What in the world is going on.....

Wolf,
Different people have different aging.
My colleague is gigging musician in his 64 and his classical guitar skills are limited compared to decade ago. 
Steve Howe, all of a sudden, when he was 68 couldn't play a single note clean as he used to prior...

Inna,

In modern school of classical guitar the position of right wrist is free just like in jazz guitar. Check videos of Anna Vidovic or Emanuel Baruecco (who actually trained Anna). Also the clear genius of modern classical guitar is Rolan Dyens. He also keeps his right wrist free. Elevation of neck is to make right wrist perpendicular to the strings as one of the reasons.

Hey, anyways, thanks everyone for not comparing above mentioned musicians by wolf_ to Paul Simon after all.

Czarivey, I'll try Rolan, though I am not much into classical guitar. However, when someone plays real well I don't care about the style per se. Malmsteen has a great talent but he screwed up most of it. Some of his earlier neo-classical takes are very impressive.

Simon took a turn to Pablum Street when he went Afro-beat and won those undeserved Grammy's! Peter Gabriel did true African primal music with thought provoking lyrics on Security!  Awards?  Of course not...there for the accessible trendy hipster crowd...Simon blew his load early.

Graceland, even on chrome cassette (120 us), Dolby B in, that I found a mint-almost-unplayed copy of for $1 last week, sounds amazingly dynamic, warm, vocally musical, danceable & party-able. Good times.

And Dave: I agree that Peter early on included African forms in his music from the late 70’s through 80’s, albeit perhaps from a more progressive angle, but in so doing, he promoted awareness of rhythm and modern melodic content, influencing many musiciansingersongwriters, Paul included, to learn, share and collaborate.

Remember, there was Joni before Peter (Jungle Line), along with the Chambers Brothers (Time Has Come Today) and Grand Funk (Stop Looking Back). Others may identify additional examples.

Czarivey…read my previous post. First line. 

Less people would have been aware of African music without Simon's use of the African musicians like Ladysmith for clearly what were HIS songs, and remember that he also had the first U.S. commercial reggae hit with Mother and Child Reunion. He's also a great acoustic guitarist who learned a pile of stuff from the English masters like Bert Jansch in his early days. Graceland is considered by many musicians and others to be a masterpiece that's held up over time.