Austin City Limits
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:19 pm
I`ve liked LC`s music since I first heard it on LP many years ago (Songs of Love And Hate) I listen to a lot of music and over the years, I really hadn`t paid much attention to his "new" stuff (circa 1980`s and later).
I guess I`m like a lot of people who see that ACL broadcast and get BLOWN AWAY. I`ve taped it and shown it to literally dozens of house guests and the response is almost always the same: WHO is this amazing artist and WHERE can I get a proper DVD of that performance. To which I must reply that the questioner tape it off PBS themselves.
Several months ago, I contacted the people at PBS and Austin City Limits. They have no rights to the show as far as producing a DVD goes. Leonard`s mgmt. gave me no reply. Perla Batella and Julie Christenson gave me no reply from their respective web sites (hah! a long shot I know) This performance is like the entry drug for neophyte LC fans. DVD is the way to reach a massive audience that hasn`t been exposed to his art.
Frustrating as all get out. Of course, I want a copy myself... it`s a transcendent performance. I understand that he did two for ACL within a short period of time. THey could be combinded I suppose.
But noone seems all that interested. It`s probably a rights/legal issue that is unresolvable for some reason. In my humble opinion, it should be preserved for posterity. I don`t want to read about how the master tape got damaged and that it is gone forever.
Robert J Dewar
I guess I`m like a lot of people who see that ACL broadcast and get BLOWN AWAY. I`ve taped it and shown it to literally dozens of house guests and the response is almost always the same: WHO is this amazing artist and WHERE can I get a proper DVD of that performance. To which I must reply that the questioner tape it off PBS themselves.
Several months ago, I contacted the people at PBS and Austin City Limits. They have no rights to the show as far as producing a DVD goes. Leonard`s mgmt. gave me no reply. Perla Batella and Julie Christenson gave me no reply from their respective web sites (hah! a long shot I know) This performance is like the entry drug for neophyte LC fans. DVD is the way to reach a massive audience that hasn`t been exposed to his art.
Frustrating as all get out. Of course, I want a copy myself... it`s a transcendent performance. I understand that he did two for ACL within a short period of time. THey could be combinded I suppose.
But noone seems all that interested. It`s probably a rights/legal issue that is unresolvable for some reason. In my humble opinion, it should be preserved for posterity. I don`t want to read about how the master tape got damaged and that it is gone forever.
Robert J Dewar