Twilight of the Gods

Even those who weren't yet born in 1968 know Hendrix, The Who, Floyd, the Beatles, Cream (pictured). But try to name five "modern" acts that have even approached that sort of immortality. Nirvana? Nirvana? Nirvana? Um . . . uh . . . Filmmaker Tony Palmer takes us back to...

By Clay McNear

September 13, 2007

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Even those who weren't yet born in 1968 know Hendrix, The Who, Floyd, the Beatles, Cream (pictured). But try to name five "modern" acts that have even approached that sort of immortality. Nirvana? Nirvana? Nirvana? Um . . . uh . . .

Filmmaker Tony Palmer takes us back to a time when gods walked the Earth with All My Loving, his ´68 time capsule featuring rare, previously unseen footage of ´60s rock deities at their peak.

Mon., Sept. 17, 9 p.m.

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