Rock Music on Film (Concerts and Docs)
Viewer's Guide 1955-86 by Linda Sandahl (Concerts and Documentaries)
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- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnni-Frid LyngstadBenny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusAn incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
- DirectorsRichard Gilbert AbramsonMichael VarholStarsEarl ScruggsJoan BaezThe ByrdsConcert tribute to famed country music man Earl Scruggs, featuring bluegrass and country music, including performances by the Byrds and Joan Baez.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsJoan BaezGene ClarkMike ClarkeLive performances by some of the top rock-and-roll acts of the mid 60s. Includes Ray Charles, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Ike and Tina Turner, Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful, and several more.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsLeonard CohenDonna WashburnRon CorneliusThe gravel-voiced songsmith moodily strolls through the byways of various European venues and is seen in concert performing.
- DirectorCurtis ClarkStarsBill HaleyRay CampiMatchboxThis documentary shows the revival of British rock n' roll as it follows a weekend pilgrimage of Teddy Boys, Rockabilly Rebels and Rockers. Bands performing include Bill Haley and the Comets, Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox, Flying Saucers, Freddie Fingers Lee, Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels.
- DirectorKeefStarBob MarleyBob Marley and the Wailers perform a live concert at London's famous Rainbow Theatre in June 1977.
- DirectorRingo StarrStarsMarc BolanRingo StarrMickey FinnDocumentary about T. Rex includes concert footage and staged sequences. Sir Ringo Starr's directorial work is mindful of touches used on Magical Mystery Tour (1967).
- DirectorsBaird BryantJohanna DemetrakasStarsJoan BaezCarol Ann CisnerosDavid CrosbyA film of the 1969 music festival held in Big Sur, California, with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, John Sebastian and others.
- DirectorScott SternbergStarsChuck BerryTina TurnerIngrid Berry
- DirectorSaul SwimmerStarsGeorge HarrisonBob DylanRavi ShankarThe first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
- DirectorLech KowalskiStarsStiv BatorsTerry ChimesThe ClashDocumentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
- DirectorJoe MassotStarsThe BeatThe BodysnatchersThe SelecterDocumentary on Britain's 2 Tone Ska Era from the late seventies to the early eighties.
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieCarlos AlomarSteve ElsonDavid Bowie performs in Vancouver on September 12th 1983, during his Serious Moonlight Tour.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsBette MidlerJocelyn BrownUla HedwigMovie comedy queen Bette Midler reigns supreme in this rocking, rolling concert movie bash. The Divine Miss M at her trashiest, flashiest, heavenly best!
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsBob DylanAlbert GrossmanBob NeuwirthDocumentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsPhilip BaileyRoland BautistaEarth Wind & FireA live concert, recorded at the end of 1981 during their world tour promoting the album Raise! Band members on stage are: Maurice White (vocals, percussion, kalimba), Verdine White (bass, background vocals), Philip Bailey (vocals, percussion), Larry Dunn (keyboards, vocoder, assisting special stage effects), Fred White (drums), Ralph Johnson (background vocals, percussion), Johnny Graham (guitar), Andrew Woolfolk (saxophone, tenor saxophone), Roland Bautista (guitar), Beloyd Taylor (background vocals, percussion), Louis Satterfield (trombone), Don Myrick (saxophone), Michael Harris (trumpet). During this show, a selection of some of the band's important songs are featured (In The Stone, Shining Star, Fantasy, That's The Way Of The World etc) along with an elaborate stage show including laser effects.
- DirectorsRobert AbelPierre AdidgeStarsElvis PresleyBill BaizeEstell BrownConcert footage and offstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsElvis PresleyJames BurtonGlen D. HardinAfter years of making movies, the King made a triumphant return to the stage in 1970. Now, see the backstage footage from rehearsals to relaxing at the hotel and the performances in one of the most intimate looks at Elvis captured on film.
- DirectorRex PykeStarsEric ClaptonGeorge HarrisonElton JohnEric Clapton and his band toured Europe by train in 1978, and a documentary called "Eric Clapton and his Rolling Hotel" was filmed, but never released. Clapton put his band in a three-carriage train, originally at the disposal of Hermann Goering during the Nazi years in Germany, and traveled from town to town on the continent, from one concert to the next. It was an easy way to transport and house the band and equipment, and it offered ample opportunity for interviews, groups interactions, and filming. Clapton talks about his music and his works and peaks the viewers interest with stories about musicians like Hendrix and George Harrison. The interviews are supplemented with performances by Muddy waters, Elton John and George Harrison, as well as Clapton and his band. Tracks featured are Cocaine, Further On Up The Road, Lay Down Sally, Tulsa Time, Worried Life Blues, Early in the Morning, Badge, Wonderful Tonight, Key to the Highway, Double Trouble, Crossroads and Layla.
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsJoan BaezHorton BarkerFiddler BeersThis documentary captures performances, interviews, and conversations from the 1963-1966 Newport Folk Festivals.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsBill GrahamMarty BalinElvin BishopA dozen rock groups are shown playing in the final five nights of shows leading up the closing of Fillmore West on July 4, 1971.
- DirectorsAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesCharlotte ZwerinStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsMick TaylorWhen three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
- DirectorsPeter NealNicolas RoegStarsArthur BrownBill HarkinTerry ReidThe atmosphere and events of the second Glastonbury Festival, held in 1971.
- DirectorJerry GarciaStarsJerry GarciaDonna GodchauxKeith GodchauxThe Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.