Just happened to notice that PBS TV's American Masters is doing an hour of Neil Young tomorrow night, featuring performances from his personal archive. Neil Young is probably the musician Kim and I most share as emblematic of our 60s-70s-and-beyond experience, and we will NOT miss this one. Warm up your Tivos for this one. In the meantime, see some perhaps rare 70s live footage of this Canadian gift to the world at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/neil-young/video-live-at-massey-hall-1971/1156/.
UPDATE 10 JUNE 2009: Disappointment. While some of the live interviews were a value-add and I enjoyed seeing old footage and hearing some of the old music, there was only one hour to cover Neil Young's expansive career, and whole chunks of it were never even mentioned. You could get the feeling that the production ran short of budget somewhere along the line and just tried to patch together whatever they had up to that point. One of the less masterful American Masters productions, imho; an artist of Young's caliber deserved better. Yet, if you are interested in his music, you will want to watch.
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