Whats your favorite music documentary?

[Jeff Scott]

I came across this excellent documentary earlier today on Brazilian guitarist/singer Badi Assad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4FbMflxRw

 

[pepj]

I liked the 60's Stax docs on youtube, which led to Motown and then Fame docs.
Currently I'm going over legends of Laurel Canyon again.
But yep, musical docs are quite a rabbit hole..

 

[Michedelic]

The enigma of Scott Walker was given the proper treatment…

 

[P. Aaron]

I enjoy the studio musician stories. It's much more my personality type.

 

[dannylectro]

That Beatles documentary where it’s basically George Martin talking about making Sgt. Pepper. Stunning. Beautiful. Emotional.

 

[bassobrutto]

Jazz on a Summer's Day--the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, a distant ancestor of the Woodstock movie. A wonderful time capsule of a different era, with fantastic performances of course:

 

[The Owl]

 

[bassdude51]

The Wrecking Crew

(Also The Ventures doc)

 

[Danny O Danny]

Searching for Sugarman
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
It Might Get Loud
Paul Simon - Under African Skies
The Beatles: Get Back (Peter Jackson's documentary about the Beatles' Let It Be sessions)

The other night my wife and I watched an interesting documentary about female Taiko drummers:


I loved this film, which just won the Oscar for best documentary. It's a different type of music documentary:

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster