Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Ranking the Rock Docs - Part 2 In which we rank the rock docs that we've reviewed so far, from 20 to 1, and argue about our rankings along the way. Last episode we ranked from 20 to 11. We rank the rest, from 10 to 1, this week. Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Ranking the Rock Docs - Part 1 In which we rank the rock docs that we've reviewed so far, from 20 to 1, and argue about our rankings along the way. Well, in this episode we actually go from 20 to 11. We rank the rest, from 10 to 1, next week. Plus: our first bad review! We've really made it now. Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWin...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's episode is an interview with N.C. Winters, who is celebrated worldwide for having created the Rock Docs podcast logo, but also has a career as a professional music poster artist. He's worked with huge bands like Metallica, Dead & Co., Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Dave Matthews Band, and more. N.C. tells us how he got into the world of music poster creation, what that subculture is all about, and explains his creative process. Check out his c...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Season 2 Finale! Today's documentary is Festival Express, a 2003 film directed by rock doc lifer Bob Smeaton. Festival Express is about a rock festival tour that took place in Canada in 1970. The musicians included The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Delaney and Bonnie, Ian and Sylvia, local heroes Mashmakhan, and of course everyone's favorite, Sha Na Na. They all (well, mostly) piled on a train and the film includes lots of footag...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is Mavis!, released in 2015, directed by Jessica Edwards. Mavis! is the first full-length documentary about gospel and r&b legend Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers. What was Pops Staples like? Did Mavis, in fact, "smooch" with Bob Dylan? And more! Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is It Might Get Loud, released in 2009, directed by Davis Guggenheim. For this episode we are joined by Very Special Guests Molly Mary O'Brien and Chris Wade of "And Introducing", A Podcast About Words About Music. Check them out at Twitter @andintropod and listen to their show wherever you listen to podcasts. "It Might Get Loud" is an extremely Obama-era meeting of guitar superstars Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2), and ...
Today's documentary is jeen-yuhs, about Kanye West, released in 2022, directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah. For this episode we are joined by Very Special Guest and OG Rock Docker Nick McCann. Talk with him about Kanye @nicholas_mccann "jeen-yuhs" is a 4.5 hour long, 3 part series about (Parts 1 & 2) the early, pre-fame days of Kanye's career and (Part 3) what's happened with Kanye, and what happened to his friendship with co-director Coodie, over the last 15 years or so. Who is the rea...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is Summer of Soul, released in 2021, directed by Oscar nominee (as of this episode's release) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Mavis Staples, what more do you need to know? Plus: Rock Docs that are not Rock Docs Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersA...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, released in 2019, directed by Daniel Roher. For this episode we are joined by a Very Special Guest: Eamon O'Flynn, host of Record Roulette Podcast, which can be found on Twitter @ rrmusicpod Once Were Brothers is the story of The Band told from Robbie Robertson's perspective, for better or worse. So which is it - better or worse? Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts T...
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee "Scratch" Perry, about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 2011, directed by Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough. Is Lee Perry one of the 10 most inflential musicians of the 20th century? Can we get Benicio del Toro to narrate all future rock docs? And what deep dark musical secret does Andy coax Dave into revealing? Plus: Our thoughts about the upcoming Meet Me In the Bathroom ro...
