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17 Responses to “Paul Simon, First Gershwin Prize-Winner, Honored May 23”

1. Stephen Says:
   May 16th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

   i’m a huge fan of peter simon, i’m glad to see this happen.

2. André Harvey Says:
   June 26th, 2007 at 9:42 pm

   I just regret that I understand fifty percent of the poetry of Paul Simon. I’m a french canadian and the songs of Paul Simon help me to live, sing and play guitar. Be proud of this tree on the American soil.

3. J.P. Says:
   July 4th, 2007 at 3:03 pm

   HOW CAN I GET COPY OF DVD/VHS OF PAUL SIMON PEFORMANCE?

4. Matt Raymond Says:
   July 5th, 2007 at 11:38 am

   J.P., I am told that PBS doesn’t have any plans to offer the concert on VHS or DVD.

5. Sophie Salmon Says:
   July 12th, 2007 at 4:21 am

   Paul Simon definitely deserves to be the recipient of The Gershwin Prize for popular song. I don’t know his songs that much, but my dad really likes him. In fact, my dad always used to say that he was inspired by Paul Simon, which is why he tried to learn how to play the guitar. Moreover, Paul Simon is obviously a “musician with a heart”, as my father puts it. He has raised millions of dollars for worthy causes, always putting his talent to good use and giving what he can. I think he’s really a good role model that the youth can try to emulate.

6. JRG Says:
   July 15th, 2007 at 4:41 am

   Matt:

   The LOC Paul Simon event was absolutely wonderful. I so wish it was available on DVD. Does your “I am told” comment mean that there definitely won’t be a DVD or simply that that’s what you’ve heard so far?

   Thanks.

7. bryce Says:
   July 15th, 2007 at 8:31 pm

   will anyone be offering this as a dvd or atleast show it again it came on a 3 in the morning hwre i live and i missed it i love all of the perfomers and would love to see it again

8. bryce Says:
   July 15th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

   i mean i’m probably one of his youngest fans “i’m in my teens” and i mean i just loved what part of the performance i saw

9. Matt Raymond Says:
   July 16th, 2007 at 8:30 am

   JRG, to take myself out of the passive voice, “PBS told me” that there won’t be a VHS or DVD, so I guess that’s pretty definitive.

10. Sonya Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 8:12 am

    I particularly liked the finale with the Dixie Hummingbirds. It’s a shame that no DVDs will be offered for sale.

11. cut the red tape Says:
    September 21st, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    Wake up, LOC! Get this show packaged on DVD before Christmas. You’ll sell a ton of them!

12. Barbara Bacigalupi Says:
    December 2nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    I agree. I would buy several DVDs if they were available!

13. Jeanne Taylor Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 5:06 pm

    How in the heck can we get PBS to put out a DVD?

14. Matt Raymond Says:
    December 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am

    I am certain it is a matter of PBS’s needing to obtain a multitude of rights and permissions from all of those stars, which is why we did our best to publicize it in advance — i.e., to allow people to fire up their home recording devices for repeat viewings.

15. Joy Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    When will this be on TV again? I missed half of it and I want to record it

16. Joy Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    When will this be aired again?

17. Otto Elmer Says:
    September 15th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Where can I get a copy of the concert?

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