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    Default Cool Stuff to Watch When not Playing

    Fortunately I'm an essential worker so I'm still going to work at the power plant.

    But there's not a lot to do in my down time with no festivals, shows or jams. So I've been streaming shows on Netflix. Last night I watched "No Direction Home" by Martin Scorcese about Bob Dylan and "Echo in the Canyon" about the Laurel Canyon music scene with the Beach Boys, CSNY, Mamas and Papas, etc. which featured Jakob Dylan.

    There are lots of other great docs ("The Other One" about Bob Weir, one about Greenwich Village, "Running Down a Dream" on Tom Petty, "20 Feet from Stardom") and lots more.

    What is everyone else watching?

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    "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is great. Also "Pulse", a video of a live performance by Pink Floyd from 1994 is a stunning experience, unless that kind of music doesn't appeal to you. If it does, I can't recommend it highly enough. It's 87 minutes, and you can watch it on Youtube. I don't know if it's streaming anywhere else.

    If you want to see it, I suggest you find a way to watch it on your TV screen, through headphones or good speakers. the light show/visual material/film clips are really good. I have the DVD, so I was able to really appreciate the bigger screen, etc. The DVD is two discs, and one is the entire Dark Side of the Moon album. I'm watching on YT right now, and that is the beginning part of the concert. It actually looks pretty good on my computer screen.

    Of course there's The Last Waltz (The Band), and there's a really good Rolling Stones concert film by Martin Scorsese. It was recorded at the Beacon Theater in NYC, IIRC.

    Monterey Pop is really good. Netflix and Amazon Prime have lots of concert videos available, I imagine all the streaming services do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rfloyd View Post
    "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is great. Also "Pulse", a video of a live performance by Pink Floyd from 1994 is a stunning experience, unless that kind of music doesn't appeal to you. If it does, I can't recommend it highly enough. It's 87 minutes, and you can watch it on Youtube. I don't know if it's streaming anywhere else.

    If you want to see it, I suggest you find a way to watch it on your TV screen, through headphones or good speakers. the light show/visual material/film clips are really good. I have the DVD, so I was able to really appreciate the bigger screen, etc. The DVD is two discs, and one is the entire Dark Side of the Moon album. I'm watching on YT right now, and that is the beginning part of the concert. It actually looks pretty good on my computer screen.

    Of course there's The Last Waltz (The Band), and there's a really good Rolling Stones concert film by Martin Scorsese. It was recorded at the Beacon Theater in NYC, IIRC.

    Monterey Pop is really good. Netflix and Amazon Prime have lots of concert videos available, I imagine all the streaming services do.
    Seen some of those - just watched the DVD of "The Last Waltz" again recently. I'll check out the other suggestions, thanks!

    I have the audio out from my TV optically coupled to my old stereo system on the "VCR" input. That way no matter what the audio/video source to the TV (DVD, cable, antenna, VHS, Chromecast) I get it through the stereo with zero latency from the TV.

    Chromecast is the bomb! Anything I can pull up on my phone, tablet, laptop or desktop can get sent to the TV over my WiFi.

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    NETFLIX

    ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band From Texas
    Keith Richards - Under The Influence
    Woodstock - Three Days That Defined A Generation
    Tricky Dick and the Man In Black
    Clive Davis - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
    Devil At The Crossroads
    John & Yoko - Above Us Only Sky
    Rolling Thunder Revue
    20 Feet From Stardom
    Cadillac Records
    La Bamba
    Who Shot The Sheriff

    AMAZON PRIME

    Song of the South
    Ken Burns' JAZZ
    Sound City
    Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
    Stevie Nicks - Through The Looking Glass
    Lonestar: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Janis - Little Blue Girl
    Cant You Hear The Wind Howl? - Robert Johnson
    Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
    Grateful Dawg

    There are a lot more. I was surprised to see that Netflix finally brought back 20 feet from stardom, and Amazon has Rumble - two I remember enjoying very much, that had disappeared for awhile.
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    Big thumbs up for Cadillac Records, Grateful Dawg, Hell Freezes over.

    Also, Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues. A seven DVD set. Don't know if it's streaming anywhere.
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    The Sam Bush documentary was awesome, and I enjoyed the Avett Brothers’ “Make it Last.” While the Punch Brothers are probably my favorite band, “How to Grow a Band” didn’t do it for me; probably didn’t help that I watched it the night after the Bush doc...
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    +1 Sam Bush doc was awesome, I bought it as soon as it came out. I enjoyed How To Grow A Band, had seen it years earlier, it’s probably not for grassers though. BTW Echo In The Canyon didn’t do much for me.
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    The Aretha doc (likely one of many) "Amazing Grace" is a great piece of history.
    "Miles - Birth of the Cool" is really inspiring as well.

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    I really enjoyed Concert for George
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