“The Velvet Underground”, a documentary about the legendary 60’s band that is currently available from the Criterion Collection. This one is in my Blu-Ray collection.
https://www.criterion.com/films/33386-the-velvet-underground
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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For those who need prompting, here's the trailer for the Everly Brothers documentary nominated above by yogiboy:
https://youtu.be/QrADLcz_a-0?si=1whsKAhGkVmBqI36
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Has anyone watched "Quincy", the documentary about Quincy Jones? The list of accomplishments is too large to cover here. This is from wikipedia-The film epilogue details his career as follows: "Over 2,900 songs recorded; over 300 albums recorded; 51 film and television scores; over 1,000 original compositions; 79 Grammy nominations; 28 Grammy awards; 1 of 18 EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony); Thriller the best selling album of all time; We Are the World the best selling single of all time; $63 million raised for famine relief in Africa; and 7 children."
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