Band/artist documentaries.


These types of films may not be for everyone, but I’ve been on a viewing kick recently and encourage your recommendations for all to enjoy. It’s been interesting to see the stories of the various subjects and get some great insights, stories, and entertaining anecdotes firsthand. Listed below are a few I’ve seen and can recommend. Please follow suit with yours - and enjoy!

Music from the inside out

The Last Waltz (of course)

Lost Angel (Judee Sill)

Sound City

Neil Young - Journeys

David Crosby - Remember my name

Linda Ronstadt - The sound of my voice

Rumble

Once Were Brothers (The Band)

Muscle Shoals

The Wrecking Crew

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Seymour: An Introduction

YMMV, but having a full blown home theater set up with a 9 foot projection screen sure does enhance the experience...

 

 

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@yogiboy: I got myself two copies of the Songs Our Daddy Taught Us LP back in the 80’s, but they were reissues on Ace Records (a great UK label) and Rhino. The original is hard to find in good condition, and for years has been in my "Look for" notebook I take with me when I’m out hunting down records. I’m a patient kind of guy, so one day I’ll find a copy.

I buy every good condition original pressing Everly Brothers LP I find, and currently have 29 in my collection (5 on CD). That includes the pair of albums they did in the 80’s with Dave Edmunds producing. Lately I’ve found a few of the brothers solo albums on LP as well. Love The Everly Brothers to death! By far my favorite of the original 1950’s Rock ’n’ Roll acts. Speaking of Edmunds, posted below is a video of "Here Comes The Weekend", a song co-written by Dave and Nick Lowe and found on Dave's "perfect" album Get It. The song is obviously modeled on the EV Brothers, with Dave singing both vocal parts.

I like Norah Jones, and don’t mind Green Day, but I’ve not been terribly motivated to give Foreverly a listen. How is it?

 

Has everyone heard the story about Scorsese electronically removing the clump of white powder that was clearly visible in Neil Young’s nostril in The Last Waltz? In an interview with one of the performers, the artist said there was a table behind the Winterland stage, on top of which was a giant mountain of cocaine. Robbie Robertson looks kinda wired throughout the film.

 

https://youtu.be/nlbdmR0HETk?si=rWQIYGGjJ9jfJUry

 

 

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 @bdp24 I forgot to mention that about ten years ago I bought a limited edition of 1500  in mono of the original cadence recording .Outstanding!

 Robbie Robertson looks kinda wired throughout the film.

"Kinda wired"?   @bdp24 , the whole time he is introducing Neil Young before Helpless he is sniffling and snuffling!  He looks lit up when he is playing with Clapton!

On edit6:  I am pretty sure I remember in Once Were Brothers Hawkins talking about a cocaine buy that was made prior to the concert and I am thinking he said that in his opinion it wasn't very good coke.  But they all looked like they were doing okay to me.

" [. . .] it’s such a fine  line, I hate to see it go [. . .]"  from Cocaine/Jackson Browne/Running On Empty/Electra Asylum 1977/"Recorded in room 124 at the Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois-8/17/77."  (I presume he was performong at MRF Edwardsville.)

@wharfy , when I read your post I thought maybe it was this performance that you were alluding to

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and I was going to say I kind of liked Nicks husky sound which I was thinking may have been attributed to the use of some cocaine, but I do see where this performance was from ’76, so I guess not.

How about Linda Ronstadt, the Simple Dreams album?  I always thought (and still think) that Linda’s voice had a nasal (but not objectionable quality) to it.

And Eric Clapton/Slowhand?  When he recorded that one his voice was definitely suffering from what I am thinking were certain excesses.  Cigarettes and what have you.