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June 1, 2001
10th Anniversary All For The Sea Concert Features Paul Simon

Legendary Rock Star Is Joined by Beach Boy Brian Wilson on July 23

Contact:
Darren Johnson
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

Southampton, NY ­ Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon will team with legendary Beach Boy co-founder Brian Wilson in the 10th Anniversary All For The Sea benefit concert on July 23 at Southampton College of Long Island University.

General admission tickets at $50 are now on sale on a cash-only basis at: Long Island Sound in Southampton (283-6683) and East Hampton (324-2660); the College Enrollment Services Office, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (287-8347); Lynne's Cards & Gifts in Westhampton Beach (288-1312), and Long Wharf Wines & Spirits in Sag Harbor (725-2400). Tickets are also available by phone through TicketMaster at 888-9000. For a special alumni ticket package at $90, call 631-287-8348.

A limited number of VIP tickets, starting at $350 each, provide reserved, front-row seating and parking and admission to a private, pre-concert party in a tent adjacent to the stage with food, wines and beer from the East End's finest restaurants and caterers. For VIP tickets, or to advertise in the concert journal, call 516-299-4196. Tickets are limited. The concert benefits Marine and Environmental programs at Southampton College.

Gates open at 5 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. rain or shine on the College's athletic field. No alcoholic beverages, coolers, bottles, cans, umbrellas, cameras or recording devices will be permitted. Audience members should bring a blanket or beach chair. Food and beverages will be available. No tickets will be sold at the gate. Call All For The Sea's concert hotline at 631-287-8375 or visit www.liu.edu/all4sea for further information.

Singer/songwriter Paul Simon, who has a residence in Montauk, will play in his own backyard at Southampton College with his 11-piece band, joined by one of rock's most deeply revered figures, the legendary Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys. Wilson will be accompanied by his four-member group, The Wondermints.

The concert comes hot on the heels of Simon's Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year for "You're The One" (recently certified gold), a primetime PBS special, his induction as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Simon was inducted earlier as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel) and being named the Musicares (the charity event of NARAS and the Grammies) 200l Person of the Year (at which Wilson performed "The Sounds of Silence"). The concert will include material that spans Simon's entire career.

"You're The One" recently received four stars in Rolling Stone, which cited the release as taking a "worthy place in Simon's esteemed body of work." "No one weds the conversational and cosmological, or acoustic pop and ethnological studies quite so gracefully," claimed Entertainment Weekly, while Time Magazine praised "You're The One" as "pure Simon and a reminder of what pop can be." Of a recent live show, The New York Times proclaimed the evening "full of translucent guitars and conversational vocals ­ its songs moving through ingenious accelerating tempos." And the Los Angeles Times said, "Paul Simon remains in championship form. A songwriter whose music offers a rare blend of sophistication and warmth, commentary and wit, optimism and warning."

Brian Wilson, whose new double CD, "Live At The Roxy," will be released in stores on June 19, was honored (with the Beach Boys) with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Grammy Award Ceremony. On July 4, TNT will broadcast an all-star tribute to Wilson, featuring David Crosby, Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Elton John, Ricky Martin, Carly Simon, Paul Simon (who performed "Surfer Girl"), Matthew Sweet and many others. Wilson is one of rock's most distinguished artists and influential pop composers. Beginning in 1962 as the co-founder and creative force behind the Beach Boys, Wilson was arranger, producer and co-writer of an incredible wave of hits including "California Girls," "Surfer Girl," "I Get Around," "In My Room," "Help Me Rhonda," and the never duplicated "pocket symphony" he called "Good Vibrations." Wilson's celebrated "Pet Sounds" is cited as one of the all-time great pop albums.

Simon's invitation to Wilson to join him at All For The Sea is a result of the rapport that developed between the two after the legendary songwriters exchanged honors at the Musicares and Brian Wilson Tributes.

In its 10th year and after 11 concerts, All For The Sea has become a Hamptons tradition that sells out faster each time. Last year's Jimmy Buffett performance was the quickest sellout in concert history. Buffett also broke the record with $1.2 million raised, benefiting students in Southampton College's marine and environmental science programs. All For The Sea has raised $4.8 million since its first concert in 1992. It was Buffett who began a string of consecutive sellouts with his 1996 All For The Sea show. Since then, artists James Taylor, Rod Stewart and Tom Petty have also sold out the popular venue.

Previous performers were Crosby, Stills & Nash (1992), Tina Turner (1993), Foreigner and the Doobie Brothers (1994), Tony Bennett (1995), the Allman Brothers (1996), Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band (1996), James Taylor (1997), Rod Stewart (1998), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1999) and Buffett again last year. The marine and environmental sciences programs at Southampton College are nationally acclaimed for their excellence and have produced 32 Fulbright Scholars in the past 25 years.