Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through interview segments discussing their 15 years ...
Both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, George Harrison was one of the best loved and most influential musicians of his generation, and when he died November 29, 2001, after a long battle with cancer, it was a tremendous blow to the many great artists who were his friends and collaborators. A year to the day after his passing, a ...
Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry's 60th birthday party (October 18, 1986) in his home town of St. Louis forms the nucleus of Taylor Hackford's lively musical documentary. In addition to Berry, we are treated to interviews with Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, and comparative youngsters Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, ...
Shot at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX, this concert film features rock legend Eric Clapton and a host of other musicians performing before a live audience. Among the songs viewers will find in Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival are Clapton's own "Cocaine," Robert Cray's "Time Makes Two," Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way," John Mayer's "City ...
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 offers footage from that edition of the annual charity event. This particular line-up includes performances by Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, and Willie Nelson, as well as Clapton himself paying homage to his dear friend George Harrison. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
In 2005, after nearly four decades apart, the rock trio Cream (Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce) reunited for a series of shows at London's world famous venue the Royal Albert Hall. This concert film includes songs from various nights and offers renditions of classics like "Sunshine of Your Love," "White Room," "Crossroads," "Politician, ...
Independent filmmaker Mark Moormann directs the feature-length documentary Tom Dowd and the Language of Music. Shot on color and black-and-white16 mm film stock, the biography is a personal portrait of legendary recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd. The man himself is featured in a series of interviews from 1996 (the year he won a lifetime ...
Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is a "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who retreats into himself after the death of his father. His mother, Nora (Ann-Margret), and stepfather Frank (Oliver Reed) take him to see a specialist (Jack Nicholson) but Tommy is apparently a hopeless case. That is, until Tommy discovers that "he sure plays a mean pinball." Tommy gains fame ...
In this performance captured live at the Royal Albert Music Hall, Italian pop sensation Zucchero is joined on stage by a variety of special guests including Brian May, Eric Clapton, and Luciano Pavarotti for a memorable evening of music that includes such songs as "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", "Pure Love", "I'm in Trouble", and "Miserere". ...
Eric Clapton pays homage to one of his greatest influences -- the rural blues musician Robert Johnson, who left behind a legacy of remarkable songs and recordings following his death in 1938 -- in this special DVD-CD release. The DVD in Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J. features footage of Clapton and his band rehearing for the tour which ...
Originally released in 1992 as The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Band, this documentary (which was previously issued on DVD in 2003 as The Yardbirds: For Your Love) has been given a simple presentation on DVD in this edition from HiQ Entertainment. The Story of the Yardbirds has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio ...
The "George" of the title refers to former Beatle George Harrison, a longtime friend, associate, and collaborator of multitalented singer/songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton. Harrison died in the fall of 2001; fittingly, Clapton mounted this live concert soon after, in which he plays a variety of favorites including "Wonderful Tonight," "Hoochie ...
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