Music Documentaries-tell me please

[mcgwirecom]

Find the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man". You will be glad you did. It won an Oscar for best documentary in 2012. I saw this and was blown away. I became an immediate fan of a guy who I never knew existed and I am not a casual music fan.

[Jim65]

Might not be your kind of music but "The Decline of Western Civilization" is really good.

[irv]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

Find the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man". You will be glad you did. It won an Oscar for best documentary in 2012. I saw this and was blown away. I became an immediate fan of a guy who I never knew existed and I am not a casual music fan.

I just Googled that as I had never heard of it before either. Looks like a good watch.

Thanks for sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL5TffdOQ7g

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by irv

I just Googled that as I had never heard of it before either. Looks like a good watch.

Thanks for sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL5TffdOQ7g

You will not be disappointed. It's not just a great story, but terrific filmmaking as well. We've watched it numerous times even knowing what's at the end of the 'search'.

[commishbob]

A couple more with links and blurbs:

Echo In The Canyon

Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound.


20 Feet from Stardom

Filmmaker Morgan Neville shines a long-overdue spotlight on the hit-making contributions of longtime backup singers like Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

Amy

As riveting as it is sad, Amy is a powerfully honest look at the twisted relationship between art and celebrity -- and the lethal spiral of addiction.

Watching Amy is really like watching a slow-motion train wreck. But she was so damn talented.

"Miles Davis The Birth of the Cool" was one of my favorites but A) you need to be a fan and B) it was on PBS and I don't know if it's just out there to watch yet.

[KCRfan1]

The Wrecking Crew is a fantastic movie.

There is a great documentary on Lee Morgan, an under rated jazz trumpeter, I recommend as well.

[steve B]

The one I saw a while back on Lemmy was pretty good.
Lots of interviews, and he came across as being nice but sort of average. (Except in the drinking department... )

[Snapolit1]

Not sure where you can find it streaming, but "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" is excellent. I was never a super big The Band fan but this doc gave me tremendous respect for their songwriting and musicianship.

There is more recent documentary about Woodstock (last few years) this is really good.

Originally Posted by steve B

The one I saw a while back on Lemmy was pretty good.
Lots of interviews, and he came across as being nice but sort of average. (Except in the drinking department... )