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what are some of your favorite movies or documentaries about musicians or about a specific era in music?
there have been many good ones over the years, my favorite that I watched recently was:
"Muscle Schoals" absolutely fantastic, the music capitol of the world was this tiny town in northern Alabama. who knew.
other favorites,
"La Bamba"
"Ray"
"walk the line"
"the Doors"
"Dead Mans Curve"
"20 Feet from Stardum"
"Meatloaf: To Hell and back"
"Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation"
"Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who"
"Harry Chapin: behind the music"
"the Buddy Holly story"
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.
a few fictional stories i thought were very entertaining,
that thing you do
Detroit Rock City
Eddie and the Cruisers
what we're some of the stories that really touched you over the years?
In my top 5 list for documentaries is George Harrison's "Concert For Bangladesh." It is on record as the first concert that was a fundraiser, to provide immediate help for a country that, to be honest, had living conditions that were horrific. It occurred on 8/1/71 in New York City's Madison Square Garden. Among the big names that George was able to get involved were Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and the group Badfinger. It also showed people who were amongst the best in their craft regarding session musicians; among them Klaus Voorman (bass), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Carl Radle (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), and Jim Horn and the Hollywood Horn Band. The concert started with Ravi Shankar and his people doing sitar music. And a number of singers from all over the world provided vocals.
The second CD has a lot of commentary. Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone Magazine talks about the people who were in line days before the concert started. Geraldo Rivera of WABC interviewed several of those people in line. Kofi Annan (UN Secretary General) provides his take on the event. Lord Putnam, president of UNICEF, does the same. And there is much more commentary among the musicians involved in the concert.
The song "Bangladesh" was released as a single the month after the concert and in my area it went top 10 on the local charts. And the first two sentences in the song says it all regarding the event itself:
"My friend came to me with sadness in his eyes. Told me that he needed help before his country dies."
George had been friends with Ravi Shankar for some time now. Ravi told George about the dismal situation Bangladesh was experiencing and right then and there George went to work on this project. George got the guys together as fast as he could and according to the documentary (which I didn't know at that time) was that the two rehearsals were done at Carnegie Hall.
There are a lot of brief moments that have kept with me 43 years later regarding this special moment but I'll only talk about one.
George Harrison-- "I'd like to bring to you a friend of us all, Mr. Bob Dylan."
Actually the real friend of us all is Mr. George Harrison!
This is in my top 3 best music movies of all time...
I've never been a Johnny Cash fan-
But I fell in love with Joaquin Phoenix's entire performance in Walk The Line...
He's flawless.....
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