"Sam Cooke: Legend." A compelling story, well told, with very high production values and lots of rare archival footage.
Down from the Mountain. Directed by Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker (of Monterey Pop fame). Gordon
Yep! Forum member E-Rock mentioned it was called Rock and Roll. It was such an awesome documentary. It flawlessly connected the genres together. I kick myself knowing I let a friend of mine borrow, and I forgot to ask him to return it. I just found that some of it is on Youtube. Thank God! There's another documentary that's pretty good, and it's from the UK called All You Need Is Love: The Story Of Popular Music. I checked it out from Netflix a while back.
My apologies if this has been done already Just watched the docco johnny cash at Fulsom prison which It came as part of the legacy edition box set - loved it! what are some other must see music doccos?
My favorites (in order): Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) No Direction Home (Bob Dylan) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Wilco) Joy Division (2007) Anthology (The Beatles) classic albums: The Making of Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
A couple of great movies about Canuck bands: Anvil! The Story of Anvil: The American Movie of rockumentaries. Hilarious and moving by turns. Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage: The opposite of Anvil!, this made me reevaluate Rush and pushed me toward the record store to fill in some gaps in my collection. Others: Hype!: A fantastic doc about the rise and fall of the grunge scene, this is very well photographed and a great case study of the title subject and how it affects local scenes. Jandek on Corwood: A surprisingly engaging doc given that its subject is an artist about whom very little is known (and that it was the first effort by a novice filmmaking team). The Filth and The Fury: The story of The Sex Pistols in their own words, with tons of vital vintage footage.
The end-all, be-all music documentary for me is Heavy Metal Parking Lot. I've watched this slice of Americana at least 100 times in the last 20 years. 17 minutes of perfection...all those other music documentaries belong on the MOON!!!
Aw man, how could I forget this one? This also has some of the best subtitles ever: "PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST! PRIEST!"
Rising Low tells the phase of Gov't Mule's life, following the death of bassist Allen Woody, and how ALL of his bass heroes pay tribute to him, by playing with Warren and Matt, a film by bassist Mike Gordon of Phish.
The Allman Brothers Please Call Home is REQUIRED viewing for all Allman Brothers fans. Drive By Truckers' Secret To A Happy Ending is extremely well done, also necessary to their fans...
I agree with most of the titles already mentioned. I just discovered a DVD called Spokanarchy, about the music scene in Spokane, Washington in the 1970s and 1980s. I lived in eastern Washington for 27 years and had no idea much of this was going on at the time. Fascinating and sad, since the scene essentially died in the late 1980s due to hard drugs entering the picture. I'd also add the Ronnie Lane Passing Show documentary to the list.
As you can see, these have been in alphabetical order, because I went through my collection for you. Enjoy !
sorry for lack of exact titles, but.... The BBC Peter Green doc (on youtube...don't think it was released on DVD) The Roky Erickson doc "This One's Pink" - PFoyd Beyond Lighted Stage - Rush (I'm in the crowd!) The Devil and Daniel Johnston
