands. The highest hope would be that, after a night on the sofa of the person running the folk club, you might get a cooked breakfast before the cycle of travel on public transport resumed. Continue reading »