Lefty is the seventh solo studio album by American singer Art Garfunkel, released in 1988. The album features three songs by singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop.[1] The album's cover photo shows a pre-teen Art Garfunkel holding a baseball bat in the front yard of his childhood home in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York City. It was taken by his brother Jules.[1] The album title came from the fact that Garfunkel is left-handed, which the picture established.[1]
The album failed to make the Top 100 in the US (charting at 134) and hit the bottom half of the UK Top 100. Despite this, it yielded three minor hit singles.
The liner notes of the album contain a brief prose text Garfunkel had written in memory of his partner Laurie Bird who had committed suicide in 1979. The album marked a new beginning in Garfunkel's professional life after becoming somewhat of a recluse following the tragedy.[1]
^ abcdRuhlmann, William. "Lefty". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^Tucker, Ken (31 March 1988). "Second from O'Kanes; jazzman reworks pop hits; a Chopin sonata". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com .
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