Netflix

[montana]

Just got Netflix. Any good documentarys you can recommend?

[BrianWilliam]

Narcos is not a documentary but that's what currently eats up my free time away from my mandolin.

[raycan2]

Narcos just came out with the 2nd seasone, But you can not go bad with Breaking Bad or Hell on Wheels....they are documentary but good....

[Mark Wilson]

the Les Paul documentary is worth watching imo

[tree]

20 Feet From Stardom

[foldedpath]

"Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is on Netflix (might be DVD only). It's a great documentary about the Funk Brothers, the house band behind many of the Motown hits. Nobody laid down a bass line like James Jamerson.

[Roger Moss]

Grateful Dawg
The Ballad of Ramblin Jack
Crumb

[raycan2]

Jaco Pastorius is also a very good one about how his Bass Playing.

[Demetrius]

I don't see Grateful Dawg

[catmandu2]

The funk Bros doc is great, as is the mussel shoals doc - shouldn't be missed. "This ain't no mouse music" was also a favorite of mine. There were a couple of others I saw last year that i was quite fond of, but I can't remember ...

There are some other great docs I would recommend - outside of music.

[Earl Gamage]

They used to have all the Flatt & Scruggs shows. I wish they would bring them back.

[Trey Young]

I just watched "The Winding Stream", a Carter Family documentary last night. Nothing groundbreaking, but enjoyable none the less.

[Mark Gunter]

Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Muscle Shoals
History of The Eagles
Tom Petty: Running Down A Dream
The Wrecking Crew
Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me
Keith Richards: Under The Influence
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Jaco
Soaked in Bleach and Kurt & Courtney (2 "Did Courtney kill Kurt?" docs)
John Denver: Country Boy
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
The Zen Of Bennett
Jimi: All Is By My Side
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation
The Winding Stream (Carter Family)
20 Feet From Stardom


And a bunch more docs and movies I can't remember right now. I'm a music-documentary and music-movie junkie

[dwc]

The Jaco Pastorious Documentary is very good. I particularly liked that it did not focus on the last, tragic years of his life but rather chose to focus on his upbringing and when he was at the height of his powers. Of course, everything about Jaco has to address his very sad decline, but choosing not to focus on that was a good call, IMO.

The Eagles Documentary is very long and very in depth. I highly recommend it when you need to kill 3 hours.

The Other One, a Documentary about Bob Weir, is excellent.

[Denny Gies]

Not a documentary but a really good, strange, funny movie; "Look Whose Talking". It's premise is that Hitler wakes up in modern day Germany. It's subtitled but after a few minutes it gets less annoying. It is fun to watch.

[BJ O'Day]

I'll second "This Ain't No Mouse Music". About a hero who saved rare American music from being lost in obscurity.
BJ

[Mark Gunter]

I'll second "This Ain't No Mouse Music". About a hero who saved rare American music from being lost in obscurity.
BJ

I enjoyed that one a great deal, especially the Cajun music segments.

[bassthumper]

lot's of great suggestions...did'nt see "The Wrecking Crew"...definitely a 2 scrolls up rating

[raycan2]

The Jaco Pastorious Documentary is very good. I particularly liked that it did not focus on the last, tragic years of his life but rather chose to focus on his upbringing and when he was at the height of his powers. Of course, everything about Jaco has to address his very sad decline, but choosing not to focus on that was a good call, IMO.

The Eagles Documentary is very long and very in depth. I highly recommend it when you need to kill 3 hours.

The Other One, a Documentary about Bob Weir, is excellent.

I could not find the one about Bob Weir???

[catmandu2]

I hope it's been seen by all - but on the chance one hasn't... bela's banjo epic in west Africa is superlative. Although I don't think it's been on NF for a long while - it was a few years ago..

Wrecking crew was great. And that levon helm too.

[Mark Gunter]

Raycan2, use the search feature, name of that flick is The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir. It's a five star doc in my book, seen it several times now.

[Mark Gunter]

Note, the Tom Petty doc is just as long as the Eagles doc - and an excellent film. Even if you're not a big TP fan, you might really enjoy it. A lot of info on Tom from a teenager, and on the Heartbreakers history . . . Tom's battles with the record labels deserves mucho respect, info on Stevie Nicks and others, info on the Wilburys . . . an epic documentary.

[CelticDude]

There is a Chris Thile documentary, called "Making of a Band", IIRC. Kind of fun and informative.

[pops1]

Once you start watching the music shows Netflix will be suggesting more of the same for you. There are a bunch or really good one's. I think I have watched most mentioned here and then some. I may not be as much of a junkie as Mark, but enjoy them a lot. The Honky Tonk Man with Clint Eastwood is a great movie, Clint sings.

[montana]

Watched: Wrecking crew, Greenich Village, Muscle Shouls, Carter Family vid. Some suggestions can't find.