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What are some good music docs on cable and/or Netflix?

Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:27 am
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:27 am
I recently watched Quiet Riot: Frankie Banali Story again and it gets a little better each time. I am looking for some new ones to watch -- especially on hard rock.

I hear Keith Richards's new one is decent (but meh...enough of him). The Amy Winehouse doc sounds intriguing.

What else ya got?

Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39287 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:30 am to
The Rush documentary was great. That and Pearl Jam 20 were both on Netflix. Both are worth watching if they're still on there.
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:35 am to
Kurt and Courtney
Soaked in Bleach
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:40 am to
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4658 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:47 am to
Such Hawks Such Hounds (it's on youtube).
Beware of Mr. Baker
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 9:54 am to
Finally... I've been waiting for someone to start a music doc thread, so this one can be retired (the OP would never come back to change the thread title)

Anyway I've got a thousand YouTube links I can post over the next few years, if you'll just change the title of this thread by taking off the "on cable and/or Netflix"

We can start in... Where else?:

Walking To New Orleans (1985)

Very rare doc (never on DVD) hosted by Jools Holland of the band Squeeze (and later host of his own talk show on British TV). Shot on location in LA and featuring appearances by Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint, Dr John, The Neville Brothers, and Johnnie Allan (singing "Promised Land").
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66402 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 10:10 am to
History of the Eagles

Posted by Large Farva
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2013
8330 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:22 am to
If you like The Grateful Dead, there's a good one about Bob Weir. I can't remember the name.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:51 am to
quote:

especially on hard rock


Jason Becker - Not Dead Yet
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:58 am to
Netflix:
Rush
Beware Mr Baker
Soaked in Bleach
Muscle Shoals
The Wrecking Crew
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:08 pm to
Searching For Sugar Man (streaming free on dailymotion.cfom)

Summary:

Though he faded into obscurity in the U.S., an early '70s musician known as Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumored to have died. Two obsessed fans set out to learn the man's true fate.

This one won an Academy Award for Best Documentary IIRC
Posted by purpgoldblood
stick
Member since Oct 2005
1148 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 1:39 pm to
Netflix has a doc on Bob Marley that is really solid, especially the beginning of the doc which focuses on creation of the Wailers. Has great interview footage of Bob, Bunny Wailer, Lee Perry, etc.

Also the one on Levon Helm is worth watching. It's a little like the Keith Richards one in that it focuses on him when he's older, in the year just prior to his death, as opposed to a comprehensive look at his career with the Band- but it's still entertaining.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66402 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 1:44 pm to
watch the story about the bay city rollers and how they got fricked out of all of their money.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 3:25 pm to
Soaked in Bleach was great and the History of the Eagles was good considering I hate the Eagles.
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
36180 posts
Posted on 12/30/15 at 4:20 pm to
Muscle Shoals

Life of Riley (BB King)

Wrecking Crew

All on Netflix
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142507 posts
Posted on 2/6/16 at 12:49 pm to
Just in time for Mardi Gras:

Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together (1982) - Watch on YouTube



quote:

"Piano Players" is a 76 minute portrait of three great New Orleans pianists and how they influenced one another's music. It documents the best piano “professors” of the last three generations -- New Orleans’ keyboard aces Isidore “Tuts” Washington, Henry “Professor Longhair” Byrd, and Allen Toussaint -- as they played together for the first time in a rehearsal for a joint concert. The rehearsal turned out to be the ONLY time the three ever played together, because Professor Longhair died two days before the scheduled performance.

The documentary takes viewers through the very personal and sacred New Orleans tradition of a jazz wake and funeral procession for Professor Longhair, which was taped at the encouragement of his widow, Alice. Also included is the previously planned concert with Toussaint and Washington, who turned the event into a tribute to Fess.

Released to critical acclaim in 1982, "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together" is considered by many to be one of the most important and exciting explorations of New Orleans’ musical tradition ever made.


Posted by mikrit54
Robeline
Member since Oct 2013
8664 posts
Posted on 2/6/16 at 10:00 pm to
Beyond the Lighted Stage - RUSH

The Last Waltz - The Band
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 2/6/16 at 11:06 pm to
I always liked grateful dawg. Its free on crackle right now I believe
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142507 posts
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:11 pm to
American Masters - Merle Haggard: Learning To Live With Myself (YouTube)

Might want to watch this ASAP, as it probably won't stay up long. It was uploaded to YT by the director shortly after MH's death.
Posted by Spaulding Smails
Milano’s Bar
Member since Jun 2012
18805 posts
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:27 pm to
Beware of Mr Baker on netflix

About cream's drummer ginger baker, one of the goats
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