At one point, Paul Simon urged John Simon to follow his muse to be a singer-songwriter in his own right. Consequently, in the early Seventies, he recorded two albums for Warner Brothers, "John Simon’s Album" and "Journey". Then, fifteen years later, saw the first of four albums for labels in Japan, the first of which, "Out On The Street", was released in the U.S. by Vanguard. Simon and his wife, C.C. Loveheart, wrote and performed a cabaret act called "Alone Together For The First Time Again" and, more recently, co-authored a popular play, "Jackass Flats", which had its professional premiere in June 2011. A self-described "compulsive musician", Simon continues to be active. These days he performs his own material in concerts on rare occasions, but plays piano weekly with his jazz trio in his hometown near Woodstock, NY.